Edited by
Johnny Matson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Laraine Glidden, St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA
Description
Autism Spectrum Disorder is one of the most researched and popular topics in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and special education.
In the last 30 years the amount of new information on assessment and treatment has been astounding. The field has moved from a point
where many considered the condition untreatable to the current position that it may be curable in some cases and that all persons with
this condition can benefit from treatment. Intervening with school age children continues to be a major focus of assessment or intervention.
However, expanding the ages of those receiving more attention from younger children to older adults, is becoming more prevalent. The
consensus is that intensive treatment at the earliest recognized age is critical and that many adults evince symptoms of the disorder
and warrant care.
The field is full of many proposed treatments many of which offer promise but no data. Thus, a book on evidence-based
assessments and interventions, across the life span should be of value in helping to sort out the more credible interventions as defined
by the research and what methods have the best support. Given the popularity of the topic and the vst array of potential assessments
and teratments available, this volume will be aimed at delineating what the researchers have shown has the best evidence to support particular
methods.
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation
is now available online at ScienceDirect — full-text online of volumes 23 onwards.
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Included in series
International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities
Audience:
The audience for the book will be researchers, clinicians and graduate students in psychology, special education professionals, social
workers, and psychiatrists. This book could be viewed as a supplemental text for graduate cources or a resource book for researchers
or practitioners.
