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Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities

Edited By Robert L. Koegel & Lynn Kern Koegel

This practical sourcebook equips both parents and professionals with much-needed information regarding autism. Providing a comprehensive approach to behavioral intervention, this user-friendly guide begins with an overview of characteristics and long-term strategies and proceeds through discussions that detail specific techniques for normalizing environments, reducing disruptive behavior, improving language and social skills, and enhancing generalization. Teachers, professionals, and parents working with individuals with autism, as well as professors and students in education and psychology, will turn to this resource for information, guidance, and support.

"An excellent reference book for parents and practitioners. Its primary strengths include the logical format, extensive references, and useful suggestions and strategies presented in each chapter."
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

"If you're looking for a good book that is informative and useful for both the layperson and the professional [this book] is as good as you're going to find."
The Behavioral Programmer

About the Editors

Edited by Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D.,Director, Autism Research Center; Professor, Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology Program; and Head, Development and Disabilities Specialization, Graduate School of Education, University of California at Santa Barbara, & Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., Clinic Director, Autism Research Center; Graduate School of Education, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Audience

Everyone