Treatment Planning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

An Individualized, Problem-Solving Approach

Naomi Chedd, Karen Levine

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781118221068
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Index: Psychology

A new way of thinking about treatment planning to support children with autism spectrum disorders

Grounded in solid theory, Treatment Planning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Individualized, Problem-Solving Approach helps educators and therapists who work with children with autism spectrum disorders make sense of this confusing, often conflicting, and rapidly evolving clinical and research treatment landscape.

Rooted in evidence-based practices, Chedd and Levine provide a 7-step dynamic treatment planning process. The book shows how a variety of current interventions and treatments can be incorporated into this process and includes applications of different approaches for tackling different problems. The nine illustrative case vignettes cover a wide variety of ages, developmental challenges, learning and social profiles, and school and family circumstances.

With a firm commitment to and focus on the child's best interests as well as family needs and preferences, Treatment Planning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders offers professionals new possibilities for enhancing the quality of life for children with ASDs.

Table of contents

• Treatment Planning For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• 1 Introduction: Looking at Treatment Planning Through a Different Lens
• 2 What Is Evidence-Based Practice?
• 3 The Individualized, Problem-Solving Treatment Process
• 4 Jamal: A Previously Happy Preschooler Disengages
• 5 Katherine: A 9-Year-Old Learns to Cope With Her Own Explosive Episodes
• 6 Brandon: Developmental Delays and OCD Present a Big Challenge for a Nonverbal Preschooler
• 7 Rafael: A Happy, Well-Behaved 6-Year-Old Becomes Increasingly Rigid
• 8 Alex: Extreme Mood Dysregulation Interferes With School and Home Functioning for a Fourth Grader
• 9 Emily: A Passive Teenager Begins to Learn Self-Help Skills
• 10 Chen: A Teenager With Asperger's Hits Bottom, But With Help and Determination, Heads for College
• 11 Michael: A 10-Year-Old Whose Behaviors Are Becoming More Disruptive and Aggressive
• 12 Jake: A 5-Year-Old Who Has Responded Well to Floortime
• Afterword
• Appendix: Autism Treatment Approaches
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index