Mitchell Taubman, Ron Leaf, and John McEachin: Crafting Connections: Contemporary Applied Behavior Analysis for Enriching the Social Lives of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

Reviews the book, Crafting Connections: Contemporary Applied Behavior Analysis for Enriching the Social Lives of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Mitchell Taubman, Ron Leaf & John McEachin (2011). This book is written as a practical guide to teach social skills to individuals on the autism spectrum. The book is organized into two major sections. The first section contains eight chapters describing the basic principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and how these apply to the teaching of social skills to individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The second section of the book is devoted to a social skills curriculum for individuals with ASDs. This book is ideal for educators, social workers, and psychologists who are responsible for teaching social skills to individuals on the autism spectrum. Although the book provides step by step instructions, it is simultaneously flexible enough to respond to the unique learning needs of an individual on the spectrum. Crafting Connections is a welcomed addition to many professionals’ libraries. It provides empirically based techniques for teaching social skills to a wide age range of individuals on the autism spectrum. Crafting Connections directly deals with many of the social pitfalls individuals with ASDs face on a daily basis. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)