Developmental Trajectories, Diagnosis, and Interventions for Autism

This book introduces a developmental psychopathology approach to exploring the concept of autism in terms of three broad domains of development- physical, cognitive, and psychosocial-that are inextricably linked.

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Michael Voltaire, PhD, BCBA-D, is a developmental psychologist and a board-certified behavior analyst specializing in typical and atypical development, particularly autism. Dr Voltaire is a full-time faculty at Nova Southeastern University.

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Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Part I 1. Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder 2. Physical Development in Autism 3. Social Development in Autism 4. Cognitive Development in Autism 5. Life Course of Autism Part II 6. Autism Etiology 7. Autism Heterogeneity Part III 8. Screening Tools 9. Diagnostic Tools Part IV 10. Behavioral Interventions 11. Pharmacologic Interventions 12. Biomedical Interventions and Complementary and Alternative Medicine 13. Autism Then, Now, and Moving Forward Glossary