Susan M. Wilczynski (Ball State University, Teachers College, Munci

Broschiertes Buch

A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions That Work for Autistic People

Diversity-Affirming Evidence-Based Practice

Beschreibung

A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions that Work for Autistic People: Diversity Affirming Evidence-Based Practice, second edition, provides a socially valid, culturally sensitive, and person-centered resource to aid practitioners in guiding the selection of effective interventions. By providing multiple illustrative examples, practitioners will learn to use their professional judgment to integrate the best available evidence with client values and context. The second edition includes new chapters on diversity affirmation and cultural adaptations of interventions, quality of life, self-determination, guided decision-making, and ethics as foundational skills for identifying effective, socially valid interventions that are delivered with compassion and assent/consent.

Autor

Dr. Susan Wilczynski is the Plassman Family Distinguished Professor at Ball State University, a licensed psychologist, and a board-certified behavior analyst. She holds a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion certificate from Cornell University. Susan conducts research on training practitioners to use the diversity affirming evidence-based practice decision-making model, which strongly emphasizes social validity, quality of life, and person-centered care. She serves on the nursing division of Wolters-Kluwer Publishing House's diversity advisory board. Susan is the former Coordinator for ABAI's Practice Board, served on their Task Force for the Promotion of Quality and Values-Based ABA, and on their Licensing Committee. As the former Executive Director of the National Autism Center, she chaired the first National Standards Project, the most comprehensive systematic review of behavioral and educational interventions supporting Autistic people of its time. She developed the first center-based intervention program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Susan has edited and/or written multiple books, including Postsecondary Transition for College- or Career-Bound Autistic Students. She has published in numerous journals such as Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, and Psychology in the Schools.

Produktdetails

• Critical Specialties in Treating Autism and other Behavioral Challenges
• Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780443156328
• ISBN-10: 0443156328
• Artikelnr.: 69768069