Table of Contents: Educating children with autism /

Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : National Academy Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Autistic children > Education (Early childhood) > United States. Autism in children > United States. Enfants autistes > Éducation de la première enfance > États-Unis. Autisme infantile > États-Unis. EDUCATION > Special Education > Learning Disabilities. Autism in children. Autistic children > Education (Early childhood) Autisme. Opvoeding. Aufsatzsammlung. Autismus. Intervention. Kind. United States. USA.
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Table of Contents:

Executive summary: Committee's charge
Diagnosis, assessment, and prevalence
Role of families
Goals for educational services
Characteristics of effective interventions
Public policies
Personnel preparation
Research
Introduction: Features of autism
The challenge of educating children with autism
The committee's work
Organization of the report
Goals for children with autism and their families: Diagnosis, assessment, and prevalence
Family roles
Goals for educational services
Characteristics of effective interventions: Development of communication
Social development
Cognitive development
Sensory and motor development
Adaptive behaviors
Problem behaviors
Instructional strategies
Comprehensive programs
Policy, legal, and research context: Public policy and legal issues
Personnel preparation
Methodological issues in research on educational interventions
Conclusions and recommendations.