PRO-ED Series on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Second Edition

Written in a quickly accessible, user-friendly style by qualified and experienced professionals, the books discuss and illustrate numerous practical solutions and strategies for working with learners with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders. The books are similar in format and flexible enough to adapt to particular learning situations. 6” x 9” softcover books.

Functional Behavioral Assessment

• Describes a process to develop successful, function-based intervention plans and design maximally effective management programs for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Functional behavior assessment (FBA) is an information-gathering process to identify environmental variables that produce challenging behaviors. This book presents the foundations of FBA, the steps in the FBA process, data-collection procedures to complete an FBA, and guidelines for developing function-based interventions. 80 pages.

Self-Management and Cognitive Behavior Interventions

• A guide to using cognitive behavior modification (CBM) with students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to increase the student’s self-management.
• CBM approaches include self-management intervention (SMI) and cognitive behavior intervention (CBI). SMI is synonymous with self-regulation and encompasses a variety of cognitive processes, such as controlling emotions, attending to relevant information, planning future behavior, remaining flexible through unplanned setbacks, and behaving in a way that enhances the likelihood of achieving future goals. SMI is managed by the student and is used to address a wide variety of target behaviors. CBI helps individuals examine their thoughts and emotions and adopt actions that change their thinking, as well as their behavior.
• Examines specific, research-based cognitive behavior interventions and self-management interventions and explores designing and implementing interventions for students with ASD. 108 pages.