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Personal accounts, practical guidance, and books written for the people living it every day.
Senator tackles the challenges of adult life for people on the more severe end of the spectrum, including those who cannot communicate for themselves, and works through the complex decisions awaiting parents and caregivers. She shares her family’s own story about her son, Nat.
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Senator interweaves the voices of autism parents, researchers, and professionals to offer guidance on finding happiness and fulfilment amid the struggles of raising an autistic child. Covers despair and hopelessness, caring for your marriage, and finding balance.
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Senator describes raising a child with a severe autism spectrum disorder alongside two typically developing boys. No miracle treatment or cure, just strategies for coping with daily life and finding courage, contentment, and connection.
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You have heard from autistic authors. You have heard from therapists. Now hear from one young woman who is both. A rare fusion of professional skill and personal understanding, with actionable options for building connection and communication.
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Essays on raising a son with severe autism that challenge commonly held ideas defining autism either as a disease or as neurodiversity. Examines inclusion, religion, therapeutics, and friendship through the lens of severe autism.
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Traces the history of the intact mind concept and how it shapes policy affecting people with autism, from sheltered workshops to legal guardianship and facilitated communication. Argues that marginalising severe disability reproduces historic patterns of discrimination.
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Lowering stress by regulating a child’s experiences and environments, and giving them tools to cope when stress is unavoidable, can transform behaviour, physical health, socialisation, and happiness. Includes exercises, recipes, and real-life examples.
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The first parent guide dedicated to the unique needs of profoundly autistic children, written for parents, family members, and caregivers by the National Autism Center at May Institute.
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Izzy cannot talk, and he struggles to be heard without a voice. A warm, funny picture book about nonspeaking communication, using sign language, pictures, body language, and a speech pad.
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Outcomes in adulthood have remained poor for decades across independent living, employment, relationships, and community integration. This book fills the gap for practitioners creating individualised programming so each learner is prepared for adult life.
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The first book to provide clinicians with a comprehensive curriculum of sexuality education skills for people with autism, covering teaching strategies and fourteen skill domains.
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A quick but comprehensive overview of clinically relevant topics for medical and mental health students and trainees. Sections cover diagnostic assessment, etiology, treatment, and care delivery, each written by a recognised expert.
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Equips medical professionals to overcome the barriers autistic patients face in receiving care. Opens with health care needs and general principles, then takes a systems-based approach across every major area of medical care.
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A map for navigating the maze of early interventions, focused on evidence. Reviews how current treatments work, what makes them effective, and the pros and cons for different children and different needs.
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Principles and procedures of the Group-Based ESDM for preschoolers with autism, with practical guidance on designing interventions, building interdisciplinary teams, and organising learning spaces.
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The first comprehensive compilation of key statutes, cases, and legal materials on autism, spanning health insurance, Medicaid, and special education. Designed as a law school textbook and a resource for policymakers and families.
Buy on Amazon →Foundational and advanced texts for behavior analysts in training and in practice.
A comprehensive, in-depth description of the principles and procedures for changing and analysing socially important behaviour. Content is mapped to the BCBA and BCaBA Task List, 5th Edition.
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A contemporary reference covering the breadth of applied behavior analysis, from foundational principles to clinical application.
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A comprehensive introduction to behavior analysis, referencing thousands of scientifically supported solutions across hundreds of areas of human performance.
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The go-to ethics resource for behavior analysts in training and in practice, updated for the revised BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.
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The first volume to bridge the science of behavior and applied practice, mostly written by researcher and clinician collaborators. Covers conditioning, reinforcement, extinction, choice, verbal behavior, and research ethics.
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Explores data-based decision-making for behavior change across populations and contexts, covering data collection, single-case design, and visual inspection, with numerous case examples.
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Short case-conference stories, each containing a clinical mistake. The reader’s job is to find it, learning applied behavior analysis along the way. A staff training exercise book.
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The definitive in-depth guide to autism spectrum disorder, covering epidemiology and the genetic, environmental, biochemical, social, and neuropathological aspects. The fifth edition reflects DSM-V and ICD-11.
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Volume two covers assessment, interventions, and the policy implications surrounding pervasive developmental disorders, drawing on findings from a range of related disciplines.
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Single-case research has been central to developing and evaluating interventions that alter human functioning. A notable contrast to the quantitative methodology dominating the biological and social sciences.
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A gold-standard introduction to functional behavioral assessment with procedures, forms, and tools piloted in general and special education settings. Includes 17 reproducible checklists and forms.
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Strategies for assessing problem behavior situations and a systematic approach to designing behavioral support programs based on those assessments.
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The official source for APA Style, seventh edition, available in spiral-bound, paperback, hardcover, and ebook.
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A criterion-referenced skills assessment tool, tracking system, and curriculum guide for teaching the essential skills needed for independence.
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The five-book configuration of the AFLS assessment and curriculum system.
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The complete seven-book AFLS bundle covering the full range of functional living skill domains.
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