Changing the Mindset of Autistic Children and Adolescents

• By: Robert Brooks, PhD Harvard Medical School Sam Goldstein, PhD University of Utah School of Medicine
• April 1st, 2012
• child development, developmental challenges, empathy, intervention, nurturing strengths, parenting, positivity, resilient mindset, self-discipline, social skills
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A major focus of our collaboration has been to elaborate upon the concepts of both mindsets and resilience (Brooks and Goldstein, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012; Goldstein and Brooks, 2005, 2007). We propose that all people possess a set of assumptions about themselves and others that influence their...