Facilitating Evidence Based Practice For Students With Asd

With a growing population of children diagnosed with autism, there is a critical need for teachers and administrators to have a solid understanding of the evidence-based practices necessary for positive academic, behavioral, and social outcomes for this population. Dr. Carnahan and Dr. Lowrey have created a framework that can be used to review and assess the current teaching environment to determine if the evidence-based practices are being implemented and offer strategies on how to improve the delivery of instruction to ensure that these students are being supported.

There has been a strong recent trend towards incorporating evidence into Social Work practice in general, and into group work in particular. This trend has focused on the education of students in the use of evidence, development of evidence-based interventions, and discussion of how evidence can be used to improve practice. A limitation of most of this literature is that it has been written by researchers for the consumption of practitioners, limiting the ability of evidence-based practices to be incorporated into unique community settings and with specific populations. In spite of this difficulty, implementation of evidence-based practices continues quietly in practice settings. This book describes efforts to integrate evidence into community settings, which have two foci. The first part details group models developed through collaborations between researchers and community agencies. Each chapter details efforts to implement, research, or review programs in community settings. The second part deals with issues around instruction and dissemination of evidence-based group work into practice settings. The volume makes a significant contribution to the discussion about evidence-based group work. This book was published as a special issue of Social Work with Groups.

Similar to a handbook in its comprehensive description of current theory and research, this interdisciplinary text shows how the existing knowledge base can explore promising new possibilities related to the field's many unanswered questions.

This title is only available as a loose-leaf version with Pearson eText. Methods for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders is the most comprehensive text available, aimed at helping pre-service and in-service teachers and related service professionals understand the importance of evidence-based practices in the education of learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) from a family and longitudinal learning perspective. With its emphasis on the theme of family and professional partnerships and collaboration and consultation, the book includes learning aids such as suggested print and web-based resources, graphic organizers, and points for reflection; child and family vignettes, “Consider This” features, and examples of exemplary programs and practices; and the most up-to-date information and latest trends in the field. 0133833666 / 9780133833669 Methods for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence-Based Practices, Loose-Leaf Version with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0133585123 / 9780133585124 Methods for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence-Based Practices, Pearson eText - Access Card 013707171X / 9780137071715 Methods for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence-Based Practices, Loose-Leaf Version

Note: This is the loose-leaf version of Methods for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and does not include access to the Pearson eText. To order the Pearson eText packaged with the loose-leaf version, use ISBN 0133833666. Methods for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders is the most comprehensive text available, aimed at helping pre-service and in-service teachers and related service professionals understand the importance of evidence-based practices in the education of learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) from a family and longitudinal learning perspective. With its emphasis on the theme of family and professional partnerships and collaboration and consultation, the book includes learning aids such as suggested print and web-based resources, graphic organizers, and points for reflection; child and family vignettes, “Consider This” features, and examples of exemplary programs and practices; and the most up-to-date information and latest trends in the field.

Provides pre- and in-service educators and other practitioners working with learners with autism spectrum disorder a user-friendly resource to assist them with the identification, selection, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practices. Throughout the book, authors highlight aspects related to training, ethical decision-making, ongoing assessment, data-based decision making, and collaboration with families and other professionals.

This book examines early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) programs for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It analyzes current research on early intervention (EI) and explains the importance of accurate, timely detection of ASD in facilitating the use of EI. Chapters address five widely researched EIBI approaches: Discrete Trial Training, Pivotal Response Training, the Early Start Denver Model, Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching, and Enhanced Milieu Teaching. This in-depth study of current EIBI approaches offers a rigorous guide to earlier and more intensive interventions for children with ASD, leading to greater autonomy and improved later life outcomes for individuals. Featured topics include: Parent-implemented interventions and related issues. Evaluations of controversial interventions used with children with ASD. Factors contributing to rising ASD prevalence. Obstacles to obtaining accurate ASD diagnosis in young children. Early Intervention for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology, behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, social work, public health, educational policy and politics, and related psychology and behavioral health fields.

Given the challenges of providing appropriate services to a diverse and increasingly numerous student population in this country with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the need for evidence-based practice in our schools has never been so urgent. We must provide our educators with the tools and resources they need to give children and adolescents the greatest chance for success.To assist educators who work hard to provide appropriate services, the National Autism Center published the first edition of "Evidence-based Practice and Autism in the Schools" in 2010. Thousands of educators from every state and dozens of countries have accessed it online. In a national survey conducted the following year, responses demonstrated that the manual was making a significant impact on improving educators' knowledge about ASD and providing effective interventions for students on the spectrum.This newest edition of "Evidence-based Practice and Autism in the Schools" includes up-to-date information designed to assist front-line interventionists in selecting and implementing the most effective research-supported interventions for ASD. We offer this manual to help fulfill the National Autism Center's mission to disseminate these kinds of resources to communities across the country and throughout the world. Lasting change in the education of students with ASD requires evidence-based practice as its foundation.