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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Group Author: Gerhardt, Peter F; Crimmins, Daniel B. Daniel Bernard, 1952
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Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: 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 /