This handbook offers practical strategies and evidence-based
parent-implemented interventions for very young children with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). It explores this important subject within the
context of rapidly increasing numbers of toddlers who are diagnosed with
ASD during the second year of life. The handbook discusses how parents
of young children with ASD can effectively be supported, taught, and
coached to implement evidence-based parenting strategies and
intervention techniques, and describes a broad range of developmentally
appropriate programs at the family, community, and service delivery
levels. In addition, the handbook examines individual differences in
parenting cognitions, emotions, and practices and proposes strategies
for supporting the varying capacities of diverse families to meet the
needs of young children with ASD. Chapters provide diverse coverage,
spanning cultural/socio-economic differences as well as differences in
family structure; parenting cognitions, emotions, and practices;
parental learning styles; and access to social support.
Featured topics include:
- Supporting families of high-risk infants who have an older sibling
with ASD.
- The use of video feedback strategies in parent-mediated early ASD
intervention.
- The Incredible Years (IY) Parent Program for preschool children with
ASD and language delays.
- Self-help for parents of children with ASD.
- The Family Implemented TEACCH for Toddlers (FITT) support model.
- Parent-implemented interventions for underserved families in Taiwan.
- Family and provider-based interventions in South Asia.
The Handbook of Parent-Implemented Interventions for Very Young
Children with Autism is a must-have resource for researchers,
clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in clinical child,
school, and developmental psychology, family studies, behavioral
therapy, and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy,
child and adolescent psychiatry, pediatrics, and special
education/educational psychology.
