附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-289) and index.
Executive summary: Committee's charge -- Diagnosis, assessment, and prevalence -- Role of families -- Goals for educational services -- Characteristics of effective interventions -- Public policies -- Personnel preparation -- Research -- Introduction: Features of autism -- The challenge of educating children with autism -- The committee's work -- Organization of the report -- Goals for children with autism and their families: Diagnosis, assessment, and prevalence -- Family roles -- Goals for educational services -- Characteristics of effective interventions: Development of communication -- Social development -- Cognitive development -- Sensory and motor development -- Adaptive behaviors -- Problem behaviors -- Instructional strategies -- Comprehensive programs -- Policy, legal, and research context: Public policy and legal issues -- Personnel preparation -- Methodological issues in research on educational interventions -- Conclusions and recommendations.
