Teaching Social Communication to Children with Autism and Other Developmental Delays (2-book set) Second Edition

The Project ImPACT Guide to Coaching Parents and The Project ImPACT Manual for Parents
by Brooke Ingersoll and Anna Dvortcsak

Published: July 2, 2019
ISBN 9781462538140
448 Pages

ORDER CODE: 9781462538140

Recognized as one of the most effective coaching programs for parents of young children (up to age 6) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related social communication delays, this two-book set has been fully revised and updated. It presents everything needed to implement Project ImPACT, an intervention curriculum that teaches parents ways to enhance children's social engagement, communication, imitation, and play skills, within meaningful activities and daily routines. The Guide to Coaching Parents provides a complete introduction and step-by-step coaching procedures for practitioners working with individual parents or groups. The Manual for Parents, which includes 20 reproducible forms, helps parents master the strategies and use them at home. Both volumes have a convenient large-size format. The parent manual is also sold separately 

Purchasers get access to a companion website featuring 42 reproducible forms for practitioners and parents (several of which can be filled in onscreen before printing), as well as video clips of the techniques and PowerPoint slides for use in teaching parent groups. A second companion website for parents features the parent forms and video clips only.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Project ImPACT Guide to Coaching Parents
I. An Introduction to Project ImPACT
1. Project ImPACT: An Overview
2. Planning and Implementing Project ImPACT
3. Collaborating with Parents in Project ImPACT
4. Project ImPACT Intake
II. Individual Parent Coaching Model Guidelines
Unit 1. Getting Started
Unit 2. Focus on Your Child
Unit 3. Adjust Your Communication
Unit 4. Create Opportunities
Unit 5. Teach New Skills
Unit 6. Shape the Interaction
Unit 7. Moving Forward
Unit 8. (Optional) Manage Your Child’s Challenging Behavior
III. Group Parent Coaching Model Guidelines
Unit 1. Getting Started
Unit 2. Focus on Your Child and Adjust Your Communication
Unit 3. Create Opportunities
Unit 4. Teach New Communication Skills
Unit 5. Teach New Imitation and Play Skills
Unit 6. Shape the Interaction and Moving Forward
Appendix. Web-Based Materials
References
The Project ImPACT Manual for Parents

About This Manual
1. Getting Started
2. Focus on Your Child
3. Adjust Your Communication
4. Create Opportunities
5. Teach New Skills
6. Shape the Interaction
7. Moving Forward
8. (Optional) Manage Your Child’s Challenging Behavior
Further Reading

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Brooke Ingersoll, PhD, BCBA-D, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, where she is Director of the Autism Research Lab. She has published extensively on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of social communication interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families, and provides training to professionals nationally and internationally. With Anna Dvortcsak, she is codeveloper of Project ImPACT (Improving Parents As Communication Teachers).
Author's website
All titles by Brooke Ingersoll

Anna Dvortcsak, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech pathologist in private practice in Portland, Oregon. She provides consulting, training to families with children with autism spectrum disorder and social communication disorders, individualized speech and language services, and training to professionals nationally and internationally. Ms. Dvortcsak conducts research on the efficacy of interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder and has presented her findings at professional conferences and in peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. With Brooke Ingersoll, she is codeveloper of Project ImPACT (Improving Parents As Communication Teachers).