Main description:

*Presents an effective research-based program developed through studies in public schools.
*Needed: there are few resources--and, until now, no cohesive intervention model--for providing services to adolescents with ASD.
*Comprehensively covers academics, social engagement, independence, and transition planning.
*Practical--includes strategies, teaching approaches, case examples, and downloadable tools for educators, school psychologists and counselors, school administrators, speech-language pathologists, and other service providers.

Contents:

1. Somewhere to Go, Something to Do, Someone to Love: Adolescents in High School and the CSESA Comprehensive Program, Samuel L. Odom & Kara A. Hume
2. CSESA Foundations, Samuel L. Odom
3. Transition, Bonnie R. Kraemer, Sara McDaniel, Catherine Fowler, & Tara Regan
4. Academics/Literacy, Christopher Brum, Laura J. Hall, & Colleen Reutebuch
5. Peer and Social Domain, Jessica Steinbrenner, Laura J. Hall, Erik W. Carter, & Janine Stichter
6. Independence and Behavior: PRomoting Independence and Self-Management (PRISM), Kara Hume, Suzanne Kucharczyk, Lindsay Rentschler, & Brian Boyd
7. Families, Leann DaWalt & Kate Szidon
8. Implementation Process, Laura J. Hall, Jessica Steinbrenner, Suzanne Kucharczyk, & Yolanda Perkins
9. Research and Evaluation, Kara Hume