1st Edition

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Employment Helping Learners Prepare for Social Demands in the Workplace

By Dorothea Lerman Copyright 2023
298 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive curriculum on essential job-related social skills that will aid educators, job coaches, behavior specialists, behavior analysts, and other professionals to improve employment outcomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. The curriculum guides instructors through an objective behavioral assessment of critical,... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Overview of the Vocational Social Skills Assessment (VSSA) and the Vocational Social Skills Intervention (VSSI) Protocols 3. A Brief Applied Behavior Analysis Primer 4. Conducting the VSSA 5. Collecting Data for the VSSA 6. Summarizing and Interpreting VSSA Results 7. VSSA Case Examples 8. Setting Up the VSSI Protocol 9. Conducting the VSSI 10. Monitoring and Interpreting VSSI Outcomes 11. Maintenance and Generalization 12. VSSI Case Examples 13. Where to Go From Here? Concluding Comments

Biography

Dorothea C. Lerman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Behavior Analysis at the University of Houston – Clear Lake, where she directs the master’s program in behavior analysis and serves as Director of the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities.