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If you would like to learn more about Applied Behaviour Analysis the following titles are all recommended.  All titles are also available from internet suppliers.

Let Me Hear Your Voice, (1993)

Maurice, Catherine 

Catherine Maurice’s account of two of her children fully recovering from autism.

Available through www.amazon.co.uk - but this version does not include any of the useful charts and appendices, contained in the American edition available from the Autism Research Network. Telephone: 001 612 988 0088, Fax: 001 612 988 0099

Publisher: Robert hale, London

 

Behavioural Intervention For Young Children With Autism - A Manual for Parents and Professionals

Maurice, Catherine 

This quintessential manual for those undertaking an intensive behavioural programme; packed with practical information on early intervention based on the principles of Applied Behavioural Analysis.

Available from Taskmaster Resources Telephone  0116 270 4286

 

Teaching developmentally Disable Children: The ME Book

Lovaas, O Ivar                   

An instrumental manual for teaching language and social skills. These are the programmes Dr Lovaas used in his experiment with early intensive behavioural treatment.

Available from Pro - Ed 8700 Shoal creek Boulevard, Austin Texas 78757- 6897 

Telephone 001 512 451 3246

 

Teach Me Language, A manual for children with Autism, Aspergers Syndrome and

related  developmental disorders. 

Freeman, Sabrina and Dake, Lorelei           

Designed for school age children with some form of communication; targets social language, general knowledge, grammar and syntax, functional knowledge, written expression and language-based academic concepts.

Publishers Different Roads to Learning  Telephone 001 800 853 1057

 

Children with Autism: A parents Guide

Powers,Michael,D

Provides parents with crucial information and very helpful support.

Publishers: Woodbine House  telephone 001 800 843 7323

 

Siblings of Children with Autism: A Guide for Families

Harris, Sandra, L

Guidance for the whole family of the Autistic child.

Publishers: Woodbine House, Telephone  001 800 843 7323

 

Keys to Parenting the Child With Autism

Targ Brill,Marlene   

Publisher: Barrons Educational services, Inc, 250 Wirless Boulevard, Hauppauge, New York 11788, USA

  Infantile Autism

Rimland, B. (1964) 

Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York

 

Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

Frith, U. & Baron-Cohen, S. (1987)           

Editors: D Cohen, A Donnellan, R Paull

Publishers: Wiley, New York

 

Autism: A Reappraisal of Concepts and Treatment

Rutter, M. (1978)   

Editors: M Rutter & E Schopler

Publishers: Plenum, New York

 

Steps to Independence, Teaching Everyday Skill to Children with Special Needs

Baker, Bruce & Brightman  

Covers toilet training, play, self-help skills, etc; provides task analysis for many skills.

Publishers: Paul H Brookes Publishing Co., Telephone 001 800 638 3775

 

Teaching Children with Autism Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and

Improving Learning Opportunities

Koegel, RobertL & Koegel, Lynn Kern      

An overview of behaviourally orientated teaching techniques

Publishers: Paul H Brookes Publishing Co. Telephone 001 800 638 3775

 

How to Teach Series

Azrin, Besalel, Hall & Hall   

Publishers: Pro-Ed, Telephone 001 800 897 3202

 

George and Sam

Moore, Charlotte

A personal account

Publishers:  Penguin Books www.penguin.co.uk

 

Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism

Grandin, Temple

Publishers:  Vintage Books

 

Freaks, Geeks and Aspergers Syndrome

Jackson, Luke

Publishers:  Jessica Kingsley Publishing Telephone 020 7833 2307