Classroom Pivotal Response Teaching for Children with Autism

This practical manual and accompanying DVD-ROM present a research-supported behavioral intervention for children with autism that teachers can easily integrate into their existing classroom curriculum. Classroom Pivotal Response Teaching (CPRT) enhances children's motivation and participation in learning; increases the number of learning opportunities they experience each day; and promotes mastery of targeted communication, play, social, and academic skills. In a convenient large-size format with lay-flat binding, the book features more than two dozen reproducible worksheets and forms to aid in planning and implementing the procedures. The DVD-ROM includes narrated PowerPoint presentations with invaluable video examples of CPRT in action, along with copies of the reproducibles. This book will be invaluable to special educators and classroom teachers; also of interest to school and child clinical psychologists, behavior specialists, applied developmentalists, and speech-language pathologists. It may also serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.

Table of Contents:
I. Getting Started with CPRT 1. Introduction to CPRT 2. Laying the Foundation for CPRT 3. Components of CPRT: Using CPRT with Individual Students II. Next Steps with CPRT 4. Group Instruction with CPRT 5. Meeting Individual Goals Using CPRT 6. Integrating CPRT into Your Classroom III. Resources and Support 7. Training Paraprofessionals 8. Parents as Partners: Sharing CPRT with Parents and Caregivers 9. Scientific Support for CPRT IV. Reproducible Handouts

About the Author :
Aubyn C. Stahmer, PhD, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, USA and Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, USA, Jessica Suhrheinrich, PhD, Sarah Reed, MA, Laura Schreibman, PhD, all at the Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, USA and Cynthia Bolduc, MA, San Diego Unified School District, USA

Review :
"Designed for and with educators, this book goes beyond just describing the components of CPRT; it includes many examples of practices linked to student goals and objectives and determined by data-based progress monitoring. It is an excellent guide for effective implementation of evidence-based classroom strategies based on applied behavior analysis. The troubleshooting strategies and the companion DVD-ROM are useful features. I recommend this book to all educators as an outstanding, user-friendly resource." - Laura J. Hall, San Diego State University, California, USA "The beauty of CPRT is its flexibility: these teaching procedures can be applied successfully to almost any learning goal, in virtually any setting. The approach maximizes students' attention and motivation for learning -- regardless of their learning challenges -- and its positivity is rewarding for both students and educators. The manual provides clear, concrete guidelines, forms, and sequences for those learning to use CPRT for the first time. Very few empirically supported autism interventions are applicable for both individuals and groups, making CPRT a unique and very promising tool for educators and therapists." - Sally J. Rogers, University of California, USA