Tuesday, December 28, 2010

A Developmental-Behavioral Approach to Outpatient Psychotherapy with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

The following is the abstract for my most recent journal article. This is my first peer reviewed publication in 10 years, so it is very exciting for me!

A Developmental-Behavioral Approach to Outpatient Psychotherapy with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Over the course of development, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) may present with an array of behavioral symptoms in addition to the primary impairments in language, socialization, and repetitive/restricted interests. These developmental challenges allow outpatient psychotherapists the opportunity to provide helpful clinical services to children and adolescents with ASDs. This can be best accomplished by combining behavioral strategies that are typically effective with children with ASDs with evidence-based approaches helpful for other psychiatric conditions. Four case examples are provided that review how to use both ASDs and general child clinical interventions with children with ASDs and their families.

Click on the title of this post for a link to the journal's page. If you have access through a university library, you can get the PDF, or you can purchase the article.

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