It's Time For School!: Building Quality ABA Educational Programs for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders - Softcover

Ronald Leaf, Ph.d.; Taubman, Mitchell, Ph.d.; McEachin, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975585932 ISBN 13: 9780975585931

Publisher: Different Roads to Learning Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Autism Partnership co-directors Ron Leaf and John McEachin, Director of Research Mitchell Taubman and key professionals in the organization provide a detailed framework for implementing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in classroom settings. ABA is the most widely used and thoroughly studied autism treatment available today. All practitioners of ABA, the contributors to this invaluable book chart an accessible, step-by-step strategy based on the specific needs of students, staff and school district. In what is sure to be considered the standard guidebook in setting up school-based programs, the editors offer practical advice to special education directors and superintendents while providing comprehensive training to teachers, direct and supplementary service personnel and parents.

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Review

"A 'must read' for all school administrators, special education staff and parents who have children with autism. . . . The material is easy to read, research based, organized in a logical manner and written by experts who are active practitioners in the field." -- Joanne D. Foland, Ed.D. "Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services, Los Alamitos Unified School District"

About the Author

Craig H. Kennedy, Ph.D., BCBA, Chair, Special Education Department, and Professor of Special Education and Pediatrics, Box 328, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203

Dr. Kennedy is Chair of the Special Education Department and Professor of Special Education and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University and is a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator. He also is Director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Behavior Analysis Clinic. Dr. Kennedy received a master of science degree in special education and rehabilitation from the University of Oregon and a doctorate in special education with an emphasis in quantitative sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dr. Kennedy has published more than 140 scholarly works, including the book "Single-Case Designs for Educational Research" (Allyn & Bacon, 2005). He has served as Associate Editor of the "Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis", "Journal of Behavioral Education", and "Journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps".

He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. He is a member of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Association for Behavior Analysis, Society for Neuroscience, and TASH. He also serves on the editorial boards of many highly respected peer-reviewed journals.

In 1991, Dr. Kennedy received TASH's Alice H. Hayden Award, and in 1993, he received the B.F. Skinner New Research Award from the American Psychological Association, Division 25. He was also recognized in 2003 for his research excellence by Peabody College at Vanderbilt University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Different Roads to Learning Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975585932
• ISBN 13: 9780975585931
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274