Title: Social skills and adaptive behavior in learners with autism spectrum disorders : [current status and future directions] /
Authors: Gerhardt, Peter F.; Crimmins, Daniel B. 1952-
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Autistic children Behavior modification; Autistic youth Behavior modification; Youth with autism spectrum disorders Behavior modification; Social skills Study and teaching; Autistic Disorder therapy
Abstract: 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.
Contents: Current research and recommendations on social skills and adaptive behavior. Social and adaptive behavior in the context of family life / Suzanne Letso -- The assessment of social skills / Erik A. Mayville -- Behavior analytic interventions for developing social skills in individuals with autism / Mary Jane Weiss -- Interpreting the efficacy research on group-delivered social skills intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders / Kathleen Koenig -- The junction of joint attention and communicative or social competence / Joanne Gerenser -- Building social skills and social relationships in school settings : the role of schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports / Ilene S. Schwartz and Pei-Yu Chen -- Pivotal response treatment and the development of social competence / Daniel Openden -- The development of self-help skills in children with autism / Stephen R. Anderson -- Adaptive behavior in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders : ongoing research and future implications / Peter F. Gerhardt, Jessica Zawacki, and Gloria Satriale -- Peer acceptance, social engagement, and friendship : critical social goals for children with autism spectrum disorders / Connie Kasari, Jill Locke, Eric Ishijima, and Mark Kretzmann -- Impact of psychopharmacology on adaptive and social responding in learners with autism spectrum disorders / Roy Sanders -- Pseudoscience in social skills research and interventions / Thomas Zane -- Bringing social competence interventions to scale in autism spectrum disorders : the next challenge / Danile Crimmins, Ginny Van Rie, and John Lutzker --