Ron Leaf, John McEachin (eds): A Work in Progress: Behavior Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism: DRL Books, L.L.C., New York, NY, 1999, ix + 344 pp., appendixes. $42.95 (paper)

J Autism Dev Disord (2010) 40:14171418 DOI 10.1007/s10803-009-0866-5

BOOK REVIEW

Ron Leaf, John McEachin (eds): A Work in Progress: Behavior Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism

DRL Books, L.L.C., New York, NY, 1999, ix + 344 pp., appendixes. $42.95 (paper)

Julie A. Knapp

Published online: 11 September 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009

Since the early 1960s, applied behavioral analysis emerged and took root in the literature as an evidenced based treatment methodology for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Since this time, intensive behavioral therapy clearly became the most researched and widespread dissemination of treatment for children with ASD. However, only a handful of intensive behavioral therapy manuals have been created to guide effective behavioral practice in school and home based intervention programs for children with ASD. Of these rare manuals, fewer yet are written by clinicians whose research and ideas are validated in peer-reviewed journals. In A Work in Progress: Behavior Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism, you nd empirically supported intensive behavioral interventions written by authors with credibility and a solid reputation in the eld of behavioral analysis. This behavioral curriculum guide offers practical suggestions for most of the common social and behavioral decits associated with ASD, such as disruptive behaviors, self-stimulatory behaviors, sleep problems, eating problems, toilet training, and play skills. In addition, instructional guidelines are presented for increasing social, language and adaptive skills in a child with ASD.

Leaf and McEachins goal for this book was to provide a road map...