Below you'll find books related to the effective education and treatment of persons with special needs (e.g., autism, ADHD, developmental disorders). We've included only books that are consistent with a scientific, evidence-based approach to parenting, education and treatment of persons who have these disorders. The titles are arranged alphabetically. We've created a link from the book below to our virtual bookstore partners, Amazon.com to facilitate your purchase. Simply click on the hyperlink for more information about the book. You can then purchase the book and it will be shipped directly to you - it doesn't get any easier than that. You'll find that some of the links are to out of print books; however Amazon.com has been quite successful in finding some of these books for us. If you know of a book we've missed, please email us the title, author and year and we'll check it out. 

• A Guide to Developing Language Competence in Preschool Children With Severe and Moderate Handicaps Ennio Cipani (Editor)

• A Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies for Individuals With Autism Fouse & Wheeler

• Activity Schedules for Children With Autism: Teaching Independent Behavior (Topics in Autism). McClannahan & Krantz

• Antecedent Control: Innovative Approaches to Behavioral Support. Luiselli & Cameron (Editors)

• Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals Attwood

• Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (1998) James Partington & Mark Sundberg

• Autism (Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series, Vol 15) Schreibman

• Autism: Behavior-Analytic Perspectives (1999) Patrick M. Ghezzi, W. Larry Williams, James E. Carr (Editors)

• Autism and Severe Psychopathology (Advances in Child Behavioral Analysis and Therapy ; V. 2) John Steffen

• Autism--Diagnosis, Current Research, and Management Spectrum Publications

• Austism in Children and Adults: Etiology, Assessment, and Interventions Johnny Matson (Editor)

• The Autistic Child: Language Development Through Behavior Modification O. Ivar Lovaas

• Behavior Analysis and Treatment (Applied Clinical Psychology)  Van Houten & Axelrod (Editors)

• Behavior Analysis for Lasting Change  Sulzer-Azaroff

• Behavior Analysis in Developmental Disabilities Iwata

• Behavior Modification in Mental Retardation; The Education and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adolescent and Adult Gardner

• Behavior Modification of the Mentally Retarded Travis Thompson

• Behavioral Assessment of Severe Developmental Disabilities Michael Powers & Jan Handleman

• Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professionals Catherine Maurice (Editor)

• Behavioral Problems of Autism: Experimental Analysis of Autism O. Ivar Lovaas

• Behavioral Research on Autism: Behavior Problems O. Ivar Lovaas (Editor)

• Chronic Schizophrenia and Adult Autism: Issues in Diagnosis, Assessment, and Psychological Treatment Johnny L. Matson (Editor)

• Communication-Based Intervention for Problem Behavior: A User's Guide for Producing Positive Change Edward Carr & Len Levin

• Communicative Alternatives to Challenging Behavior: Integrating Functional Assessment and Intervention Strategies (Communication and Language Interv) Reichle &. Wacker (Editors)

• Decreasing Behaviors of Persons With Severe Retardation and Autism Richard M. Foxx

• Destructive Behavior in Developmental Disabilities: Diagnosis and Treatment Travis Thomspson & David Gray (Editors)

• Educating and Understanding Autistic Children Robert L. Kogel

• Effective Teaching: Principles and Procedures of Applied Behavior Analysis With Exceptional Students Mark Wolery

• Emergence: Labeled Autistic Temple Grandin & Margaret Scariano

• Ethical Issues in Developmental Disabilities by Linda J. Hayes (Editor)

• Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior: From Effective Assessment to Effective Support (The Wadsworth Special Educator Series)  Repp & Horner

• Functional Assessment and Program Development for Problem Behavior : A Practical Handbook O'Neill

• Generalization and Maintenance: Life-Style Changes in Applied Settings Horner

• Generalized Compliance Training: A Direct-Instruction Program for Managing Severe Behavior Problems Siegfried Engelmann

• Handbook of Behavior Modification With the Mentally Retarded (Applied Clinical Psychology) Johnny Matson (Editor)

• How to Integrate Autistic and Other Severely Handicapped Children into a Classroom Robert Koegel

• How to Maintain Behavior (How to Manage Behavior Series) Kazdin & Esveldt-Dawson

• How to Negotiate a Behavioral Contract R. Vance Hall, & Marilyn Hall

• How to Plan for Generalization (How to Manage Behavior Series) Donald Baer

• How to Select Reinforcers (How to Manage Behavior Series) R. Vance Hall & Marilyn Hall

• How to Teach Through Modeling and Imitation (How to Manage Behavior Series) Striefel

• How to Use Group Contingencies (How to Manage Behavior Series) Axelrod

• How to Use Planned Ignoring (Extinction) (How to Manage Behavior Series) R. Vance Hall & Marilyn Hall

• How to Use Positive Practice, Self-Correction, and Overcorrection (How to Manage Behavior Series) Nathan Azrin & Victoria Besalely

• How to Use Systematic Attention and Approval (How to Manage Behavior Series) R. Vance Hall & Marilyn Hall

• How to Use Prompts to Initiate Behavior (How to Manage Behavior Series) Van Houten

• How to Use Response Cost (How to Manage Behavior Series) Thibadeau

• How to Use Time-Out (How to Manage Behavior Series) R. Vance Hall

• Increasing Behaviors of Persons with Severe Retardation and Autism Richard M. Foxx

• Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autism Catherine Maurice

• Making a Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism Catherine Maurice, Gina Green, & Richard Foxx (Editors)

• Non-Compliance : Four Strategies That Work Ennio Cipani

• Parents Are Teachers a Child Management Program Wesley C. Becker

• Parents' Education As Autism Therapists: Applied Behaviour Analysis in Context Keenan, Kerr & Dillenburger (Editors)

• Pharmacotherapy and Mental Retardation Kenneth D. Gadow, Alan Poling

• Positive Behavior Support in People With Developmental Disabilities : A Research Synthesis Edward G. Carr (Editor)

• Positive Behavioral Support : Including People With Difficult Behavior in the Community Lynn Kern Koegel (Editor)

• Preschool Education Programs for Children With Autism Harris & Handleman (Editors)

• Prevention and Treatment of Severe Behavior Problems : Models and Methods in Developmental Disabilities Nirbhay N. Singh (Editor)

• Reaching Out, Joining in: Teaching Social Skills to Young Children With Autism (Topics in Autism) Weiss & Harris

• Reaching the Autistic Child: A Parent Training Program Martin A. Kozloff

• Right from the Start: Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Topics in Autism) Harris & Weiss

• Self-Injurious Behavior: Analysis, Assessment, and Treatment (Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication) Luiselli

• Self-Injurious Behavior: Gene-Brain-Behavior Relationships Stephen  Schroeder, Mary Lou Oster-Granite & Travis Thompson (Editors)

• Severe Behavior Disorders in the Mentally Retarded: Nondrug Approaches to Treatment (Applied Clinical Psychology) Rowland Barrett (Editor)

• Severe Behavior Problems V. Mark Durand

• Siblings of Children With Autism: A Guide for Families (Topics in Autism). Harris &. Powers (Editors)

• Sleep Better!: A Guide to Improving Sleep for Children With Special Needs V. Mark Durand

• Teach Me Language: A Language Manual for Children with Autism, Asperger's Syndrome and Related Developmental Disorders. Freeman

• Teaching child management skills Richard F. Dangel

• Teaching Children With Autism: Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities Robert L. Koegel & Lynn Kern Koegel (Editors)

• Teaching Exceptional Children: Assessing and Modifying Social Behavior Phillip S. Strain

• Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities (1998) Mark Sundberg & James Partington

• Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life With Autism Temple Grandin & Oliver Sacks

• Toilet Training for Individuals with Autism and Related Disorders Wheeler

• Toilet Training in Less Than a Day Nathan H. Azrin & Richard M. Foxx

• Treatment of Severe Behavior Disorders: Behavior Analysis Approaches (Monographs of the American Association on Mental Retardation, No 12) Ennio Cipani (Editor)

• Your Defiant Child: 8 Steps to Better Behavior Russell A. Barkley & Christine M. Benton