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Implementing the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism

Authors:

  1. Giacomo Vivanti

    1. AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

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  2. Ed Duncan

    1. Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Center, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

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  3. Geraldine Dawson

    1. Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

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  4. Sally J. Rogers

    1. The MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA

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  • Offers a group-based adaptation of the Early Start Denver Model (G-ESDM) for preschoolers with autism

  • Examines sustainable, evidence-based G-ESDM interventions for preschoolers

  • Illustrates instructional techniques for promoting play, communication, and learning

  • Provides tools and resources (e.g., fidelity measures)

  • Addresses barriers to successful delivery of ASD interventions in inclusive (mainstream) preschool settings

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Early Learning in Autism

    • Giacomo Vivanti, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Group-Based Early Start Denver Model: Origins, Principles, and Strategies

    • Giacomo Vivanti, Cynthia Zierhut, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 13-30

  4. Creating Treatment Objectives in the G-ESDM

    • Ed Duncan, Giacomo Vivanti, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 31-42

  5. Setting up the G-ESDM Team and Learning Environment

    • Giacomo Vivanti, Kristy Capes, Ed Duncan, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 43-57

  6. Development of the G-ESDM Classroom Curriculum

    • Giacomo Vivanti, Kristy Capes, Ed Duncan, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 59-70

  7. G-ESDM Treatment Strategies

    • Giacomo Vivanti, Jess Feary, Ed Duncan, Cynthia Zierhut, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 71-86

  8. Facilitating Learning Through Peer Interactions and Social Participation

    • Giacomo Vivanti, Ed Duncan, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 87-99

  9. What if the Child Does not Make Progress?

    • Ed Duncan, Giacomo Vivanti, Jess Feary, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 101-118

  10. Frequently Asked Questions

    • Giacomo Vivanti, Ed Duncan, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers
    Pages 119-130

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 131-147
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About this book

This book examines a group-based adaptation of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) designed for use with preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It describes the principles and procedures of the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model (G-ESDM) and provides practical and empirical guidelines for implementing effective, affordable programs across public healthcare and educational settings. Chapters offer rationales and strategies for designing and evaluating interventions, building interdisciplinary teams, and organizing learning spaces to engage student interest. Examples discuss the social interactions in groups that provide opportunities for learning, improving interpersonal skills, and reducing problem behaviors. In addition, the book offers ideas for retooling teaching strategies when an individual child lags behind the rest of the group.

Featured topics include:
  • Creating treatment objectives in the G-ESDM.
  • Setting up the G-ESDM team and learning environment. 
  • Development of the G-ESDM classroom curriculum. 
  • Practical tools such as decision-making trees, teaching templates, and fidelity systems. 
  • Facilitating learning through peer interactions and social participation.
Implementing the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism is a must-have resource for clinicians and practitioners as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students in the fields of child and school psychology, behavioral therapy, and social work along with psychiatry, pediatrics, and educational and healthcare policy.

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Keywords

  • ABA and preschoolers with autism
  • Applied Behavior Analysis and preschoolers
  • Autism and Early Start Denver Model
  • Autism early intensive behavioral intervention
  • Autism treatment outcomes and preschoolers
  • Developmental intervention and preschoolers with ASD
  • Early intervention and preschoolers with autism
  • Early learning and ASD
  • Early Start Denver Model and group interventions
  • EIBI for preschoolers with ASD
  • ESDM and autism spectrum disorder
  • G-ESDM and preschoolers with autism
  • Group therapy and autism
  • Group-based Early Start Denver Model and autism
  • Naturalistic intervention for preschoolers with autism
  • Play-based intervention and preschoolers with ASD
  • Sally Rogers and Early Start Denver Model
  • Social inclusion and preschoolers with ASD
  • Social learning and preschoolers with autism
  • Social learning and preschoolers with autism
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Reviews

“It is intended as a resource for clinicians and practitioners as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students in the fields of child and school psychology, behavioral therapy, and social work along with psychiatry, pediatrics, and educational and healthcare policy. … This book provides the theory, principles, and treatment strategies underlying G-ESDM. It contains important, practical information for helping children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder. Clinicians and researchers will benefit greatly from it.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2017)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

    Giacomo Vivanti

  • Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Center, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Ed Duncan

  • Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

    Geraldine Dawson

  • The MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA

    Sally J. Rogers

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About the authors

Giacomo Vivanti, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Early Detection and Intervention research program at the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia. His previous experience includes a visiting fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California Davis MIND Institute under the mentorship of Dr. Sally Rogers. During 2010, he became Research Fellow at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, where he worked on a federally funded five-year project on the implementation of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) in a group-based early intervention setting. Dr. Vivanti serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. He is also a member of the Department of the Health Committee to establish evidence-based guidelines for autism treatment in Italy, a certified therapist and trainer in the Early Start Denver Model autism intervention program, and a member of the Early Start Denver Model Training Advisory Group. He is author of approximately 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters about autism spectrum disorder. 

Ed Duncan, B.S., M.B.A, is Clinical Director of the Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre (ASELCC) at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Ed has worked at this federally funded service on the implementation of the Early Start Denver Model in a group-based early intervention program since it began in 2010. His previous experiences include working as a manager and speech pathologist in several nonprofit organisations, specializing in working with young children with autism who are minimally verbal. He has held representative positions with AGOSCI (an organisation supporting the needs of people with complex communication needs) and more recently joined the Australian National Disability Insurance Agency. Mr. Duncan has contributed scientific articles to the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and entries within the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., is Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University. She is the Director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, where she oversees interdisciplinary autism research and clinical services for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.  She has published extensively on early detection, brain development, and treatment of autism. Dawson is President of the International Society for Autism Research (2015-2017) and serves on the NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which develops the federal strategic plan for autism research. Dawson received a Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Clinical Psychology from University of Washington and completed a clinical internship at UCLA.
Sally J. Rogers, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist, clinician, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Director of Training and Mentoring at the MIND Institute, University of California Davis. She has been the principal investigator of several NIH funded multi-site autism research projects, including a ten year CPEA program project and two funded Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) network projects. She has served as president of the International Society for Autism Research, associate editor of the journal Autism Research, a member of the Autism Speaks Global Autism Public Health Initiative, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division 33, and a member of the Autism, PDD, and other Developmental Disorders workgroup for the DSM 5. The Early Start Denver Model that she developed with Geri Dawson and other colleagues at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, University of Washington, and University of California Davis is internationally known and recognized by Time.com and Autism Speaks as one of the 10 most important scientific findings of 2012.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Implementing the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism

  • Authors: Giacomo Vivanti, Ed Duncan, Geraldine Dawson, Sally J. Rogers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49691-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49690-0Published: 28 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84216-5Published: 07 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49691-7Published: 16 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 147

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: School Psychology, Therapeutics, Social Work

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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