Behavioral Treatments for Individuals with Autism

Promoting Longevity and Durability
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-91964-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 510 g

Reihe: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series

This book addresses the durability of behavioral treatment effects for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It provides an overview of basic research underlying behavioral relapse and persistence as well as applied research on and strategies for promoting long-lasting behavior change. Chapters address key issues, such as mechanisms underlying various forms of relapse and clinical strategies for mitigating and preventing them. Additional areas of coverage include relapse-mitigation strategies for specialized areas of practice (e.g., feeding).

Key areas of coverage include:

• Strategies for mitigating relapse.
• Quantitative models of behaviour as they apply to relapse.
• Basic research on relapse made consumable and applicable for clinicians.
• Managing and ensuring safety during treatment.
• Ensuring successful treatment transfer to community settings.

is a must-have resource for clinicians, therapists, and other practitioners as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students in clinical child and school psychology, developmental disabilities, clinical social work, public health, behavioral therapy and rehabilitation, pediatrics, physical therapy, occupational therapy, neurology, and all related disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kranak, Michael P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction to Longevity and Durability of Behavioral Treatments for Autism.- Chapter 2: Basic Research on Resurgence.- Chapter 3: Applied Research on and Strategies for Mitigating Resurgence.- Chapter 4: Basic Research on Renewal.- Chapter 5: Applied Research on and Strategies for Mitigating Renewal.- Chapter 6: Basic Research on Reinstatement and Reacquisition.- Chapter 7: Applied Research on and Strategies for Mitigating Reinstatement and Reacquisition.- Chapter 8 Mitigating Relapse During the Treatment of Feeding-Related Problem Behavior.- Chapter 9: Other Considerations for Ensuring Persistence of Desirable Behavior .- Chapter 10: When Mitigation Strategies Aren’t Enough: Managing and Ensuring Safety During Treatment.- Chapter 11: Ensuring Successful Transfer of Treatment to Community Settings – Comprehensive Discharge Planning.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Kranak, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Research for the Center for Autism at Oakland University. His primary research interests include relapse of problem behavior specifically and the assessment and treatment of problem behavior broadly as well as best practices for supervision. Dr. Kranak has accrued nearly $2 million in and has had near-continuous funding for his research, including through grants from the NIH. In addition, Dr. Kranak serves as an Associate Editor for and on the Board of Editors for several journals, including the