Teaching Language to Children With Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities

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This book is a "must have" book for parents and professionals who are seeking to implement a "verbal behavior" teaching intervention for children with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder. Most children with autism or other developmental disabilities experience severe language delays or disorders. Teaching language to these children can be quite a challenge to parents and professionals. This easy to understand book presents a state-of-the-art language assessment and intervention program based on B.F. Skinner's behavioral analysis of language, and the extensive body of empirical research that supports Skinner's analysis. This book presents an brief language assessment along with specific teaching strategies for developing critical expressive language skills. It is often used to teach language skills identified in the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (The ABLLS-R - a more comprehensive assessment of language and other critical learner skills).