7Discrimination skills enable us to tell one object from another, understand that different things have different names, and use those names to perform a wide range of cognitive and language skills, including following spoken instructions, communicating, and reading. TEACHING ESSENTIAL DISCRIMINATION SKILLS TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM outlines a systematic, evidence-based curriculum to promote children's learning. Based on the authors' thirty years of research, this user-friendly book covers: -Delivering effective instruction -Types of discrimination skills -Prompting and prompt fading -Prerequisite skills -Overcoming barriers to learning -Assessing a child's entry level to the curriculum -Curriculum sequence, specific discrimination skills instruction, and remedial strategies Use this book to teach discrimination skills and help children master more complex academic material, apply learning across many situations, and become more independent in their daily lives.