Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The Me Book

by O. Ivar Lovaas

...designed for use with children from age 3 & above who suffer from mental retardation, brain damage, autism, severe aphasia, emotional disorders or childhood schizophrenia...

Genres: Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Education

Paperback

First published April 1, 1981

About the author

Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas is a world-renowned autism expert who has devoted his career to improving the lives of children with autism and their families.

His Lovaas Model of Applied Behavior Analysis is based on 40 years of research and is backed by published studies showing half of children with autism who receive this intensive treatment become indistinguishable from other children on tests of cognitive and social skills by the time they completed first grade.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Do not use this book to treat your child. Adults who have undergone ABA as described in this book as children consider it to be severe abuse.

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[Cansu · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you don’t know any behavioral regulations on ASD, do not use this book as a guide. But read if you have a decent information and you’d like to see how the science has improved in that subject matter, and to get general info. However DO NOT APPLY ANY RULE STATED IN THE BOOK on your child.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a must-read for any parent establishing an ABA program at home for a child with autism. This was an excellent resource when our child was first diagnosed and I find myself referencing it even now.

[Marilyn Robarts · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the first resources that I collected when my son was diagnosed back in 2004. Great book. Realistic, evidence based and practical.