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Thoroughly organized — precisely the reference book any undergraduate or graduate student, occupational/physical therapist, special-education teacher, behavior analyst, speech language pathologist, pediatrician, or psychiatrist needs in dealing with Applied Behavior Analysis. This text not only summarizes the science of behavior analysis and its application to people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, it also describes many of the technologies and procedures behind it.  

Written for those already versed with elementary concepts of ABA, Autism Spectrum Disorders: Applied Behavior Analysis, Evidence and Practice is organized into eight detailed chapters. The comprehensive information is collectively compiled by a team of authors who are currently active researchers and practitioners and leaders in the field of ABA. Hence, each chapter contains concise summaries of current research literature and explicit practitioner recommendations.

• Chapter 1 — defines features of ASD and describes the wide range of skills and abilities of people with ASD
• Chapter 2 — considers the nature of behaviorism and identifies and addresses some of the misconceptions regarding behaviorism. Also describes the basic processes of learning, including operant conditioning, response differentiation, operant extinction, stimulus control, discrimination, and generalization.
• Chapter 3 — reviews the research on readiness skills (i.e., sitting, eye contact, joint attention, and attention to materials) and discusses the techniques of reinforcement control, methods for establishing compliance, and generalized imitation
• Chapter 4 — addresses self-help skills, essential for effective functioning
• Chapter 5 — reviews some of the common deficits and excesses in social behavior in people with ASD and outlines beginning, intermediate, and advances in social skills
• Chapter 6 — reviews the approach to language and the distinctions between different classes of verbal behavior
• Chapter 7 — provides a comprehensive and conceptually coherent account of behavioral explanations and treatments for these severely challenging problems
• Chapter 8 — discusses the importance of using behavioral skills training as essential and effective method of teaching skills to family members and staff

Click HERE for a review in Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Journal by Sage Publications and The Hammill Institute on Disabilities.

300 pages • ©2007 • softcover  • 6 x 9 • ISBN 978-1-4164-0209-1