This volume examines ways in which service delivery to individuals with autism can be improved
from both ends of the basic-applied research spectrum. It introduces the concept of
translational scholarship and examines real-world value in developing relevant interventions.
Each area of coverage reviews current findings on autism from basic research and then
discusses the latest applied research literature to create a roadmap for researchers
clinicians and scientist-practitioners to develop new effective strategies as children
adolescents and adults with autism continue to learn and grow.Featured coverage includes:Why
practice needs science and how science informs practice.The social learning disorder of
stimulus salience in autism.Assessment and treatment of problem behaviors associated with
transitions.Understanding persistence and improving treatment through behavioral momentum
theory.The behavioral economics of reinforcer value.Increasing tolerance for delay with
children and adults with autism.Autism Service Delivery is an essential resource for
researchers clinicians and scientist-practitioners and graduate students in the fields of
developmental psychology behavioral therapy social work clinical child and school psychology
occupational therapy and speech pathology.
