Short description:

The Children?s Workbook accompanies the Clinician?s Manual, Addressing Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior in Autism with Functional Behavior-based CBT. These are the first known manuals to combine cognitive-behavioral therapy and applied behavior analysis to treat obsessive-compulsive behavior in children and youth with autism.

Long description:

Believe in Me, Not OCB! A Workbook for Addressing Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior in Autism with Functional Behavior-based CBT is also referred to as the Children's Workbook. This workbook accompanies the Clinician's Manual, Addressing Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior in Autism with Functional Behavior-based CBT. These are the first known manuals to combine cognitive behavioral therapy and applied behavior analysis to treat obsessive compulsive behavior (OCB) in children and youth with autism.

The Children?s Workbook goes hand in hand with the nine structured sessions outlined in the Clinician?s Manual. Each session has a visual schedule that indicates the order of events, and children mark the completion of each activity. As sessions progress, flexibility is encouraged by introducing new OCBs with individualized adaptations (e.g., use of visuals and attempting different coping techniques). Importantly, children can also track their progress over time with a stimulus map. The workbook contains hands-on exercises and a vital worksheet entitled Stepping It Up: Completing My Exposures where children specify coping techniques, exposure steps, and reinforcers given at home.

When the nine sessions are complete, children are encouraged to refer to the Children?s Workbook as a review of FB-CBT strategies that were successful during treatment and what to do when new OCBs arise, or old OCBs re-emerge.

"These two manuals provide the best of both worlds of practice and research. They are the result of years of application and rigorous research into the effectiveness of a function-based approach to obsessive compulsive behavior. I highly recommend them to families, practitioners and researchers."

Peter Sturmey, PhD

"Based on over 20 years of research and clinical practice, this innovative program provides a practical, accessible approach to treating the obsessive-compulsive behaviours often seen in autistic (and other) children. Though flexible and individualized, it is very systematic and well-structured and is thoroughly grounded in theory and data.  It could be billed as cognitive BEHAVIOUR therapy, with the solid theoretical base of functional behaviour assessment providing an invaluable improvement on existing CBT methods."

Adrienne Perry, PhD, C. Psych., RBA (Ont.), BCBA-D, Clinical Psychologist, Behaviour Analyst, Full Professor, York University, Toronto, Canada

Table of Contents:

1. Session 1: Introduction 2. Session 2: The Toolkit 3. Session 3: Completing the Toolkit 4. Session 4: E/RP 5. Session 5: E/RP 6. Session 6: E/RP 7. Session 7: E/RP 8. Session 8: E/RP 9. Session 9: Graduation