Applying Behavior Analysis Across the Autism Spectrum

Applying Behavior Analysis Across the Autism Spectrum is appropriate for use in training programs designed to prepare personnel for working with children with autism, and which conform to the BACB's Guidelines in terms of course coverage and the required hours of field experience for graduate and undergraduate certification.

This practical text provides a set of well-structured materials to guide and support students during their initial introduction to practice in the field. Such material ensures that first-time practitioners gain the experience of effectively applying their previously acquired conceptual material, thereby increasing their competence.

Following her undergraduate training at the City College of New York, Beth Sulzer-Azaroff taught elementary school in the inner city. Then, after earning her doctorate from the University of Minnesota, she joined the faculty first at Southern Illinois University, then at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There, besides teaching applied behavior analysis and working with children in clinical settings, she coordinated the doctoral Developmental Disabilities Training Program in Psychology.

Sulzer-Azaroff has authored or co-authored fifteen books and over one hundred peer-reviewed articles in scientific and professional journals. She also served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, as a member of review boards for numerous behavioral journals, and on many professional and scientific boards and committees. She was elected President of the Association for Behavior Analysis, and of Division 25 of the American Psychological Association.

Awards include the Lifetime Achievement Award OBM Network of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Fred S. Keller Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Behavior Analysis Award California Association for Behavior Analysis, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis Award for Distinguished Service to Behavior Analysis, CT FEAT Foundations and Innovations Award, Sidman Award for Enduring Contribution to Applied Behavior Analysis Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, and Distinguished Alumni Award University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development.