Social skills and adaptive behavior in learners with autism spectrum disorders : [current status and future directions] /
This book gives readers current evidence, best-practice recommendations, and future research directions for assessing social skills with evidence-based methods and tools; conducting interventions that really make a difference; promoting friendships and peer acceptance; increasing joint attention; im...
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Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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This book gives readers current evidence, best-practice recommendations, and future research directions for assessing social skills with evidence-based methods and tools; conducting interventions that really make a difference; promoting friendships and peer acceptance; increasing joint attention; implementing schoolwide positive behavior support; improving outcomes with Pivotal Response Treatment; strengthening children's self-help skills; providing effective support for families of children with autism; using appropriate pharmacologic interventions to manage symptoms associated with ASD. |
Item Description: | "OAR, Organization for Autism Research"--Cover. |
Carrier Form: | xix, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781598570601 (perfect binding) : 1598570609 (perfect binding) |
Index Number: | RJ506 |
CLC: | R749.94 |
Call Number: | R749.94/S678-2 |
Contents: |
Social and adaptive behavior in the context of family life / The assessment of social skills / Behavior analytic interventions for developing social skills in individuals with autism / Interpreting the efficacy research on group-delivered social skills intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders / The junction of joint attention and communicative or social competence / Adults on the autism spectrum mentoring children on the spectrum / It's all a sham / To fit or not to fit / The middle school dance : a mother's answer / "Refl-Ex-ions" on OAR 2008 / An open response to Dan Crimmins and Peter Gerhardt, et al. : a response to the Organization for Autism Research and the Applied Research Convocation / Reflections on the convocation / |