Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Autor: | Johnny L. Matson, Peter Sturmey |
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EAN: | 9783030885380 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 11.08.2022 |
Untertitel: | Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment |
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Schlagworte: | Academic skills and ABA;Alternative and augmentative communications;Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and autism;Autism spectrum disorder and psychopathology;CBT mindfulness and developmental disabilities;Challenging behaviors and special education |
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Key areas of coverage include:
- Survey of diagnostic criteria and assessment strategies for autism and pervasive developmental disorder.
- Genetic, behavioral, biopsychosocial, and cognitive models of autism assessment and treatment.
- Psychiatric disorders in individuals with ASD.
- Theory of mind and facial recognition in persons with autism.
- Diagnostic instruments for assessing core features and challenging behaviors in autism and PDD.
- Evidence-based psychosocial, pharmacological, and integrative treatments for autism and other developmental disabilities.
- Interventions specifically for adults with ASD.
- Training issues for professionals, parents, and other caregivers of individuals with autism and developmental disabilities.
- Review of findings of successful and promising therapies coupled with guidance on how to distinguish between dubious and effective treatments for autism and PDD.
The handbook is an indispensable resource for researchers, professors, graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other practitioners in clinical child and school psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, special education, behavioral rehabilitation, pediatric medicine, developmental psychology, and all allied disciplines.
Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D., is Professor and Distinguished Research Master in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He has served as major professor for 69 doctoral students over a 42-year career and has more than 850 publications, including 45 books. He is founding editor for the Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Peter Sturmey, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. He has published more than 500 articles, chapters, and conference papers as well as 25 authored and edited books.