Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding and measuring social communication in children with autism spectrum disorders / Amy M. Wetherby -- Early diagnosis of children with autistic spectrum disorders / Catherine Lord and Jennifer Richler -- Screening for autism spectrum disorders in populations: progress, challenges and questions for future research and practice / Tony Charman and Simon Baron-Cohen -- Early screening for autism spectrum disorders in clinical practice settings / Lonnie Zwaigenbaum and Wendy Stone -- Treatment of responding to and initiating joint attention / Paul J. Yoder and Andrea S. McDuffie -- Evidence-based interventions for language development in young children with autism / Sally J. Rogers -- Promoting social reciprocity and symbolic representation in children with autism spectrum disorders: designing quality peer play interventions / Pamela J. Wolfberg and Adriana L. Schuler -- Imitation: some cues for intervention approaches in autism spectrum disorders -- Jacqueline Nadel and Nadra Aouka -- Augmentative and alternative communication systems for children with autism / Patricia Howlin -- A developmental approach to understanding atypical development / Tedra A. Walden and Jennifer J. Hurley -- The neural basis of early joint-attention behavior / Peter Mundy and Danielle Thorp.

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