Clinical Assessment and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123736064 ISBN 13: 9780123736062

Publisher: Academic Press, 2008

Synopsis

Summarizes evidence-based assessments and intervention for Autism across the life-span. This book begins with a discussion of what warrants a determination of being 'evidence based' and a description of the disorder from a life span perspective. It also provides a chapter on differential diagnosis of autism relative to other disorders.

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Summarizes evidence-based assessments and intervention for Autism across the life-span.

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Autism spectrum disorder has received increasing research in recent years, with more information on assessment and treatment than can be readily assimilated from primary literature by clinicians. Clinical Assessment and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders summarizes evidence-based assessments and intervention for Autism across the life-span, providing clinicians with a practical overview of how best to assess and treat this disorder. The book begins with a discussion of what warrants a determination of being "evidence based" and a description of the disorder from a life span perspective. The book also provides a chapter on differential diagnosis of autism relative to other disorders. What follows are separate sections on assessment and intervention. These chapters discuss first how to assess and then separately how to treat behavioral problems, communication and social skills issues, academic and vocational skills, and the use of pharmacology and an assessment of possible pharmacological effects. Intended for practitioners assessing and treating children with developmental delays, the book provides clinicians with best practices for assessing and treating delays associated with autism.|Autism spectrum disorder has received increasing research in recent years, with more information on assessment and treatment than can be readily assimilated from primary literature by clinicians.Clinical Assessment and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders summarizes evidence-based assessments and intervention for Autism across the life-span, providing clinicians with a practical overview of how best to assess and treat this disorder. The book begins with a discussion of what warrants a determination of being "evidence based" and a description of the disorder from a life span perspective. The book also provides a chapter on differential diagnosis of autism relative to other disorders. What follows are separate sections on assessment and intervention. These chapters discuss first how to assess and then separately how to treat behavioral problems, communication and social skills issues, academic and vocational skills, and the use of pharmacology and an assessment of possible pharmacological effects. Intended for practitioners assessing and treating children with developmental delays, the book provides clinicians with best practices for assessing and treating delays associated with autism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0123736064
• ISBN 13: 9780123736062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 446
• Editor: Matson Johnny L.