A Practical Guide to Finding Treatments That Work for People with Autism

A Practical Guide to Finding Treatments That Work for People with Autism provides a logical, culturally sensitive, and values-based resource to aid practitioners in making informed decisions on the most effective treatment for any given client at any given time.

By providing multiple illustrative examples, practitioners will learn to use their professional judgment to integrate the best available evidence with client values and context. This will increase the efficacy of autism treatments, with the goal of producing meaningful gains across a range of skills.

• Presents a detailed description of the evidence-based practice of applied behavior analysis as it applies to ASD
• Offers a decision-making framework that helps clinicians integrate the best available evidence with client values and context
• Guides practitioners through the process of assessing treatment outcomes that fit with client values and contextual variables
• Provides concrete examples for various age groups