Mary Jane Weiss

TL;DR: A range of useful procedures for teaching social skills to people with autism, including skills that are adult mediated, peer mediated, and child-with-autism mediated are examined.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that early learning rates are moderately correlated with treatment outcomes after two years of intensive behavioral intervention for very young children with autism, and that early acquisition of skills was correlated with later learning rates, severity of autism symptomatology and adaptive behavior profiles two years into treatment.

TL;DR: This commentary argues that the spirit and the method of science should be maintained in order to avoid reductionist procedures, stifled innovation, and rote, unresponsive protocols that become increasingly removed from meaningful progress for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

TL;DR: A trial-based model of functional analysis was evaluated that limited opportunities to engage in problem behavior and used 1-2 min sessions to shorten analysis time and results were obtained in 84.8% less time.