• Lovaas, O. I. (1993). The development of a treatment-research project for developmentally disabled and autistic children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 617-630. (PDF)
• Lovaas, O. I., Koegel, R., Simmons, J. Q., & Long, J. S. (1973). Some generalization and follow-up measures on autistic children in behavior therapy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 6, 131-165. (PDF)
• Van Houten, R., Axelrod, S., Bailey, J. S., Favell, J. E., Foxx, R. M., Iwata, B. A., & Lovaas, O. I. (1988). The right to effective behavioral treatment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 21, 381-384. (PDF)

A study by Glen Sallows and Tamlynn Graupner of the Wisconsin Early Autism Project shows that 48% of children with autism given intensive behavioral treatment achieved average outcome scores and succeeded in regular education classrooms (Behavior News)

Autism and ABA Classics

• Baer, Wolf, & Risley (1968). Some Current Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis (Pubmed)
• Ivar Lovaas--Behavioral Treatment and Normal Educational and Intellectual Functioning in Young Autistic Children (FEATNC)
• Ivar Lovaas--Clarifying Comments on the UCLA Young Autism Project (CTFeat)

BAAM is looking for behavior analysts to write descriptions of behavioral treatments and create other resource materials for our site. If you are interested in helping, please contact BAAM (Contact page)

Autism Behavior News

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Must Pay for Applied Behavior Analysis Autism Treatment In Class-Action Case
• Michigan Autism Insurance Bills Get Unanimous Health Policy Committee Vote
• Citalopram No Better Than Placebo Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield to provide limited coverage for ABA for autism in Michigan
• ABA success story on MSNBC

Autism Insurance in Michigan

• Keep up to date on the effort to require insurance companies to provide realistic coverage for effective treatments for autism at "Autism Insurance in Michigan"
• BAAM Statement on Autism Insurance

Autism links

• This new page will list online resources for autism and related disorders. Includes 30 new links (Autism links)

ABA on video

• See Story on Success of ABA on MSNBC
• Web-based show on autism features ABA

ABA on the radio: From the Elija foundation, 30 min programs on ABA & autism. (Elija Foundation Radio)

Science-based autism treatment information: ASAT website.

Definition: "Applied Behavior Analyst" (BAAM)

Autism resources from the New England Center for Children (NECC).

Separating fact from fiction in the Etiology and Treatment of Autism (CSMMH)

Resolutions on facilitated communication (BAAM; APA)

BAAM supports the development and implementation of high-quality, highly effective, evidence-based autism treatment. Interventions that have been shown to be ineffective or dangerous have no place in the lives of people with autism.

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