Autism Expert Dr. Pamela Rollins And AAPC Publishing Release New Book Facilitating Early Social Comm

NEW YORK - Sept. 11, 2014 - PRLog -- Autism Expert Dr. Pamela Rollins And AAPC Publishing Release New Book: Facilitating Early Social Communication Skills

Autism expert, Pamela Rosenthal Rollins, MS, CCC-SLP, EdD and AAPC Publishing are pleased to announce the release of the new book, Facilitating Early Social Communication Skills: From Theory to Practice.

Dr. Rollins has devoted more than 30 years to research, teaching and clinical practice in service of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. She is a certified clinical speech language pathologist who holds a doctorate of from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

From 2003 to 2010 Dr. Rollins was the founding Director of the Early Communication, Language & Social Skills (CLASS) Preschool for children with ASD at University of Texas-Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders.

The theoretical underpinnings and social skills curriculum is the focus her new book, Facilitating Early Communication, Language & Social Skills: From Theory to Practice, which was released by AAPC Publishing in September 2014.

Dr. Rollins teaches graduate level courses on the assessment and treatment of children with ASD at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders, part of the School of Behavior and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas in Dallas.

She is also a three-time gubernatorial appointed member of the Texas Council for Autism and PDD and holds leadership positions on many of the Texas early identification and intervention planning and implementation initiatives for ASD.

Book Information:
Facilitating Early Social Communication Skills: From Theory to Practice
By Pamela Rosenthal Rollins, MS, CCC-SLP, EdD
Publisher: AAPC Publishing
ISBN: 978-1937473846
Published: September 2014
Genre: Education and Special Education

Facilitating Early Communication, Language, and Social Skills: From Theory to Practice, presents a developmental social-pragmatic approach to facilitating language and social communication in children. Reflecting the principles of the SCERTS model (Social Communication Emotional Regulation and Transactional Supports; Prizant et al.), it makes a major contribution to the training and support of young children on the autism spectrum, ages 3-5. While the focus is on the preschool environment, suggestions are provided for how to extend the approach to the home and other environments where the child spends time. The textbook is divided into five chapters representing the theoretical and organizational framework of social pragmatic intervention as well as 12 instructional units each focused on a particular theme chosen to be developmentally appropriate and functional in the lives of children such as bedtime, birthdays, restaurants, grocery stores, etc.

For more information, review copies, or interviews please contact the author at:

Zach Gouldsmith
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