Description

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The Good Box combines material from Phoebe Caldwell's pioneering books, The Anger Box and Hall of Mirrors, Shards of Clarity and adds new insights and updates. Phoebe Caldwell explores how to understand and help those who struggle with sensory issues due to autism. In her influential and successful book The Anger Box, expert practitioner Phoebe Caldwell shifted attention away from the surface symptoms of autism and towards understanding sensory experiences and alleviating the distress associated with them. ‘The Anger Box’ of the title was a drawing by William, then aged six, of the sensations he felt when he lost control due to sensory overload. The book ended with William’s ‘Good Box,’ representing his experience of calm and relief. Bringing together ideas and material from The Anger Box as well as the later Hall of Mirrors, Shards of Clarity (which explored sense of self), and integrating updates and findings from a further decade of autism research, The Good Box gathers and extends insights from a pioneer of the field now in her ninetieth year.

About the Author

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Phoebe Caldwell DSc is a Responsive Communication Practitioner who has pioneered the development of support for people on the autistic spectrum for almost fifty years, opening channels of communication and emotional engagement for thousands of individuals who had previously experienced social and emotional isolation. Internationally, Phoebe collaborates with professionals from countries including Australia, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Canada. Her contribution was recognised when she won The Times/Sternberg Award, which celebrates the achievements of people aged seventy.