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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 572 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Early recognition lessens down-related delays: improved detection of medical vulnerabilities that cause developmental disabilities optimizes learning.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
Author: Michele G. Sullivan
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 39Issue: 12Page: 25(1)

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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 823 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: AAP advocates screening in the medical home; this new policy recommends developmental surveillance for delays at every preventive care visit.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
Author: Heidi Splete
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 40Issue: 8Page: 26(1)

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This digital document is an article from Exceptional Children, published by Council for Exceptional Children on March 22, 2009. The length of the article is 12196 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: A review of the literature was conducted for articles published between 1975 and 2007 on the application of time delay as an instructional procedure to teach word and picture recognition to students with severe developmental disabilities in an effort to evaluate time delay as an evidence-based practice. A total of 30 experiments were analyzed using quality indicators for single-subject design research. In general, we found that time delay was an evidence-based practice for teaching picture and sight word recognition supported by standards for evidence-based practice proposed by Horner et al. (2005). We discuss lessons learned in summarizing a body of literature to define an evidence-based practice and suggestions for better defining the practice.

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Title: Using time delay to teach literacy to students with severe developmental disabilities.(Report)
Author: Diane Browder
Publication: Exceptional Children (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2009
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
Volume: 75Issue: 3Page: 343(22)

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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on March 1, 2010. The length of the article is 687 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The infant/toddler with delayed development.(SUBSPECIALIST CONSULT)
Author: Howard S. Schub
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2010
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 44Issue: 3Page: 34(1)

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Current theory emphasizes involvement of the child?s family in helping to identify, monitor and treat developmental delay.Family members are in a unique position to help these children master their handicaps.It is our hope that the following information will aid family members, professionals and others concerned about developmentally delayed children in their attempt to help these children function successfully in society. ... Read more

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Not worth the cost.
This is not really a book, but rather more like a pamphlet. Very short , basic and only deals with infants. ... Read more

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This volume provides the first rigorous assessment of the research relating to the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse, along with the practical and policy implications of the findings. Leading researchers and practitioners from diverse and international backgrounds offer critical commentary on these previously unpublished findings gathered from both field and laboratory research. Cross-cultural, clinical, and multi-disciplinary perspectives are provided. The goal is to learn more about why children frequently remain silent about their abuse, deny it, or if they do disclose, do so belatedly and incompletely, often recanting their allegations over time.
 
The book opens with a close examination of the existing literature on disclosure and the difficulties in conducting such research. It then examines the individual and contextual factors that determine whether, when, and how childhood sexual abuse is disclosed. This portion reviews how the interview techniques have a profound impact on disclosure patterns. Details of how reluctant children are interviewed are included. The third section examines the broader implications of disclosure for the child, family and peers, and for the suspect. Child Sexual Abuse examines how the interview strategies influence how, when, or if children disclose abuse, by examining both domestic and international data and by analyzing detailed interviews with children.
 
Child Sexual Abuse is for researchers and practitioners from child, forensic, and clinical psychology, social work, and all legal professionals who need to understand this crime. ... Read more

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Great resource for counselors who are interviewing children!
This book has a lot to offer for people who are interested in child sexual abuse.It was well written and reflected a significant amount of research. ... Read more

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A book one of its kind
This book is very good in many respects:
1) it introduces the reader in the underlying theory of VBA.
2) it gives data extracted from research, so the reader knows that what he reads is scientifically proven.
3) it outlines plans that one may use to develop a full-fledged therapy.
4) it provides criteria for checking a child's progress.

It's main drawback is the content presentation: poorly organized, it does not have clear boundaries between the categories mentioned above. This makes reading more difficult than it should be.

But the results pay off the effort. "Verbal Behavior Analysis" clearly contains the latest research in the field of Verbal Behavior and no one interested in VB should overlook this book.

Effects of applying tacticsfrom "Verbal Behavior Analysis"
After reading through "Verbal Behavior Analysis: Inducing and Expanding New Verbal Capabilities in Children with Language Delays" tactics from the readings were utilized to increase verbal behavior in 2 non-verbal boys diagnosed with Autism. Echoic behavior was established, followed by mands (requests) and tacts (labeling) with both boys. Presently, one of these students' has generalized mand behavior to various environments and people. "Verbal Behavior Analysis" has been a key component in providing step by step information and assisted with programmatic changes.

Good but maybe technical for an intro to Verbal Behavior
I am the parent of a child with autism who has had ABA and VB programming for some years.
If I were a parent unfamiliar or new to applied behavior analysis, I think that this (text)book might be an overwhelming introduction and too technical as a starting point or as a basic "how-to" of verbal behavior. That said, having attended some workshops and read the basic manuals and parent-oriented texts on verbal behavior, I find this a useful next step and reference that adds nuance and sophisticated information such as autoclitics, use of graphical information for instructional decisionmaking, detail of the transfer process across verbal operants, multiple and joint control, a nice hierarchical progression of speaker behavior, WH questions, why "self-talk" is a prerequisite skill target towards functional conversation, and integrating textual information as a scaffold for vocal and conversational behavior (including conditioning books as reinforcers and using yoked contingencies to shape reading and writing behavior), etc. There are many descriptions and examples of specific instructional tactics and data collection, as well as appendices of data collection forms, graphical data collection, and a glossary.
So while technical, I believe that it is a valuable text as an intermediate step between the fairly descriptive but not necessarily comprehensive or detailed materials usually available and the really professionally-oriented journal articles. For professionals and students of behavior analysis, this could be at a useful and more immediately applicable level.
If I had a real criticism, it might be in the layout. Some information might be more accessible to those unfamiliar with the subject matter if the chapters included interspersed sub-summaries before the end of chapter summaries for allow some pause to contemplate and integrate the material. Perhaps some practice problems or exercises would be useful.

Most frequently found in my photocopier!
With all respect due to copyright law, Greer & Ross's Verbal Behavior Analysis is the single text that I find most frequently off the shelf and in my overburdened all-in-one printer-fax-scanner-photocopier unit.I have purchased eight copies already, giving them away whenever needed by colleagues and friends.

As a field supervisor working with ABA teachers and teacher assistants in the birth-to-kindergarten age range, I have found this text to be indispensable for troubleshooting instruction and expanding teachers' fund of knowledge within the field.This text is not, as others note, for the faint of heart: many of the interventions that are described had not yet made it into journal publication at the time of printing.It IS very technical, but for providers who have run into difficulties with the basic teaching operations for verbal behavior, this book will provide new "leads" on empirically-derived alternative interventions.

Just read this book
As the mother of a three year old Autistic son, I have purchased and read alot of books on ABA. When I found a book on VBA I was very excited. As I was reading this book, I became more and more disappointed and frustrated. It is all in technical terms. Even simple things that could of been explained very easily, where put into the most complex formats. The back cover states that it is a book for PARENTS and professionals/teachers, but when you read the preface, it states it is for professionals. I feel the marketing on this book is very decieving. Warning to parents...if you don't have many years of ABA/VBA under your belt already(or an extended education in these fields), this book will be a complete waste of time for you. ... Read more

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Topics Covered:
What Causes Autism?
Signs of Autism
Is My Child Autistic?
How Autism is Diagnosed?
What is Persuasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified?
Signs of Persuasive Developmental Disorder
What Are the Signs of Asperger’s Syndrome?
How PDD-NOS is Diagnosed?
Accepting the Diagnosis of Autism
How to Cope as a Parent of an Autistic Child
Tips for Celebrating Holidays with Your Autistic Child
Potty Training an Autistic Child
Tips for Getting Your Autistic Child Photographed
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Begin. I am ten now. Ten, two times five times one a million times over if I want. Or ten, ten ones are ten every time. Ten.

Dad says it's Asperger's, syndrome is a sickness, not like a bellyache but sometimes an earache or a brainache. AS means that some things that other kids think are easy are not so easy for me, and some things that other people think are hard are simple as pie for me.

Look look look. Follow me, do not follow, look. That is what they say. They: Jan, Mom, Dad, Lucy. Look. They want to know what I remember. I remember everything.

Follow the story of Leonard Anthony Pearce: brilliant, articulate, ambitious. And living each day with the challenges and opportunities of high-functioning autism, making his way in a confusing world.
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Heartwarming Account
We hear so much today about young children being diagnosed with autism.In this intense and heartwarming story addressing this issue, Meryl McQueen shines a light on the challenges faced by a person with aspergers syndrome and brings some hope and promise to a special life.The story of Len, told in the first person, is a poignant account of his life and is crafted by the author in such a way that the reader feels his pain and shares in his happiness."A Close Approximation of an Ordinary Life" provides an extraordinary insight into the life of an autistic person.I highly recommend this book.

A joyful life with autism
Whether or not you know anyone with autism or Asperger's, this is a great book. It's written in the first person, which really gives you the experience of being inside the protagonist's head. Len is a wonderful character--his story gave me a whole new understanding of what it's like to go through life as someone with autism--and the three sections of him as a child, a teenager and an adult really draw you into his world. Buy it, read it, and share it with everyone you know! ... Read more

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Language Disorders Across the Lifespan, Second Edition is a core introductory text on language disorders written specifically for the novice reader. It is unique in that it covers language disorders across the lifespan, that is, from birth to old age. The book is organized into three sections: Language Delays and Disorders in Preschool Children, Language Disorders in School-Age Children, and Language Disorders in Adults.Common clinical considerations in the diagnosis and treatment of language delays and disorders are woven throughout each chapter.Case study reviews are also found throughout the text to illuminate real world implications of the disorders. ... Read more

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Great Guide
This book gives excellent suggestions on what can be done in different situations that a speech pathologist may run into. It also briefs the reader on many of the tests used in clinics today and compares them to each other. It tackles cultural and testing issues. Many disorders are defined in the book as well as what to do about them. It also includes quizzes at the end of each chapter. ... Read more

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Partners in Play: Assessing Infants and Toddlers in Natural Contexts is a text that has been written for students taking courses in Assessment and Early Childhood Special Education, as well as professionals in the field who work with families and young children, birth to age three.The text includes specific instructions for observing, administrating, scoring, and interpreting results of assessment, as well as two extensive illustrations from the field.In addition, the text includes a new criterion-referenced instrument used to identify infants and toddlers, birth through age three, who may be eligible for early intervention services.Partners in Play is a core assessment that has generated central information to the development of the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP).The assessment is appropriate for evaluating infants and toddlers with a wide range of actual and suspected delays and abilities including children with environmental risk factors, children born prematurely, children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders, and youngsters with other neurological and/or developmental problems. ... Read more