Broschiertes Buch

The Educator's Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions and Treatments

Herausgeber: Otten, Kaye L.; de Boer, Sonja R.; Bross, Leslie

Beschreibung

Identify the intervention that is the best fit and implement with confidence Whatever your role-general or special education teacher, school counselor, therapist, behavior analyst, administrator-you undoubtedly interact with learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are committed to helping them succeed and thrive. This easy-to-use, accessible guide summarizes more than 75 interventions and rates each based on the most recent evidence of effectiveness and safety. Features include: * Treatments that address skills in a comprehensive variety of domains organized into 11 categories, including behavioral interventions, visual supports, social and emotional skills training, physiological interventions, and interventions with the potential for causing harm * An evidence-based five-point scale that clearly rates each intervention's effectiveness with specific learners * Guidance for working with colleagues and families to choose and implement the most promising treatments Written by educators with decades of experience and expertise in a variety of settings, many who are also Board-Certified Behavior Analysts, this comprehensive guide is an indispensable resource for all those who serve students with ASD.

Autor

Sonja R. de Boer is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) and obtained her Ph.D. in special education and psychology and research in education at the University of Kansas, with an emphasis on early intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). She has more than 25 years of experience working in early childhood special education, early intervention, and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with students with disabilities, and specifically children with ASD. For children ages 0-10 with ASD, she has designed and supervised in-home intervention programs, preschool programs, and elementary school educational and behavioral programs. For more than half of her career, she has focused on serving students with ASD and their families and educators rural communities in the US. She has also worked as an adjunct professor and regularly provides consultation and trainings around the nation regarding interventions for children with ASD. Sonja has worked with professionals, universities, non-profit organizations, and families of children with ASD and other disabilities in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Nigeria, China, Chile, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She is the author of the books Successful Inclusion Practices for Children with Autism: Creating a Complete, Effective, ASD Inclusion Program (Jossey-Bass), Discrete Trial Training, 2nd edition (Pro-Ed, part of the How To Series on Autism Spectrum Disorders), and is one of the original co-authors of the first edition of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Interventions and Treatments for Children and Youth (Corwin).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 275mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1166g
• ISBN-13: 9781071838778
• ISBN-10: 1071838776
• Artikelnr.: 66157860