Handbook of Social Skills and Autism Spectrum Disorder : Assessment, Curricula, and Intervention

✍ Scribed by Justin B. Leaf (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 439
• Series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This handbook identifies the various social deficiencies widely associated with children and youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It discusses possible causes as well as the lifelong effects if these deficiencies are not addressed. The handbook presents current behavioral and curriculum-based methods for assessing social deficits. Chapters examine the various interventions that have been used to improve social skills and behavior, including video modeling, peer-mediated interventions, and script fading. Chapters also assess various interventions using empirically based procedures, evaluate the research of each of these procedures, provide guidelines for treatment planning, and offer clinical recommendations. The handbook concludes with future directions for the development of both social behavior and clinical social skills interventions.

Topics featured in the Handbook include:

• Impairments in social behavior that may result in negative outcomes such as depression, loneliness, and suicide in individuals with ASD.
• Bullying among youth with ASD.
• Behavioral skills training to promote social behavior of individuals with ASD.
  
• The Early Start Denver Model approach to helping young children with ASD.
• The implementation of social skills groups for individuals diagnosed with ASD.

The Handbook of Social Skills and Autism Spectrum Disorder is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, behavioral therapy, and social work, as well as such interrelated disciplines as child and adolescent psychiatry, rehabilitation medicine/therapy, pediatrics, and special education/educational psychology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
An Introduction to the Handbook (Justin B. Leaf)....Pages 1-8
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
Understanding the Social Nature of Autism: From Clinical Manifestations to Brain Mechanisms (Fred R. Volkmar, Brent van der Wyk)....Pages 11-25
Have a Happy, Fun, Assertive Life! (Avoid Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, and Suicide!) (Peter Sturmey)....Pages 27-43
Bullying Among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Inge Zweers, Ron Scholte, Robert Didden)....Pages 45-61
Friendship in Autism Spectrum Disorder (Nirit Bauminger-Zviely, Yael Kimhi)....Pages 63-79
Front Matter ....Pages 81-81
Standardized Assessment of Social Skills in Autism Spectrum Disorder (B. J. Freeman, Pegeen Cronin)....Pages 83-96
Assessment of Adaptive Behavior and Autism Spectrum Disorder (Pegeen Cronin, B. J. Freeman)....Pages 97-112
Curriculum-Based Assessment of Social Development: Goal Selection and Sequencing (Raymond G. Romanczyk, Kaylie Wiseman, Hannah Morton)....Pages 113-135
Front Matter ....Pages 137-137
Evidence-Based Interventions (Florence D. DiGennaro Reed, Matthew D. Novak, Amy J. Henley, Denys Brand, Mary E. McDonald)....Pages 139-153
Discrete Trial Teaching and Social Skill Training: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater (Mary Jane Weiss, Jennifer Hilton, Samantha Russo)....Pages 155-169
Incidental Teaching: Happy Progress (Shahla Alai-Rosales, Karen A. Toussaint, Gail G. McGee)....Pages 171-185
Pivotal Response Treatment: Empirically Supported Strategies to Target Social Competencies and Motivation in Individuals with ASD (Ty Vernon)....Pages 187-196
Helping Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Develop Social Ability: The Early Start Denver Model Approach (Sally J. Rogers, Giacomo Vivanti, Marie Rocha)....Pages 197-222
Video-Based Instruction for Learners with Autism (Kevin M. Ayres, Jason Travers, Sally B. Shepley, Rachel Cagliani)....Pages 223-239
Visual Learning Strategies to Promote Independence and Appropriate Social Behavior (Thomas S. Higbee, Tyra P. Sellers)....Pages 241-256
Peer Mediation Interventions to Improve Social and Communication Skills for Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Debra M. Kamps, Rose Mason, Linda Heitzman-Powell)....Pages 257-283
Parent-Mediated Interventions for Social Communication in Young Children with ASD (Karis A. Casagrande, Brooke R. Ingersoll)....Pages 285-312
Using the Teaching Interaction Procedure to Teach Social Skills for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Joseph H. Cihon, Sara M. Weinkauf, Mitchell Taubman)....Pages 313-323
Behavioral Skills Training to Promote Social Behavior of Individuals with Autism (Raymond G. Miltenberger, Heather M. Zerger, Marissa Novotny, Cynthia P. Livingston)....Pages 325-342
Evidence-Based Social Skills Groups for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Lifespan (Ruth Ellingsen, Courtney Bolton, Elizabeth Laugeson)....Pages 343-358
Matrix Training Procedures (Robert K. Ross)....Pages 359-367
Social Stories™: A Cautionary Tale (Justin B. Leaf, Julia L. Ferguson)....Pages 369-385
Emerging Social Skills Interventions for Individuals with Autism (Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski, Susan W. White)....Pages 387-403
Front Matter ....Pages 405-405
Future Research Directions as it Relates to Social Behavior for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Justin B. Leaf, Misty Oppenheim-Leaf, Mary Jane Weiss)....Pages 407-421
Future Directions for Clinical Social Skills Interventions (Mitchell Taubman, Julia L. Ferguson)....Pages 423-431
Back Matter ....Pages 433-445

✦ Subjects

Child and School Psychology