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	Conversation Starters: Simple Steps that Teach Conversation. $11.95 each The simple-to-use cards help children to practice conversational skills in simple steps. Each set includes six different topics. The front of each card poses a fun and interesting question about the topic. Flip it over and the beginning of the answer is on the back, encouraging children to fill in the blanks and learn spontaneous conversation. Conversation Starters: Every Day Conversation. Conversation Starters: Home and Family. Conversation Starters: School. Conversation Starters: Things I Like to Do.

Educate Toward Recovery: Turning the Tables on Autism. Robert Schramm, $62.95 Educate Toward Recovery is a teaching manual for the verbal behavior approach to ABA. It provides behavioral terminology in a way that is applicable and easy to understand. The book explains Applied Behavior Analysis as an effective, valid treatment for autism. For anyone considering ABA or wondering if they should upgrade their current ABA program to incorporate the Verbal Behavior approach, Educate Toward Recovery is an invaluable source of information and insight.

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First Steps in Intervention with Your Child with Autism: Frameworks for Communication. Phil Christie, et al, $23.95 One of the major difficulties for children with autism is in developing communication and language. The earlier this problem is addressed, the more effectively these skills can be improved. Inspired by research and clinical practice, First Steps in Intervention with Your Child with Autism addresses communication and language development of children with autism, from teaching non-verbal communication such as pointing, to moving towards spoken language.

Getting Started: Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Intensive Teaching Environment. Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $112.95 DVD format only Teaching the Tact (Expressive Label): Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Intensive Teaching Environment. Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $112.95 DVD format only These comprehensive training DVDs demonstrate a behavioral approach to teaching communication skills to children with autism and other developmental disabilities in the intensive teaching environment. Disc One: Getting Started In this first DVD you will learn how to: Establish and maintain learner cooperation Use easy and understandable steps to teach in the intensive teaching environment Identify and prevent common teaching mistakes Define the concept of a word and then teach it across its many functions Teach a new skill while preventing errors Properly correct errors when they do occur Includes a demonstration of teaching in the intensive teaching environment. Disc Two: Teaching the Tact In the second DVD, you will learn to teach your learner to label: Objects Actions Adjectives Emotions Prepositions Several teaching procedures will be demonstrated for each objective

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Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Autism. Pat Crissey, $45.95 (Grades K-12) Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Autism offers a comprehensive overview of methods and strategies for developing functional communication in children with autism. It addresses the needs of non-verbal and beginning communicators, as well as verbal children with high functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome. Includes a license to reprint PDF forms and handouts.

Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Natural Environment: Teaching Vocal Manding (Requesting). Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $112.95 DVD format, 60 minutes Teaching Manding (Requesting) Using Sign Language. Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $117.95 DVD format, 60 minutes These DVDs provide definitions and concrete examples of the ins and outs of the natural environment portion of a verbal behavior program. Creators and behavior analysts Holly Kibbe and Cherish Twigg explicitly define each type of mand and clearly demonstrate how to teach them. Kibbe and Twigg also provide important guidelines to teaching the mand, prompt fading strategies, strategies for problem solving and how to make manding easy and fun for your child. Teaching Manding Using Sign Language is specifically created to help parents and professionals teach non-vocal children how to use sign language to ask for things that they want.

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VB-MAPP: the Verbal Behavior Milestone Assessment and Placement Program. (Guide & Individual Child Protocol). Mark Sundberg, $72.95 The VB-MAPP Instructor's Manual and Placement Guide contains a description of how to use Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior for language assessment; the assessment instructions, and the specific scoring criteria for each of 170 milestones. In addition, the Manual contains a placement guide that offers specific suggestions for programming and direction for each of the 170 milestones achieved, as well as suggestions for IEP goals for each skill presented in the three levels of the VB-MAPP. The VB-MAPP Individual Child Protocol contains scoring forms and charts for each of the 170 milestones, the 24 language and learning barriers, the transition to less restrictive settings assessment, and the over 1000 tasks contained in the task analysis of each skill area.

The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders. Mary Lynch Barbera & Tracy Rasmussen, $19.95 “The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities … This step-by-step guide provides an abundance of information about how to help children develop better language and speaking skills, and also explains how to teach non-vocal children to use sign language. An entire chapter focuses on ways to reduce problem behavior, and there is also useful information on teaching toileting and other important self-help skills, that would benefit any child. This book will enable parents and professionals unfamiliar with the principles of ABA and VB to get started immediately using the Verbal Behavior approach to teach children with autism and related disorders.”

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Complete Booklist

Behavioural Programming

The ABA Program Companion: Organizing Quality Programs for Children with Autism and PDD. J. Tyler Fovel, $51.95

The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills, Revised (ABLLS-R). James Partington, $79.95

Activity Schedules for Children with Autism: Teaching Independent Behavior. L. McClannahan & P. Krantz,  $23.95

Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers, 8th Edition. Paul Alberto & Anne Troutman, $135.60

Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism: a Manual for Parents and Professionals. Catherine Maurice et al (eds), $65.95

Behavioral Intervention Planning: Completing a Functional Behavioral Assessment and Developing a Behavioral Intervention Plan. Kathleen McConnell Fad et al, $77.95

Educate Toward Recovery: Turning the Tables on Autism. Robert Schramm, $62.95

First Steps in Intervention with Your Child with Autism: Frameworks for Communication. Phil Christie, et al, $23.95

Getting Started: Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Intensive Teaching Environment. Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $112.95 DVD format only

Help Us Learn: a Self-Paced Training Program for ABA. Kathy Lear. Training Manual, Program Manager’s  Guide & Forms Software, $120.00

Making a Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism. Catherine Maurice et al (eds), $61.50

Parents’ Education as Autism Therapists: Applied Behaviour Analysis in Context. Mickey Keenan et al, $31.95

Raising a Child with Autism: a Guide to Applied Behavior Analysis for Parents. Shira Richman, $29.95

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Schedules of Reinforcement. C.B. Ferster, B.F. Skinner et al, $29.95

Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Autism. Pat Crissey, $45.95 (Grades K-12)

Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: the ME Book. O. Ivar Lovaas, $59.95

Teaching Individuals with Developmental Delays: Basic Intervention Techniques. Ivar Lovaas, $70.95

Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities. M. Sundberg & J. Partington, $52.95

Teaching Manding (Requesting) Using Sign Language. Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $117.95 DVD format, 60 minutes

Teaching the Tact (Expressive Label): Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Intensive Teaching Environment. Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $112.95 DVD format only

Teaching Verbal Behavior Video, $62.95

VB-MAPP: the Verbal Behavior Milestone Assessment and Placement Program. (Guide & Individual Child Protocol). Mark Sundberg, $72.95

Verbal Behavior. B.F. Skinner, $25.95

The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders. Mary Lynch Barbera & Tracy Rasmussen, $19.95

Verbal Behavior Targets: a Tool to Teach Mands, Tacts and Intraverbals. Diana Luckevich, $30.95

A Work in Progress: Behavior Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism. Ron Leaf & John McEachin (eds), $52.50

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Additional Resources

Activities for Developing Pre-Skill Concepts in Children with Autism. Toni Flowers, $57.95

Antecedent Assessment and intervention: Supporting Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities in Community Settings. James Luiselli, Editor, $43.95

Behavioral Observation: Technology and Applications in Developmental Disabilities. Travis Thompson et al, $63.95

Communication Based Intervention for Problem Behavior: a User’s Guide for Producing Positive Change. Carr, Levin & McConnachie, $37.95

Conversation Starters: Simple Steps that Teach Conversation. $11.95 each

Conversation Starters: Every Day Conversation.
Conversation Starters: Home and Family.
Conversation Starters: School.
Conversation Starters: Things I Like to Do.

Educating Children with Autism. National Research Council, $53.95

Families and Positive Behavior Support: Addressing Problem Behavior in Family Contexts. Joseph Lucyshyn, $58.95

From Goals to Data and Back Again: Adding Backbone to Developmental Intervention for Children with Autism. Jill Lehman & Rebecca Klaw, $42.95

Helping Children with Autism Learn: a Guide to Treatment Approaches for Parents and Professionals. Bryna Siegel, $20.95

How to Be a Parapro: a Comprehensive Training Manual for Paraprofessionals. Diane Twachtman-Cullen, $37.95

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Positive Behavioral Support: Including People with Difficult Behavior in the Community. Lynn Koegel et al, $43.95

Quick & Easy Ideas & Materials to Help the Nonverbal Child “Talk” at Home. Carolyn Rouse & Katera, $36.95 – How to Set Up Your Home to Help the Nonverbal Child Video, $58.95 – Book & Video, $102.95

Quick & Easy Ideas for Using Classroom Materials to Teach Academics to Nonverbal Children and More! Carolyn Rouse & Katera, $61.95 – Curriculum Adaptations for the Nonverbal Child Video, $63.95 – Book & Video, $98.95

PECS: an Introduction to PECS. DVD format, $75.95

PECS: the Picture Exchange Communications System Training Manual with Data Forms.  Lori Frost & Andrew Bondy, $85.95

PECS Starter Kit. Pyramid Educational Products, Inc. $169.95

Reaching Out, Joining In: Teaching Social Skills to Young Children with Autism. Mary Jane Weiss & Sandra Harris, $20.95

Solving Behavior Problems in Autism: Improving Communication with Visual Strategies. Linda Hodgdon, $47.95

Teach Me Language: a Language Manual for Children with Autism, Asperger's Syndrome and Related Developmental Disorders. Sabrina Freeman & Lorelei Dake, $79.95; Companion Exercise Forms, $26.95

Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities. Robert Koegel & Lynn Kern Koegel, $45.95

Teaching Playskills to Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: a Practical Guide. Melinda Smith, $29.95

Teaching Manding (Requesting) Using Sign Language. Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $118.95 DVD format, 60 minutes

Teaching Vocal Manding (Requesting). Holly Kibbe & Cherish Twigg, $117.95 DVD format, 60 minutes

Toilet Training for Individuals with Autism & Related Disorders: a Comprehensive Guide for Parents and Teachers,2nd Edition. Maria Wheeler, $22.95

Visual Strategies for Improving Communication: Practical Supports for School and Home. Linda Hodgdon, $47.95

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