The Educator′s Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kaye Otten has a doctorate from The University of Kansas in special education with an emphasis in emotional, behavioral, and autism spectrum disorders and is a board certified behavior analyst with Summit Behavioral Services specializing in school based services.  She provides collaborative coaching to school districts in developing evidence based multi-tiered systems of behavioral support and serves as adjunct faculty with The Mandt System, an international leader in crisis prevention and intervention.  Kaye has over thirty years of experience in public and private schools as a general and special educator and behavioral consultant and has experience working with all ages, ability levels, and disability categories.  She is the co-author of the book How to Reach and Teach Children with Challenging Behavior:  Practical Ready-To-Use Strategies that Work  and the online professional development courses Managing Challenging Behavior: Part 1-Antecedent Strategies and Part 2-Consequence Strategies  provided by Exceptional Child of Vector Solutions. Sonja R. de Boer is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) and obtained her Ph.D. in special education and psychology and research in education at the University of Kansas, with an emphasis on early intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Richard Simpson was her advisor through her doctorate program. She has approximately 30 years of experience working in early childhood special education, early intervention services, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), with students with disabilities, and specifically children with ASD. For children with ASD, she has designed and supervised in-home intervention programs (ages 0-10), preschool programs (ages 3-6; both intensive ABA and inclusive preschools), as well as elementary school educational and behavioral programs (ages 5-12). For more than half of her career, she has focused on serving students with ASD and their families and educators in rural communities. She is currently a faculty member for Tufts University Medical Center in Child Psychiatry and provides training and consultation around the nation regarding interventions for children with ASD. Besides the United States, she has worked with professionals, universities, non-profit organizations and families with children with ASD and other disabilities in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Nigeria, China, Chile, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She is the author of the book Successful Inclusion Practices for Children with Autism: Creating a Complete, Effective, ASD Inclusion Program (currently being revised and updated for publication); Discrete Trial Training, 2nd edition (part of the How To Series on Autism Spectrum Disorders); and is one of the original co-authors of the first edition of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Interventions and Treatments for Children and Youth written with Richard Simpson in 2005. Leslie Bross is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte. She serves as the director of the Graduate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) program at UNC Charlotte. Leslie earned her doctoral degree from the University of Kansas in 2019 with an emphasis in evidence-based practices and ASD. Her primary research interest is examining ways to support individuals with ASD during their transition to adulthood in the areas of postsecondary education, competitive employment, and community integration. Prior to her experiences in higher education, Leslie was a special education teacher for six years in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. She taught social skills for secondary students with ASD and established a community-based employment program. She also taught English as a second language in Nagasaki, Japan and Barcelona, Spain.

Behavioral Interventions
Antecedent Based Interventions - Sonja de Boer
Discrete Trial Teaching - Sonja de Boer
Errorless Learning - Sonja de Boer
Task Analysis - Sonja de Boer
Prompting - Amy Clausen
Time Delay - Sonja de Boer
Behavioral Momentum - Sonja de Boer
Response Interruption and Redirection - Sabrina Mitchell
Reinforcement - Sonja de Boer
Differential Reinforcement - Leslie Bross
Modeling - Sonja de Boer
Functional Behavioral Assessment - Sonja de Boer
Functional Communication Training - Sonja de Boer
Extinction - Sonja de Boer
Punishment - Sonja de Boer
UCLA Young Autism Project (Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention) - Leslie Bross
Early Start Denver Model(Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention) - Kaye Otten
Learning Experiences: An Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Parents (LEAP) (Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention) - Kaye Otten
Ziggurat/Comprehensive Autism Planning System - Katie McDermott
Visual Supports
Schedules - Leslie Bross
Independent Work Systems - Leslie Bross
Scripting - Leslie Bross
Power Cards - Leslie Bross
Language Training
Verbal Behavior Intervention - Janet Enriquez; Monique Pinczynski
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) - J Ganz
Aided Language Modeling - Theresa Earles-Vollrath
Assisted Technology - Theresa Earles-Vollrath
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)) - Janet Enriquez; Monique Pinczynski
Social, Emotional and/or Behavioral Skills Training
Behavioral Skills Training - Kaye Otten
Teaching Interaction Procedure - Kaye Otten
Cool Versus Not Cool - Theresa Earles-Vollrath
Video Modeling - Leslie Bross
Theory of mind training - Kaye Otten
Cartooning - Kaye Otten
Social Decision-Making Strategies - Kaye Otten
Social Narratives/ Story-based Intervention - Kaye Otten
The Program for Education and Enrichment of Relationship Skills (PEERS®) - Melanie Harms
Self-Management - Stephen Crutchfield
Mindfulness - Stephen Crutchfield
The Coping Cat Program - Theresa Earles-Vollrath
Social Thinking - Sonja de Boer
Zones of Regulation - Matthew Klein
The Incredible Five Point Scale - Amy Clausen
FaceSay® - Theresa Earles-Vollrath
Mindreading - Theresa Earles-Vollrath
Natural Developmental Behavioral Interventions
Incidental Teaching - Kaye Otten; Mary Beth Patry
Imitation Based Interventions - Kaye Otten; Mary Beth Patry
Mileau Teaching - Kaye Otten; Mary Beth Patry
Joint Attention Interventions - Kaye Otten
Pivotal Response Interventions - Kaye Otten
Developmental Relationship-Based Interventions
Responsive Teaching - Kaye Otten
DIRFloor Time® - Kaye Otten
Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) - Kaye Otten
Relational Frame Theory Based Interventions
Stimulus Equivalence Instruction (SEI) - Trudy Georgio
Matrix Training - Trudy Georgio
Promoting Emergence of Advanced Knowledge (PEAK) - Trudy; Georgio Lindsey Loflin
Acceptance and Commitment Training - Sabrina Mitchell; Trudy Georgio
Miscellaneous Interventions
Peer-Mediated Instruction and Intervention - Ashley Anderson; Paula Williams
Parent Implemented Interventions - Ashley Anderson; Paula Williams
Music Mediated Intervention - Melanie Harms
Music Intensity - Melanie Harms
Animal Assisted Intervention - Lisa Robbins
Art Therapy - Lane Maxcy
Outdoor Adventure - Lane Maxcy
Toilet Training - Lisa Robbins
SENSE Theatre Intervention - Lane Maxcy
Exercise and Movement - Melanie Harms
Gentle Teaching - Kaye Otten
Transition
Systematic Transition in Education Programme for Autism Spectrum Disorder (STEP-ASD) - Leslie Bross
Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) - Katie McDermott
Person-Centered Planning - Jessica Rousey
Physiological Interventions
Chelation - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
Specialized Diets - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
Microbiome Therapies - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
Metavitamin Therapy - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
Sensory Integration - Kaye Otten
Potential of Causing Significant Harm
Rapid Prompting Method - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
Holding Therapy - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
Contingent Electric Skin Shock (CESS) - Stephen Crutchfield; Mariah Chavez
ADVANCING THE EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE MOVEMENT - Kaye Otten