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Manual gives an overview of best practice interventions including applied behavior analysis, precision teaching, and experience-based and visual approaches. Presents STEP (Structured Teaching and Experience-based Program) methods for the treatment of ASD. Guidelines are presented for parents and professionals to match the child's skill profile, learning style and interest to the best possible intervention method. Includes numerous case studies, examples, sketches and pictures. Reproducible forms are provided for skills assessment, data collection and teaching in the following areas: Attention, Eye Contact, and Joint Attention; Matching and Sorting; Imitation; Language Comprehension; Active Communication and First Utterances; Expanded Communication; Play and Social Behavior; Self-Help Skills and Independence. | |