This book is an authoritative resource that presents up-to-date research and evidence-based tools for accurate assessment and intervention. It includes procedures to help identify children using the new DSM-5 symptom criteria and offers essential guidance for assessing a variety of emotional, behavioral, and academic problems. Comprehensive and timely, the book offers practical, research-based findings that can assist educators and school psychologists in screening and assessing children – and in implementing appropriate intervention strategies.
FEATURES
- Includes procedures to help identify children with ASD using the new DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
- Offers practitioners an evidence-based assessment battery, which includes tests of cognitive, academic, neuropsychological, and adaptive functioning.
- Employs case vignettes to illustrate best practices in a school setting.
- Concludes with a primer on ASD-related litigation issues and discusses relationships between special education law, provision of services, and placement decisions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I.
Evidenced-Based Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder 1. Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder 2.
Multitier Screening and Identification 3. Comprehensive Developmental
Assessment Model 4. Cognitive, Neuropsychological, Academic, and Adaptive
Functioning 5. Language and Social Communication 6. Co-Occurring Emotional and
Behavioral Problems Part II.
Evidence-Based Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder 7. Evidence-Based
Interventions in the Classroom 8. Continuum of Services and the Individual
Education Plan Process 9. Curriculum and Program Structure 10. Collaboration
Between Families and Schools 11. Legal Issues Under IDEA.
2014. 264 PAGES. HARDCOVER
ISBN: 978-4338-1615-4
REVIEWS
"This fantastic resource is a must-read for professionals and students across
many disciplines. Contributors provide critical information on a comprehensive
range of topics with an emphasis on evidence-based approaches and practical
applications." - Natacha Akshoomoff, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and
Center for Human Development, University of California, San Diego
"Autism Spectrum
Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based Assessment and
Intervention in Schools serves as an excellent resource for professionals
working with children with ASD in educational settings and covers many
fundamental aspects that need to be considered in assessment and intervention
practices. Overall, this book thoroughly integrates current research and theory
as well as relevant practice in school settings and will allow practitioners to
further their conceptual understanding of assessing and treating ASD."- Canadian Journal of
School Psychology
“Wilkinson has put together a book that is quite readable and interesting. Difficult concepts are explained clearly but concisely. The style and quality of writing is consistently good across chapters. A strength of this book is the breadth of coverage. The authors meet the goal of providing professionals with information on ASD, screening, assessment, and interventions for the classroom.” - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
“Wilkinson has put together a book that is quite readable and interesting. Difficult concepts are explained clearly but concisely. The style and quality of writing is consistently good across chapters. A strength of this book is the breadth of coverage. The authors meet the goal of providing professionals with information on ASD, screening, assessment, and interventions for the classroom.” - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
"This concise book provides
a comprehensive and very readable introduction to best practices in the
assessment and treatment of ASD in school settings. It succinctly informs the
professional reader about the theoretical and research foundations underlying its
many suggestions for practice, which are further enhanced by the liberal use of
vignettes." -PsycCRITIQUES
"An excellent and
accessible synthesis of the evidence base for school-based interventions in ASD
and a comprehensive look at the psychological profile of the child with autism."
- The Association for Child and
Adolescent Mental Health
"In its current form, Wilkinson has fashioned a very good book for ASD school practitioners, with commendable interdisciplinary appeal and a much needed dose of empiricism!"
- New England Psychologist
“Overall, Wilkinson’s text is like a guided tour of the parallel yet overlapping worlds of school and clinical practice, which many of our patients and families navigate daily. It will contribute to the reader’s knowledge of ASDs and more broadly of how schools accommodate and work with special-needs children.” - Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Lee A. Wilkinson, PhD, NCSP is a licensed and nationally certified school psychologist, and certified cognitive-behavioral therapist. He provides consultation services and best practice guidance to school systems, agencies, advocacy groups, and professionals on a wide variety of topics related to children and youth with autism spectrum disorder. His research and professional writing has focused primarily on behavioral consultation and therapy, and evidence-based practice in assessment and intervention for autism spectrum disorder. He has published numerous journal articles on these subjects both in the US and internationally. Dr. Wilkinson is author of the award-wining books, A
Best Practice Guide to Assessment and Intervention for Autism and Asperger
Syndrome in Schools and Overcoming
Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum: A Self-Help Guide Using CBT. His latest book is A Best Practice Guide to Assessment and Intervention for Autism
Spectrum Disorder in Schools (2nd Edition).
"In its current form, Wilkinson has fashioned a very good book for ASD school practitioners, with commendable interdisciplinary appeal and a much needed dose of empiricism!"
- New England Psychologist
“Overall, Wilkinson’s text is like a guided tour of the parallel yet overlapping worlds of school and clinical practice, which many of our patients and families navigate daily. It will contribute to the reader’s knowledge of ASDs and more broadly of how schools accommodate and work with special-needs children.” - Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Availability
Autism Spectrum Disorder
in Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based Assessment and Intervention in
Schools is currently in stock and available from APA Books. It can also be ordered from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Book Depository, and other booksellers.
The book is available in both print and eBook formats. Examination and
desk copies are also available to college and university faculty.
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