Chapter 1 Why
We Wrote This Book
The role of data collection in a complete approach to developmentally-based
intervention.
Chapter 2 Identifying
Goals
Examples of developmentally-based goals in the critical areas of attention
& social relatedness, imitation, affect, self-regulation, play, communication,
sensory issues, perseverative behaviors, concept development, awareness
of others, social skills with peers, respecting social norms, school
& camp skills, leisure.
Chapter 3 Writing
Measurable Goals
The three phases of developmentally-based intervention, how to quantify
and qualify goals, how to measure change in frequency, duration, range
of behavior & prompt level, tracking goal-independent factors. Practice
exercises.
Chapter 4 Collecting
the Data
Writing data questions, formatting the data sheet for accuracy and ease
of use, frequency of data collection.
Chapter 5 Putting
it All Together -- Joey, Tyler, and Mai Lin
Takes you step-by-step through the creation of data collection sheets
based on case histories of three children at different points on the
autism spectrum. Practice exercises.
Chapter 6 From
Data Collection to Data Analysis
Types of data, translating words to numbers, creating spreadsheets &
line graphs in Excel. Practice exercises in Excel.**
Chapter 7 The
Mean -- Detecting Change
Change in developmentally-based intervention, calculating the mean &
creating bar graphs in Excel. Practice exercises in Excel.**
Chapter 8 The
Standard Deviation -- Measuring Reliability
Distance as a measure of reliability, computing & graphing standard
deviation in Excel, evaluating change using a comparison of means. Practice
exercises in Excel.**
Chapter 9 Factor
Data -- Exceptions that Prove the Rule
Identifying outliers in the data set, correlation between factors and
performance, the difference between correlation and causality, negative
correlation, computing correlations in Excel. Practice exercises in
Excel.**
Chapter 10 Coming
Full Circle -- Joey, Tyler, and Mai Lin
A continuation of Chapter 5 in which we analyze the data for each child's
goals & discuss the next round of intervention based on the histories,
original goals & analysis of current performance.
Chapter 11 Conclusions
Appendix A Basic
Intervention Goals for Children with Autism
Appendix B Handouts
Appendix C Exercises
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