Addressing Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior in Autism with Functional Behavior-based CBT: A Clinician's Manual [Paperback]

1. Obsessive Compulsive Behavior in Autism 2. Clinical Assessment 3. Functional Assessment and Function-Based Intervention 4. Embedded Social Skills Curriculum for Children with Autism 5. Considerations for Running Sessions 6. Session 1: Session Expectations, Rapport Building, and Introduction to Psychoeducation 7. Session 2:? Learning About Obsessions, Being the Boss, and Mapping of OCBs 8. Session 3: CBT Skills Training and Beginning E/RP for First OCB 9. Session 4: Progress Review of First OCB and Tackling New OCBs 10. Session 5: Continued OCB Mapping and Gradually Moving Up the Hierarchy 11. Session 6: Relapse Prevention and Introducing More Flexibility with OCBs 12. Session 7: Relapse Prevention, Generalization, and Introducing More Flexibility with OCBs 13. Session 8: Relapse Prevention, Generalization, and Tackling Final OCBs 14. Session 9: Revisiting Quality of Life, Wrap-Up, and Graduation

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The Clinicians Manual and its accompanying workbook,?I Believe in Me, Not OCB! are the first known manuals to combine cognitive-behavioral therapy and applied behavior analysis to treat obsessive-compulsive behavior in children and youth with autism.

These two manuals provide the best of both worlds of practice and research. They are the result of years of application and rigorous research into the effectiveness of a function-based approach to obsessive compulsive behavior. I highly recommend them to families, practitioners and researchers.

Peter Sturmey, PhD

Based on over 20 years of research and clinical practice, this innovative program provides a practical, accessible approach to treating the obsessive-compulsive behaviours often seen in autistic (and other) children. Though flexible and individualized, it is very systematic and well-structured and is thoroughly grounded in theory and data.? It could be billed as cognitive BEHAlÃ$