A Practical Guide to Finding Treatments That Work for People with Autism provides a logical, culturally sensitive, and values-based resource to aid practitioners in making informed decisions on the most effective treatment for any given client at any given time.
By providing multiple illustrative examples, practitioners will learn to use their professional judgment to integrate the best available evidence with client values and context. This will increase the efficacy of autism treatments, with the goal of producing meaningful gains across a range of skills.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Series Foreword: Critical Specialities in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges - p. vii 6. Acknowledgments - p. ix 7. Section I: Evidence-Based Practice: A Brief Overview - p. ix 8. Section I. Evidence-Based Practice: A Brief Overview - p. 1 9. Section II: Best Available Evidence - p. 2 10. Section II. Best Available Evidence - p. 3 11. Chapter 1. Systematic Review - p. 5 12. Chapter 2. Other Sources of Evidence - p. 13 13. Section III: Target, Stakeholder, and Leader Client Variables, Values, and Preferences - p. 19 14. Section III. Target, Stakeholder, and Leader Client Variables, Values, and Preferences - p. 21 15. Chapter 3. Client Health - p. 23 16. Chapter 4. Client Repertoire and Behavioral Cusps - p. 29 17. Chapter 5. Client Preferences - p. 33 18. Chapter 6. Quality of Life, Generalization, and Social Validity - p. 37 19. Chapter 7. Treatment Acceptability and Social Validity - p. 41 20. Chapter 8. Treatment Feasibility and Social Validity - p. 47 21. Chapter 9. Context Matters: Getting Systems to Adopt Treatments - p. 59 22. Section IV: Professional Judgment - p. 63 23. Section IV. Professional Judgment - p. 65 24. Chapter 10. Initial Selection: Weighing and Integrating Information - p. 67 25. Chapter 11. Progress Monitoring - p. 75 26. Chapter 12. Determining the Next Step - p. 87 27. Section V: Conclusions and Examples - p. 89 28. Section V. Conclusions and Examples - p. 91 29. Appendix A. Evidence-Based Practice Guide - p. 109 30. Appendix B. Sample Implementation Plan Checklist - p. 115 31. References - p. 117 32. Index - p. 125
A Practical Guide to Finding Treatments That Work for People with Autism provides a logical, culturally sensitive, and values-based resource to aid practitioners in making informed decisions on the most effective treatment for any given client at any given time.
By providing multiple illustrative examples, practitioners will learn to use their professional judgment to integrate the best available evidence with client values and context. This will increase the efficacy of autism treatments, with the goal of producing meaningful gains across a range of skills.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Series Foreword: Critical Specialities in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges - p. vii 6. Acknowledgments - p. ix 7. Section I: Evidence-Based Practice: A Brief Overview - p. ix 8. Section I. Evidence-Based Practice: A Brief Overview - p. 1 9. Section II: Best Available Evidence - p. 2 10. Section II. Best Available Evidence - p. 3 11. Chapter 1. Systematic Review - p. 5 12. Chapter 2. Other Sources of Evidence - p. 13 13. Section III: Target, Stakeholder, and Leader Client Variables, Values, and Preferences - p. 19 14. Section III. Target, Stakeholder, and Leader Client Variables, Values, and Preferences - p. 21 15. Chapter 3. Client Health - p. 23 16. Chapter 4. Client Repertoire and Behavioral Cusps - p. 29 17. Chapter 5. Client Preferences - p. 33 18. Chapter 6. Quality of Life, Generalization, and Social Validity - p. 37 19. Chapter 7. Treatment Acceptability and Social Validity - p. 41 20. Chapter 8. Treatment Feasibility and Social Validity - p. 47 21. Chapter 9. Context Matters: Getting Systems to Adopt Treatments - p. 59 22. Section IV: Professional Judgment - p. 63 23. Section IV. Professional Judgment - p. 65 24. Chapter 10. Initial Selection: Weighing and Integrating Information - p. 67 25. Chapter 11. Progress Monitoring - p. 75 26. Chapter 12. Determining the Next Step - p. 87 27. Section V: Conclusions and Examples - p. 89 28. Section V. Conclusions and Examples - p. 91 29. Appendix A. Evidence-Based Practice Guide - p. 109 30. Appendix B. Sample Implementation Plan Checklist - p. 115 31. References - p. 117 32. Index - p. 125
