Pivotal Response Treatment

This chapter describes and illustrates Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) with people who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We review the essential components of PRT, based on early research within applied behaviour analysis and more recent extensions and applications to educational and community s...

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Published inChildren and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Main Authors Koegel, Lynn Kern, Koegel, Brittany Lynn, Koegel, Robert L, Vernon, Ty W
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.03.2014
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Summary:This chapter describes and illustrates Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) with people who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We review the essential components of PRT, based on early research within applied behaviour analysis and more recent extensions and applications to educational and community settings. The chapter details many PRT studies and the implications for future practice.
ISBN:9780199941575
0199941572
DOI:10.1093/med:psych/9780199941575.003.0009