The Educator's Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kaye Otten has a doctorate from The University of Kansas in special education with an emphasis in emotional, behavioral, and autism spectrum disorders and is a board certified behavior analyst with Summit Behavioral Services specializing in school based services.  She provides collaborative coaching to school districts in developing evidence based multi-tiered systems of behavioral support and serves as adjunct faculty with The Mandt System, an international leader in crisis prevention and intervention.  Kaye has over thirty years of experience in public and private schools as a general and special educator and behavioral consultant and has experience working with all ages, ability levels, and disability categories.  She is the co-author of the book How to Reach and Teach Children with Challenging Behavior:  Practical Ready-To-Use Strategies that Work  and the online professional development courses Managing Challenging Behavior: Part 1-Antecedent Strategies and Part 2-Consequence Strategies  provided by Exceptional Child of Vector Solutions. Sonja R. de Boer is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) and obtained her Ph.D. in special education and psychology and research in education at the University of Kansas, with an emphasis on early intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Richard Simpson was her advisor through her doctorate program. She has approximately 30 years of experience working in early childhood special education, early intervention services, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), with students with disabilities, and specifically children with ASD. For children with ASD, she has designed and supervised in-home intervention programs (ages 0-10), preschool programs (ages 3-6; both intensive ABA and inclusive preschools), as well as elementary school educational and behavioral programs (ages 5-12).For more than half of her career, she has focused on serving students with ASD and their families and educators in rural communities. She is currently a faculty member for Tufts University Medical Center in Child Psychiatry and provides training and consultation around the nation regarding interventions for children with ASD. Besides the United States, she has worked with professionals, universities, non-profit organizations and families with children with ASD and other disabilities in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Nigeria, China, Chile, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She is the author of the book Successful Inclusion Practices for Children with Autism: Creating a Complete, Effective, ASD Inclusion Program (currently being revised and updated for publication); Discrete Trial Training, 2nd edition (part of the How To Series on Autism Spectrum Disorders); and is one of the original co-authors of the first edition of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Interventions and Treatments for Children and Youth written with Richard Simpson in 2005. Leslie Bross is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte. She serves as the director of the Graduate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) program at UNC Charlotte. Leslie earned her doctoral degree from the University of Kansas in 2019 with an emphasis in evidence-based practices and ASD. Her primary research interest is examining ways to support individuals with ASD during their transition to adulthood in the areas of postsecondary education, competitive employment, and community integration. Prior to her experiences in higher education, Leslie was a special education teacher for six years in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. She taught social skills for secondary students with ASD and established a community-based employment program. She also taught English as a second language in Nagasaki, Japan and Barcelona, Spain.

"The field of autism and education has had a difficult time closing the research to practice gap. That is why this book has been so refreshing to read. As practitioners, researchers, and parents of a child with autism, we found it to be a valuable resource for determining which interventions are effective for which individuals and which ones are little more than fads and false promises. What we found especially important is that this book was written by researchers and practitioners with-real world classroom experience using many of the interventions and we loved the practitioner testimonials that provide a glimpse of how they are implemented in their classrooms. This is an easy to read and use guide for teachers who want to discover what interventions are likely to be most effective in providing the best educational opportunities for students with autism."

• Behavioral InterventionsAntecedent Based Interventions - Sonja de BoerDiscrete Trial Teaching - Sonja de BoerErrorless Learning - Sonja de BoerTask Analysis - Sonja de BoerPrompting - Amy Clausen Time Delay - Sonja de BoerBehavioral Momentum - Sonja de BoerResponse Interruption and Redirection - Sabrina MitchellReinforcement - Sonja de BoerDifferential Reinforcement - Leslie BrossModeling - Sonja de BoerFunctional Behavioral Assessment - Sonja de BoerFunctional Communication Training - Sonja de BoerExtinction - Sonja de BoerPunishment - Sonja de BoerUCLA Young Autism Project (Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention) - Leslie BrossEarly Start Denver Model(Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention) - Kaye OttenLearning Experiences: An Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Parents (LEAP) (Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention) - Kaye OttenZiggurat/Comprehensive Autism Planning System - Katie McDermottVisual SupportsSchedules - Leslie BrossIndependent Work Systems - Leslie BrossScripting - Leslie BrossPower Cards - Leslie BrossLanguage TrainingVerbal Behavior Intervention - Janet Enriquez; Monique PinczynskiAugmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) - J GanzAided Language Modeling - Theresa Earles-VollrathAssisted Technology - Theresa Earles-VollrathPicture Exchange Communication System (PECS)) - Janet Enriquez; Monique PinczynskiSocial, Emotional and/or Behavioral Skills TrainingBehavioral Skills Training - Kaye OttenTeaching Interaction Procedure - Kaye OttenCool Versus Not Cool - Theresa Earles-VollrathVideo Modeling - Leslie BrossTheory of mind training - Kaye OttenCartooning - Kaye OttenSocial Decision-Making Strategies - Kaye OttenSocial Narratives/ Story-based Intervention - Kaye OttenThe Program for Education and Enrichment of Relationship Skills (PEERS®) - Melanie HarmsSelf-Management - Stephen CrutchfieldMindfulness - Stephen CrutchfieldThe Coping Cat Program - Theresa Earles-VollrathSocial Thinking - Sonja de BoerZones of Regulation - Matthew KleinThe Incredible Five Point Scale - Amy ClausenFaceSay® - Theresa Earles-VollrathMindreading - Theresa Earles-VollrathNatural Developmental Behavioral InterventionsIncidental Teaching - Kaye Otten; Mary Beth PatryImitation Based Interventions - Kaye Otten; Mary Beth PatryMileau Teaching - Kaye Otten; Mary Beth PatryJoint Attention Interventions - Kaye OttenPivotal Response Interventions - Kaye OttenDevelopmental Relationship-Based InterventionsResponsive Teaching - Kaye OttenDIRFloor Time® - Kaye OttenRelationship Development Intervention (RDI) - Kaye OttenRelational Frame Theory Based InterventionsStimulus Equivalence Instruction (SEI) - Trudy GeorgioMatrix Training - Trudy GeorgioPromoting Emergence of Advanced Knowledge (PEAK) - Trudy; Georgio Lindsey LoflinAcceptance and Commitment Training - Sabrina Mitchell; Trudy GeorgioMiscellaneous InterventionsPeer-Mediated Instruction and Intervention - Ashley Anderson; Paula WilliamsParent Implemented Interventions - Ashley Anderson; Paula WilliamsMusic Mediated Intervention - Melanie HarmsMusic Intensity - Melanie HarmsAnimal Assisted Intervention - Lisa Robbins Art Therapy - Lane MaxcyOutdoor Adventure - Lane MaxcyToilet Training - Lisa RobbinsSENSE Theatre Intervention - Lane MaxcyExercise and Movement - Melanie HarmsGentle Teaching - Kaye OttenTransitionSystematic Transition in Education Programme for Autism Spectrum Disorder (STEP-ASD) - Leslie BrossSelf-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) - Katie McDermottPerson-Centered Planning - Jessica Rousey Physiological InterventionsChelation - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezSpecialized Diets - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezMicrobiome Therapies - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezMetavitamin Therapy - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezSensory Integration - Kaye OttenPotential of Causing Significant HarmRapid Prompting Method - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezHolding Therapy - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezContingent Electric Skin Shock (CESS) - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah ChavezADVANCING THE EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE MOVEMENT - Kaye Otten