Thompson (special education, educational psychology, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis) presents a guide for professionals working with children who have autism to creating individualized
interventions by blending Discrete Trial and naturalistic strategies. He discusses changes that have occurred in the understanding of autism and its subtypes, its core features and factors,
overlapping conditions, predictors of the child's response to intervention, evidence-based practice and its definition, similarities and differences in interventions, and principles and methods
for interventions ranging from Discrete Trial Intervention to Incidental Teaching and blended combinations with children with various symptoms and delays. Four of the chapters have additional
contributors who are therapists and behavioral analysts and colleagues of Thompson at the Minnesota Early Autism Project. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
