Sense and Nonsense in the Behavioral Treatment of Autism: It Has to Be Said

Book Review: Sense and Nonsense in the Behavioral Treatment of Autism: It Has To Be Said (by Ron Leaf, Ph.D., John McEachin, Ph.D., and Mitchell Taubman, Ph.D. (2008, DRL Books, $39.95) (Reviewed by Beth Curry) Nonsense Are you an educator who believes that attending a few ABA training workshops prepares you to supervise an “ABA program”? Have you ever told parents that ABA consists mostly of “discrete trials” or that their child is too mildly impaired to “need” ABA?