Generalization is the key to effective autism intervention when children can apply new skills across settings, they'll make broad, long-term improvements in behavior and social communication. The first how-to guide to generalization is finally here! Practical and reader-friendly, this is the book that helps professionals take today's most popular autism interventions to the next level by making generalization an integral part of them. Pre-K Grade 8 special educators, early interventionists, SLPs, and other professionals will enhance six widely used autism intervention models (Pivotal Response Training, Discrete Trial Instruction, PECS, Social StoriesTM, Computer-Assisted Intervention, and JumpStart Learning-to-Learn) with specific, evidence-based generalization strategies and dozens of activities from top autism authorities. Readers will learn how to provide positive, supportive parent education, weave generalization strategies into every phase of intervention planning, modify generalization strategies for different settings, and assess the effectiveness of generalization strategies at multiple stages of instruction. Case studies and vivid examples bring the strategies to life in every chapter, and forms and checklists help professionals plan interventions, track children's goals, and monitor their progress toward generalization. With this urgently needed guide to one of the most important facets of autism intervention, readers will help children generalize social behaviors and communication skills and ensure better lives and brighter futures.

Generalization and autism spectrum disorders / Daniel Openden [and others] -- Enhancing generalization of treatment effects via pivotal response training and the individualization of treatment protocols / Laura Schreibman, Aubyn C. Stahmer, and Jessica Suhrheinrich -- Enhancing the generalization of skills taught through discrete trial instruction / Mary Jane Weiss and Robert H. LaRue -- Generalization issues pertaining to the picture exchange communications system (PECS) / Andy Bondy and Lori Frost -- Social stories, categorization, and generalization in autism spectrum disorders / Carol Gray -- Generalization in computer-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders / Christina Whalen, Dominic W. Massaro, and Lauren Franke -- The jumpstart learning-to-learn model: parent training in naturalistic teaching for children with autism spectrum disorders / Bryna Siegel and Anne Bernard -- Increasing generalization by training teachers to provide parent training for young children with autism spectrum disorders / Brooke Ingersoll and Anna Dvortcsak -- Generalization in school settings: strategies for planning and teaching / Illene S. Schwartz [and others] -- Generalizing in-home treatment gains / Sabrina D. Daneshvar, William D. Frea, and Ronit M. Molko.