A Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies for Individuals with Autism

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Future Horizons, 1997 - Education - 448 pages

A cornucopia of ideas, strategies, and concepts that will apply to virtually any situation! The authors address sensory, communication, physical, and social-emotional issues by increasing desired behaviors and decreasing unwanted behaviors. You will learn how to

  • build sensory diets into everyday activities
  • use antecedent control
  • teach students to self-regulate
  • deal with self-injurious behaviors, physical or verbal aggression
  • teach toilet training
  • handle obsessive-compulsive behavior and fixations
  • deal with crisis/stress/data management
  • handle data management
  • and much more.

Whatever problems you face, you'll find helpful solutions to them in this book. This book should be on every teacher's and parent's bookshelf. Great reference source!

 

Contents

III
25
Sensory Issues and Behavior
39
Dysfunctions in Specific Sensory Systems
49
25
74
VI
119
Increasing Desired Behaviors
137
7
176
Decreasing Unwanted Behaviors
209
D
230
Crisis Management and Other Special Problems
249
Discipline Procedures and Behavior Intervention Plans
313
Putting It All Together
329
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