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As the rate of autism diagnosis continues to escalate, awareness and recognition of this developmental brain disorder – as well as a demand for services – are also mushrooming. School districts, already struggling under the weight of withering budgets and increasing enrollments, are now scrambling to strike a balance between the types of services and treatments parents want for their children and what the school system can afford to provide. Consequently, a broa… More >>
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Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Autism at School offers the school-based professional a general guide to assessment and intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders. The book’s chapters include a discussion of etiology, prevalence, screening, identification and assessment, and treatment. Tables, figures, and graphs add to the readability of the text. The authors outline a process for diagnosis and provide examples of screening and assessment instruments. The chapters on psychoeducational assessment and treatment (interventions) will be of interest to school psychologists. The appendix lists a number of autism resources. Overall, this text provides a basic and general introduction to working with school-age children with autism spectrum disorders. The content would have been strengthened by including case vignettes to illustrate the specific application of screening, assessment and intervention procedures. Supplemental resources will be needed for those practitioners seeking a more comprehensive description of assessment components, school-based intervention strategies, and “how to” guidelines.
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