Perspectives on autism -- Thinking in autism: differences in learning and development / Adriana L. Schuler -- Learning style of people with autism / Temple Grandin -- Teaching children with autism: what parents want / Charles Hart -- Communication enhancement -- Enhancing communication in nonverbal children with autism / Thomas L. Layton and Linda R. Watson -- Assessment and intervention strategies for children who use echolalia / Patrick J. Rydell and Barry M. Prizant -- Methods to enhance communication in verbal children / Diane D. Twachtman -- Enhancing children's social-communicative interactions / Kathleen A. Quill -- Promoting socialization -- Enhancing children's play / Pamela Wolfberg -- Teaching children with autism to "read" social situations / Carol A. Gray -- Environmental supports to develop flexibility and independence / Nancy J. Dalrymple -- Solving social-behavioral problems through the use of visually supported communication / Linda Quirk Hodgdon -- Cognitive picture rehearsal: a system to teach self-control / June Groden and Patricia LeVasseur.