I. Assessment and Diagnosis
1. Understanding and Measuring Social Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Amy M. Wetherby
2. Early Diagnosis of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Catherine Lord and Jennifer Richler
II. Screening and Surveillance
3. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders in Populations: Progress, Challenges, and Questions for Future Research and Practice, Tony Charman and Simon Baron-Cohen
4. Early Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders in Clinical Practice Settings, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum and Wendy Stone
III. Evidence-Based Interventions
5. Treatment of Responding to and Initiating Joint Attention, Paul J. Yoder and Andrea S. McDuffie
6. Evidence-Based Interventions for Language Development in Young Children with Autism, Sally J. Rogers
7. Promoting Social Reciprocity and Symbolic Representation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Designing Quality Peer Play Interventions, Pamela J. Wolfberg and Adriana L. Schuler
8. Imitation: Some Cues for Intervention Approaches in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Jacqueline Nadel and Nadra Aouka
9. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for Children with Autism, Patricia Howlin
IV. Developmental and Neurobiological Issues
10. A Developmental Approach to Understanding Atypical Development, Tedra A. Walden and Jennifer J. Hurley
11. The Neural Basis of Early Joint-Attention Behavior, Peter Mundy and Danielle Thorp
Tony Charman, PhD, is Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. He studies early social-cognitive development in children with autism and the clinical application of this work via screening, diagnostic, outcome, early intervention, and epidemiological studies. Dr. Charman is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Associate Editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and is on the editorial/advisory boards of Autism, Autism Research, British Journal of Developmental Psychology,Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, and Research into Autism Spectrum Disorders. He has served on a number of expert panels for the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom and the National Institutes of Health in the United States, and is a scientific member of the Advisory Group to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism.
Wendy Stone, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the READi Lab (Research in Early Autism Detection and Intervention) at the University of Washington. Her primary research interests are early identification and intervention in autism, and the influence of early social-communicative development on later behavioral and diagnostic outcomes. She developed the Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers (STAT), and conducts research on improving community health care practices for toddlers with autism through implementation of early screening and evidence-based interventions. Dr. Stone serves on the editorial board of Autism Research, on the autism advisory panel for Sesame Street/Workshop, and on the Baby Siblings Research Consortium.
"Charman and Stone have recruited foremost authorities to summarize in clear and considerable detail what the science shows, the clinical implications of existing knowledge, and the directions toward which we need to move in future research. This book is destined to be a truly influential contribution for autism researchers, clinicians, graduate students, and policymakers seeking to ground their decisions in scientific evidence." - Samuel L. Odom, School of Education, Indiana University, USA "This book is a must-have for the bookshelves of graduate students, clinicians, and researchers specializing in autism... A phenomenal resource." - APA PsycCRITIQUES "The most important, ambitious, and exciting volume to be published on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the last several years. The volume brings together leading scholars and researchers whose work has led to revolutionary changes in early diagnosis and innovative, effective intervention... Taken together, the chapters demonstrate the feasibility of identifying every toddler at risk and providing interventions to significantly reduce the severity of symptoms and promote language acquisition." - Helen Tager-Flusberg, Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston University School of Medicine, USA "'This work would be an appropriate text for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in developmental psychopathology, social development, and developmental cognitive neuroscience.' "- Deborah Fein, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA
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