Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Translating Science into Practice

✍ Scribed by Sam Goldstein, Melissa DeVries (auth.), Sam Goldstein, Jack A Naglieri (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 358
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Children are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders at a staggering rate—as many as one in 110, according to some studies. To this sobering statistic add the familiar figures of the toddler disengaged from his peers, the middle schooler shunned in the lunchroom, and the adult struggling with social cues on the job, and professionals are faced with a mounting challenge: to assist and support young people with these disorders to ensure their successful transition to adolescence and adulthood.

The first volume dedicated solely to its topic, Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders provides a comprehensive overview of programs currently in use. Contributors explore programs focusing on long-term outcomes, home- and classroom-based strategies, resilience training for parents, and pharmacological management of symptoms. Background chapters review issues in reliability and validity of interventions and evaluating treatment effectiveness. And an especially cogent chapter discusses the centrality of treatment integrity to best practice. Comprehensive programs and targeted interventions covered include:

• The Early Start Denver Model for young children.
• The TEACCH program for children, adults, and families.
• The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) and CARD eLearning.
• PROGress: a program for remediating and expanding social skills.
• Evidence-based strategies for repetitive behaviors and sensory issues.
• Self-regulation strategies for students with autism spectrum disorders.

Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders is an essential resource for researchers, professionals/practitioners, and clinicians in a wide array of fields, including clinical child, school, and developmental psychology; child and adolescent psychiatry; education; rehabilitation medicine/therapy; social work; and pediatrics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Autism Spectrum Disorder Enters the Age of Multidisciplinary Treatment....Pages 3-18
Treatment Integrity in Autism Spectrum Disorder Interventions....Pages 19-37
Evaluation of Treatment Effectiveness in the Field of Autism....Pages 39-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Early Start Denver Model....Pages 59-73
TEACCH: An Intervention Approach for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Families....Pages 75-105
Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support (SCERTS)....Pages 107-127
Maximizing Global Access to Effective Treatment: Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), CARD eLearning ™ and Skills ™....Pages 129-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Social Competence Intervention Program....Pages 155-168
Progress for Remediating and Expanding Social Skills (PROGress)....Pages 169-196
Peer and Adult Socialization....Pages 197-216
Social Emotional Reciprocity....Pages 217-232
Repetitive Behaviors and Sensory Features: Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies....Pages 233-255
Self-Regulation Strategies for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder....Pages 257-281
Interventions to Support Social Communication Skills....Pages 283-302
Interventions in School, Home, and Community for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders....Pages 303-323
Changing the Mindset of Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders....Pages 325-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-354

✦ Subjects

Child and School Psychology; Psychiatry; Educational Psychology; Social Work; Pediatrics