Implementing the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism
This book examines a group-based adaptation of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) designed for use with preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It describes the principles and procedures of the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model (G-ESDM) and
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nting the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism
Implementing the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism
Giacomo Vivanti Ed Duncan Geraldine Dawson Sally J. Rogers •
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Implementing the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism
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Giacomo Vivanti AJ Drexel Autism Institute Drexel University Philadelphia, PA USA
Geraldine Dawson Medical Center Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC USA
Ed Duncan Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Center La Trobe University Melbourne, VC Australia
Sally J. Rogers The MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA USA
ISBN 978-3-319-49690-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-49691-7
ISBN 978-3-319-49691-7
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Foreword
The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) was introduced to Australia in 2009, when Prof. Sally Rogers, together with Dr. Cynthia Zierhut and Dr. Laurie Vismara, graciously accepted my invitation to travel here to train three teams. I had observed delivery of the ESDM on my visit to the MIND Institute at University of California Davis in 2007 and was aware of the developing evidence base underpinning it. At that time, it was the only comprehensive early intervention approach suited for infants as young as 12 months of age who were developing autism. The need for an intervention approach designed for very young children was growing in Melbourne given our early identification work at La Trobe University using Social Attention and Communication Surveillance, which had commenced in 2006. In 2010, the federally funded Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centr
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