Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Matson, Johnny L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychiatry.; Education.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Education, general.

Autism was once thought of as a rare condition, until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network released the statistic that about 1 in every 150 eight-year-old children in various areas across the United States is afflicted by an autism...

Table of Contents:

• History and Overview
• Applied Behavior Analysis and Its Application to Autism and Autism Related Disorders
• Assessment Methods
• Intervention and Treatment Methods for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Differential Diagnosis in Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Communication
• Social Skills and Autism: Understanding and Addressing the Deficits
• Rituals and Stereotypies
• Self–injury
• Aggression and Noncompliance
• Adaptive and Self-Help Skills
• Generalization and Maintenance
• Training Issues Unique to Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Parent Training Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.