Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Overview of issues in social development
  • 1. Introduction to social behavior in autism
  • 2. Social development: recent theoretical trends and relevance for autism
  • 3. The development of social skills in children
  • 4. Children's friendships
  • 5. Social growth in autism: a parent's perspective.
  • Pt. 2. Social problems of autistic people
  • 6. An overview of social behavior in autism
  • 7. Communication as a social problem in autism
  • 8. Cognitive impairments affecting social behavior in autism
  • 9. Compliance, noncompliance, and negativism.
  • Pt. 3. Major issues and theoretical perspectives
  • 10. Mainstreaming handicapped children in public school settings: challenges and limitations
  • 11. Behavior approaches to social skill development in autism: strengths, misapplications, and alternatives
  • 12. A developmental model for facilitating the social behavior of autistic children.
  • Pt. 4. Programs for developing social behaviors in autism
  • 13. A cognitive program for teaching social behaviors to verbal autistic adolescents and adults
  • 14. A model for mainstreaming autistic children: a Jowonio school program
  • 15. Social skills training for elementary school autistic children with normal peers
  • 16. A guide for developing social and leisure programs for students wtih autism
  • 17. The TEACCH curriculum for teaching social behavior to children with autism.