EAN: 9783319681474

COMPREHENSIVE MODELS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDE...

This book presents proceedings from the joint conference  Evidence and Rationales for
Comprehensive Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment: Divergence and Convergence 
sponsored by the Council on Autism Services and the Autism Partnership. It addresses the
growing need for  and current lack of  effective services for children with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) and compares several key evidence-based interventions. Chapters examine various
approaches to ASD treatment  including key concepts  goal development  procedures  and
staffing. This unique volume explores fundamental similarities and differences among leading
treatment models  discusses the challenges of implementing programs  educating parents 
training staff  and funding issues  and speaks to the need for more meaningful collaboration in
this multidisciplinary field. Using an integrative perspective  new tools are presented to help
readers make informed choices about how to select and advocate for specific treatments and
develop individualized interventions for improved outcomes for children with ASD.Featured
topics include: The Lovaas Model. The Early Start Denver Model. The New England Center for
Children's Autism Curriculum Encyclopedia (ACE®). The value of applied behavior analysis (ABA)
as a treatment for autism. Implementation parameters for ASD treatments. Comprehensive Models
of Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment is an essential resource for clinicians  practitioners 
applied behavior analysts  therapists  educators  and administrators as well as researchers and
graduate students in school  clinical child  and developmental psychology  behavior therapy 
special education  social work  child and adolescent psychiatry  rehabilitation medicine
therapy  and pediatrics.

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