Psychology

Autism Service Delivery

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014), approximately
one in six children in the USA has a developmental disability with 1 in 68 diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. The societal costs for caring for children with autism are estimated at over $61 billion per year in the USA (Buescher et al. 2014), suggesting a need for high-quality research on assessment and treatment proce- dures to address this growing public health concern. While applied behavior analy- sis has emerged as a clear scientifically validated approach to the assessment and treatment of behavior associated with autism spectrum disorders (e.g., Odom et al. 2010; Thompson 2014; Walsh 2011; see also http://www.asatonline.org/treatment/ recommendations), the field of behavior analysis has seen much fracturing between the basic and applied wings of its discipline in its recent history. The divergence of behavioral science and practice has been of concern for decades (e.g., Poling et al. 1981; Reed et al. 2014). An unfortunate source of this separation may be the lack of coordinated research interests aimed at translating principles and findings from the basic operant laboratory to the front lines of service delivery (Mace and Critch- field 2010). Toward this end, we were inspired by Murray Sidman’s call to educate practitioners on the basic behavior-analytic science that serves as the backbone to applied methods (2011). A noteworthy addition by Sidman is that basic researchers ought to have an understanding of how practitioners use basic science, and what aspects of practice warrant additional inquiry in the highly controlled operant labo- ratory. This bidirectional approach to advancing behavior analysis thereby serves as the major influencing factor for the format of this book

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Series Title

Autism Service Delivery

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Publisher

USA : Springer New York Heidelberg., 2015

Collation

1-495

Language

English

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978-1-4939-2656-5

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NONE

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Edition

1st Edtion

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PSYCHOLOGY

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