ABA Blog: Reliable Information About Science in Autism Treatment

2011-09-21

Reliable Information About Science in Autism Treatment

I still have not come across any comparable free resource. The ASAT newsletter, SIAT - Science in Autism Treatment - is always packed with trustworthy, up to date, varied, information. One of a kind. Subscribe for free. Download the latest issue to check it out. Or all previous issues.

"Consistent with our mission to provide accurate, science-based information about autism and treatments, ASAT resumed publication of Science In Autism Treatment in the summer of 2009. This free, quarterly e-newsletter features:

- Invited articles by leading advocates of science-based treatment
- Clinical Corner responses to frequently asked questions about autism treatment
- Consumer Corner descriptions of resources that can guide and inform treatment decisions
- Ethics Corner discussions of the array of ethical/professional issues surrounding autism and its treatment
- Detailed summaries of specific treatments for autism
- Book reviews
- Highlights of our Media Watch efforts
- Reviews of published research to help consumers and professionals understand and access the science
- Critiques of policy statements related to autism treatment
Interviews with those advancing science based treatment and confronting pseudoscience
- Discussion of accurate and inaccurate portrayals of autism and its treatment by the media
- Announcements about upcoming conferences of interest
- Guidelines to help consumers access effective treatments
- Links to helpful resources and articles already offered on www.asatonline.org"

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Discrete Trials Teaching with Children with Autism – A Self-Instructional Manual is the joint effort of Drs. Daniela Fazzio, PhD, BCBA-D and Garry L. Martin, PhD, to contribute to the continuously growing field of early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) for children with autism. With the growing numbers of children diagnosed and of the availability of programs and practitioners using applied behavior analysis to teach them, comes a substantial need for effective training strategies to bring interventionists and educators up to speed. Discrete Trials Teaching (DTT) is one of the main instructional strategies used in EIBI and a good DTT package will require good instructional material and qualified professionals to supervise implementation. The DTT Manual provides the instructional material and the structure for mastery of the components of this DTT package; the manual has been extensively researched with good results on accuracy of DTT implementation in the training setting and generalization with actual children with autism.