This clinical forum integrates current research from many perspectives into recommendations for practice and provides new information for the communication support of children with autism spectrum disorders. This focused compilation includes current research regarding efficacy of augmentative communication modes and principles for providing intervention for infants and toddlers at risk for ASD.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• summarize information from current research regarding efficacy of augmentative communication modes
• identify early indicators of ASD in very young children and describe principles for providing intervention for infants and toddlers at risk for ASD
• explain the effect of the “priming” method described by Koegle et al. on the behavior of children with ASD
• describe the components of functional behavior assessment and positive behavioral support
• describe the components of the interdisciplinary assessment model presented by Prelock et al., and
• describe the performance of adolescents with ASD on Theory of Mind tasks

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