More Than Hope, For Young Children On The Autism Spectrum describes powerful intervention strategies to change areas of early child development most impacted by autism. With the specialized knowledge of Drs. Tanya Paparella and Stephanny Freeman, leading experts with over 30 years of autism intervention, the book takes each significant area of development and explains why children with autism learn differently. It then provides step-by-step intervention strategies to develop communication, play, social interaction, and normal behavior. The teaching strategies are known to work, they are practical, and can be used in everyday activities. This book offers parents, caregivers, and professionals the opportunity to do more than just hope for a child's successful future; it directly empowers them by providing critical knowledge and intervention tools towards long-lasting benefits for each child and their family. This expanded version is easy to read, yet powerful in its simplicity and depth.
Dr. Tanya Paparella is a specialist in the field of autism with more than 30 years of intervention experience and research with children on the autism spectrum. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Division of Child Psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Paparella is a Co-Director of UCLA's KidsConnect Treatment Program which is an internationally recognized treatment program for young children with autism. She works closely with parents to support and educate them in all aspects of their child's treatment, provides clinical instruction for professionals and students from different specialties, and disseminates treatment science and practice to the larger community. She has published many articles and is a co-author on several treatment curricula for children on the autism spectrum.
Dr. Stephanny F.N. Freeman is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Child Psychiatry at UCLA and a licensed clinical psychologist. She Co-Directs the KidsConnect Autism Treatment Program at UCLA. As director of KidsConnect, Dr. Freeman oversees the day-to-day activities of therapists and specialists. She coordinates the evaluation, treatment, and development of appropriate multidisciplinary programs for school-aged children and severely impaired children with autism. She assists parents in developing appropriate educational programs and school-based modifications, behavior education and training, cognitive development, and social/emotional/play development. Research interests include the social and emotional development of children with developmental delays. Dr. Freeman has also published research-based intervention procedures on areas of core difficulty for young children with autism, best practice interdisciplinary interventions for children with autism, and play/social skills development in autism. Along with scholarly publications, Dr. Freeman has published classroom curriculums for children with autism.
Dr. Laurence Lavelle attended Princeton University and the University of Cape Town graduating with several degrees (Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc.(Dist.), B.Sc.(Hons.), B.Sc.). He is on the faculty at UCLA, has published widely, coauthored many educational books and materials, and received several research and teaching awards including UCLA's highest teaching award - The University Distinguished Teaching Award.
