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<p><i>Contributors xi</i></p> <p><i>Preface xix</i></p> <p><b>VOLUME 1: DIAGNOSIS, DEVELOPMENT, AND BRAIN MECHANISMS</b></p> <p><b>I DIAGNOSIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, COURSE 1</b></p> <p>1 AUTISM AND THE AUTISM SPECTRUM: DIAGNOSTIC CONCEPTS 3<br /> <i>Fred R. Volkmar, Brian Reichow, Alexander Westphal, and David S. Mandell</i></p> <p>2 THE BROADER AUTISM PHENOTYPE 28<br /> <i>Brooke Ingersoll and Allison Wainer</i></p> <p>3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 57<br /> <i>Alison Presmanes Hill, Katharine E. Zuckerman, and Eric Fombonne</i></p> <p>4 OUTCOMES IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 97<br /> <i>Patricia Howlin</i></p> <p><b>II DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR 117</b></p> <p>5 ASD IN INFANTS AND TODDLERS 121<br /> <i>Katarzyna Chawarska, Suzanne Macari, Fred R. Volkmar, So Hyun Kim, and Frederick Shic</i><br /> <br /> 6 SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH ASD 148<br /> <i>Nirit Bauminger-Zviely</i></p> <p>7 ISSUES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS DURING ADOLESCENCE AND BEYOND 176<br /> <i>Lynn Kern Koegel, Robert L. Koegel, Amber R. Miller, and Whitney J. Detar</i></p> <p>8 ADULTS WITH AUTISM 191<br /> <i>Carla A. Mazefsky and Susan W. White</i></p> <p>9 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AUTISM 212<br /> <i>Naomi Ornstein Davis and Alice S. Carter</i></p> <p>10 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN AUTISM 230<br /> <i>So Hyun Kim, Rhea Paul, Helen Tager-Flusberg, and Catherine Lord</i></p> <p>11 PLAY DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: SKILLS, OBJECT PLAY, AND INTERVENTIONS 263<br /> <i>Connie Kasari and Ya-Chih Chang</i></p> <p>12 IMITATION IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 278<br /> <i>Giacomo Vivanti and Antonia Hamilton</i></p> <p>13 NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 302<br /> <i>Katherine D. Tsatsanis and Kelly Powell</i></p> <p>14 AUTISM AND EMOTION 332<br /> <i>R. Peter Hobson</i></p> <p>15 MOTOR CONTROL AND MOTOR LEARNING PROCESSES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 354<br /> <i>Stefanie Bodison and Stewart Mostofsky</i></p> <p>16 SENSORY FEATURES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 378<br /> <i>Grace T. Baranek, Lauren M. Little, L. Diane Parham, Karla K. Ausderau, and Maura G. Sabatos-DeVito</i></p> <p><b>III NEUROBIOLOGY AND MEDICAL ISSUES 409</b></p> <p>17 GENETICS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 411<br /> <i>Michael Rutter and Anita Thapar</i></p> <p>18 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN THE PRECONCEPTION AND PRENATAL PERIODS IN RELATION TO RISK FOR ASD 424<br /> <i>Kristen Lyall, Rebecca J. Schmidt, and Irva Hertz-Picciotto</i></p> <p>19 BIOCHEMICAL BIOMARKERS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 457<br /> <i>George M. Anderson</i></p> <p>20 THE SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 482<br /> <i>James C. McPartland, Rachael M. Tillman, Daniel Y.-J. Yang, Raphael A. Bernier, and Kevin A. Pelphrey</i></p> <p>21 THE NEUROPATHOLOGY OF AUTISM 497<br /> <i>Manuel F. Casanova</i></p> <p>22 MEDICAL CARE IN AUTISM AND RELATED CONDITIONS 532<br /> <i>Fred R. Volkmar, Justin Rowberry, Oana de Vinck-Baroody, Abha R. Gupta, Jennifer Leung, Judith Meyers, Nita Vaswani, and Lisa A. Wiesner</i></p> <p>23 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 556<br /> <i>Lawrence Scahill, Caitlin S. Tillberg, and Andres Martin</i></p> <p><i>Author Index I-1</i></p> <p><i>Subject Index I-39</i></p> <p><b>VOLUME 2: ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTIONS, AND POLICY</b></p> <p><b>IV ASSESSMENT 581</b></p> <p>24 SCREENING FOR AUTISM IN YOUNG CHILDREN 585<br /> <i>Lisa V. Iba˜nez, Wendy L. Stone, and Elaine E. Coonrod</i></p> <p>25 DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS IN AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS 609<br /> <i>Catherine Lord, Christina Corsello, and Rebecca Grzadzinski</i></p> <p>26 CLINICAL EVALUATION IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SETTINGS 661<br /> <i>Fred R. Volkmar, Leah Langford Booth, James C. McPartland, and Lisa A. Wiesner</i></p> <p>27 ASSESSING COMMUNICATION IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 673<br /> <i>Rhea Paul and Donia Fahim</i><br /> <br /> 28 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM: CURRENT PRACTICE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 695<br /> <i>Michael D. Powers, Mark J. Palmieri, Shaunessy M. Egan, Jessica L. Rohrer, Elizabeth C. Nulty, and Solandy Forte</i></p> <p><b>V INTERVENTIONS 737</b></p> <p>29 INTERVENTIONS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS AT RISK FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 739<br /> <i>Sally J. Rogers and Laurie Vismara</i></p> <p>30 COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT MODELS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 770<br /> <i>Samuel L. Odom, Brian A. Boyd, Laura J. Hall, and Kara A. Hume</i></p> <p>31 TARGETED INTERVENTIONS FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION SYMPTOMS IN PRESCHOOLERS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 788<br /> <i>Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Paul Yoder, Tiffany Woynaroski, and Micheal P. Sandbank</i></p> <p>32 AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION 813<br /> <i>Pat Mirenda</i></p> <p>33 INTERVENTIONS FOR CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS 826<br /> <i>Robert E. O’Neill, William R. Jenson, and Keith C. Radley</i></p> <p>34 SUPPORTING MAINSTREAM EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS 838<br /> <i>Elizabeth Schoen Simmons, Elizabeth Lanter, and Megan C. Lyons</i></p> <p>35 SUPPORTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION 858<br /> <i>Megan P. Martins, Sandra L. Harris, and Jan S. Handleman</i></p> <p>36 PROMOTING RECREATIONAL ENGAGEMENT IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 871<br /> <i>Marie-Christine Potvin, Patricia A. Prelock, Laurie Snider, and Liliane Beaudoin Savard</i></p> <p>37 SOCIAL SKILL INTERVENTIONS 887<br /> <i>Scott Bellini, Lauren Gardner, and Kimberly Markoff</i></p> <p>38 EMPLOYMENT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH ASD 907<br /> <i>Peter F. Gerhardt, Frank Cicero, and Erik Mayville</i></p> <p>39 BEYOND ACADEMIC INTELLIGENCE: INCREASING COLLEGE SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM 918<br /> <i>Christine Wenzel and Jane Thierfeld Brown</i></p> <p>40 SUPPORTING PARENTS, SIBLINGS, AND GRANDPARENTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 932<br /> <i>Kate E. Fiske, Lauren Pepa, and Sandra L. Harris</i></p> <p>41 SUPPORTING ADULT INDEPENDENCE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 949<br /> <i>James W. Loomis</i></p> <p>42 EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 969<br /> <i>Brian Reichow and Erin E. Barton</i></p> <p><b>VI SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES 993</b></p> <p>43 AUTISM ACROSS CULTURES: PERSPECTIVES FROM NON-WESTERN CULTURES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH 997<br /> <i>Megan Freeth, Elizabeth Milne, Elizabeth Sheppard, and Rajani Ramachandran</i></p> <p>44 DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PRACTICE GUIDELINES 1014<br /> <i>Iain McClure</i></p> <p>45 AUTISM IN THE COURTROOM 1036<br /> <i>Gary S. Mayerson, JD</i></p> <p>46 ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS 1051<br /> <i>Tristram Smith, Leona Oakes, and Katelyn Selver</i></p> <p>47 PREPARING TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONALS 1070<br /> <i>Ruth Blennerhassett Eren and Mark P. Groskreutz</i></p> <p>48 ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF AUTISM 1089<br /> <i>Martin Knapp and Ariane Buescher</i></p> <p>49 TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO EFFECTIVE SOCIAL POLICY 1107<br /> <i>Peter Doehring</i></p> <p><i>Author Index I-1</i></p> <p><i>Subject Index I-29</i></p>

<p><strong>Fred R. Volkmar</strong>, M.D., is Irving B Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center where he directs the autism research program.?He is an associate editor of the <em>Journal of Autism and the American Journal of Psychiatry</em>.?He is the author of several hundred scientific papers and chapters as well as a number of books including?<em>A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Teacher and Family Members Needs to Know</em>. <p><strong>Rhea Paul</strong>, Ph.D., CCC-SLP SLP, is Professor and Director of the Communication Disorders section in the Developmental Disabilities Clinic at the Yale Child Study Center. She holds a joint appointment at SCSU, where she is Professor of Communication Disorders. <p><strong>Sally J. Rogers</strong>, Ph.D., UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. Her clinical interests include early intervention for children with autism and social skills groups for autistic adults.?She serves on the editorial board of many publications, including the <em>Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders</em>. <p><strong>Kevin A.? Pelphrey</strong>, Ph.D., is the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry and director of the Child Neuroscience Laboratory at the Yale Child Study Center.

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