A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions That Work for Autistic People : Diversity-Affirming Evidence-Based Practice

A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions that Work for Autistic People: Diversity Affirming Evidence-Based Practice, second edition, provides a socially valid, culturally sensitive, and person-centered resource to aid practitioners in guiding the selection of effective interventions. By providing multiple illustrative examples, practitioners will learn to use their professional judgment to integrate the best available evidence with client values and context. The second edition includes new chapters on diversity affirmation and cultural adaptations of interventions, quality of life, self-determination, guided decision-making, and ethics as foundational skills for identifying effective, socially valid interventions that are delivered with compassion and assent/consent.Presents a detailed description of the diversity-affirming evidence-based practice decision-making modelOffers a framework that helps practitioners integrate the best available evidence with client values and contextDemonstrates how to culturally adapt interventions and center decision-making on the clientGuides practitioners through the process of assessing intervention outcomes that fit with client values and contextual variablesProvides numerous concrete examples involving Autistic people holding many intersecting identities Contents About the author About the series editor Series foreword: Critical specialties in treating autism and other behavioral challenges Acknowledgments Introduction to second edition Section I: Foundations in diversity-affirming evidence-based practice 1. Defining evidence-based practice 2. Diversity-affirmation and intervention selection 3. Social validity 4. Quality of life, self-determination, and supported decision-making 5. Ethics and diversity-affirming evidence-based practice Section II: Understanding multiple sources of evidence 6. Critically evaluating systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and alternate reviews 7. Critically evaluating outcomes of single-case research design studies and client history 8. Assessment and client repertoire Section III: Professional judgment and strategies for diversity-affirming EBP decision-making 9. Clarifying practical questions (or referral concerns) 10. Evidence and information gathering 11. Facilitating intervention selection and complex intervention decisions 12. Review new evidence and information plus planning for the future 13. Putting it all together: Ethical, compassionate, diversity-affirming evidence-based practice References Index A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions that Work for Autistic Autistic Affirming Evidence-Based Practice, Second Edition provides a logical, culturally sensitive, and values-based resource to aid practitioners in making informed decisions on the most effective treatment for any given client at any given time. By providing multiple illustrative examples, practitioners will learn to use their professional judgment to integrate the best available evidence with client values and context. The second edition includes four new chapters on evaluating the role of social validity, connect diversity, equity, and inclusion concept of social validity and how to ethically incorporate it into everyday decisions. This edition also includes section on ethical delivery.