The latest and most comprehensive resource on autism and related
disorders

Since the original edition was first published more than a
quarter-century ago, The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive
Developmental Disorders has been the most influential reference
work in the field. Volume 2 of this comprehensive work
includes a wealth of information from the experts in their
respective specialities within the larger field of autism studies:
Assessment, Interventions, and Social Policy Perspectives.

Within the three sections found in Volume 2, readers will
find in-depth treatment of:

* Screening for autism in young children; diagnostic instruments
in autism spectrum disorders (ASD); clinical evaluation in
multidisciplinary settings; assessing communications in ASD; and
behavioral assessment of individuals with autism, including current
practice and future directions

* Interventions for infants and toddlers at risk; comprehensive
treatment models for children and youth with ASD; targeted
interventions for social communication symptoms in preschoolers
with ASD; augmentative and alternative communication; interventions
for challenging behaviors; supporting mainstream educational
success; supporting inclusion education; promoting recreational
engagement in children with ASD; social skills interventions; and
employment and related services for adults with ASD

* Supporting adult independence in the community for individuals
with high functioning ASD; supporting parents, siblings, and
grandparents of people with ASD; and evidence-based psychosocial
interventions for individuals with ASD

* Special topic coverage such as autism across cultures; autism
in the courtroom; alternative treatments; teacher and professional
training guidelines; economic aspects of autism; and consideration
of alternative treatments

The new edition includes the relevant updates to help readers
stay abreast of the state of this rapidly evolving field and gives
them a guide to separate the wheat from the chaff as information
about autism proliferates.

Fred R. Volkmar, M.D., is Irving B Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center where he directs the autism research program.?He is an associate editor of the Journal of Autism and the American Journal of Psychiatry. He is the author of several hundred scientific papers and chapters as well as a number of books including?A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Teacher and Family Members Needs to Know.

Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP SLP, is Professor and Director of the Communication Disorders section in the Developmental Disabilities Clinic at the Yale Child Study Center.? She holds a joint appointment at SCSU, where she is Professor of Communication Disorders.

Sally J. Rogers, Ph.D., UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. Her clinical interests include early intervention for children with autism and social skills groups for autistic adults. She serves on the editorial board of many publications, including the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Kevin A.? Pelphrey, Ph.D., is the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry and director of the Child Neuroscience Laboratory at the Yale Child Study Center.

Zusammenfassung
The latest and most comprehensive resource on autism and related disorders

Since the original edition was first published more than a quarter-century ago, The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders has been the most influential reference work in the field. Volume 2 of this comprehensive work includes a wealth of information from the experts in their respective specialities within the larger field of autism studies: Assessment, Interventions, and Social Policy Perspectives.

Within the three sections found in Volume 2, readers will find in-depth treatment of:

• Screening for autism in young children; diagnostic instruments in autism spectrum disorders (ASD); clinical evaluation in multidisciplinary settings; assessing communications in ASD; and behavioral assessment of individuals with autism, including current practice and future directions
• Interventions for infants and toddlers at risk; comprehensive treatment models for children and youth with ASD; targeted interventions for social communication symptoms in preschoolers with ASD; augmentative and alternative communication; interventions for challenging behaviors; supporting mainstream educational success; supporting inclusion education; promoting recreational engagement in children with ASD; social skills interventions; and employment and related services for adults with ASD
• Supporting adult independence in the community for individuals with high functioning ASD; supporting parents, siblings, and grandparents of people with ASD; and evidence-based psychosocial interventions for individuals with ASD
• Special topic coverage such as autism across cultures; autism in the courtroom; alternative treatments; teacher and professional training guidelines; economic aspects of autism; and consideration of alternative treatments

The new edition includes the relevant updates to help readers stay abreast of the state of this rapidly evolving field and gives them a guide to separate the wheat from the chaff as information about autism proliferates.

Contributors xi

Preface xix

VOLUME 1: DIAGNOSIS, DEVELOPMENT, AND BRAIN MECHANISMS

I DIAGNOSIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, COURSE 1

1 AUTISM AND THE AUTISM SPECTRUM: DIAGNOSTIC CONCEPTS 3
Fred R. Volkmar, Brian Reichow, Alexander Westphal, and David S. Mandell

2 THE BROADER AUTISM PHENOTYPE 28
Brooke Ingersoll and Allison Wainer

3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 57
Alison Presmanes Hill, Katharine E. Zuckerman, and Eric Fombonne

4 OUTCOMES IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 97
Patricia Howlin

II DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR 117

5 ASD IN INFANTS AND TODDLERS 121
Katarzyna Chawarska, Suzanne Macari, Fred R. Volkmar, So Hyun Kim, and Frederick Shic

6 SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH ASD 148
Nirit Bauminger-Zviely

7 ISSUES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS DURING ADOLESCENCE AND BEYOND 176
Lynn Kern Koegel, Robert L. Koegel, Amber R. Miller, and Whitney J. Detar

8 ADULTS WITH AUTISM 191
Carla A. Mazefsky and Susan W. White

9 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AUTISM 212
Naomi Ornstein Davis and Alice S. Carter

10 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN AUTISM 230
So Hyun Kim, Rhea Paul, Helen Tager-Flusberg, and Catherine Lord

11 PLAY DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: SKILLS, OBJECT PLAY, AND INTERVENTIONS 263
Connie Kasari and Ya-Chih Chang

12 IMITATION IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 278
Giacomo Vivanti and Antonia Hamilton

13 NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 302
Katherine D. Tsatsanis and Kelly Powell

14 AUTISM AND EMOTION 332
R. Peter Hobson

15 MOTOR CONTROL AND MOTOR LEARNING PROCESSES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 354
Stefanie Bodison and Stewart Mostofsky

16 SENSORY FEATURES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 378
Grace T. Baranek, Lauren M. Little, L. Diane Parham, Karla K. Ausderau, and Maura G. Sabatos-DeVito

III NEUROBIOLOGY AND MEDICAL ISSUES 409

17 GENETICS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 411
Michael Rutter and Anita Thapar

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