What People Are Saying About SCERTS™
"The SCERTS Model is a working demonstration of social understanding in practice; organizing and maximizing the experiences of children with ASD and the efforts of all of those working on their behalf. Built on a solid research foundation and inherently sound, The SCERTS Model addresses the characteristic social and emotional challenges of ASD by ultimately improving the social and emotional skills of all of us. It should come as no surprise that ASD requires the best of our social and emotional efforts; and as a relief that there’s a resource to guide and organize a child’s educational team during those critical early years. This manual marks a critical turning point in the education of children with ASD and is destined to influence thinking and the profile of the efforts of parents and professionals in the future."
—Carol Gray, Director, The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding
"At last! A curriculum that provides scaffolds for the all important communication partners. The SCERTS Model supports the significance of the reciprocal process by engaging communication partners in the teaching and learning process in an organized and developmental approach using well-established research-based intervention strategies.”
—Juliann J. Woods, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Florida State University
“The SCERTS model is an integrative, holistic approach for supporting children with autism and their families in natural contexts. It represents a significant step forward in bringing together the best of a variety of educational orientations and approaches for designing individualized interventions. Professionals and researchers who have been waiting for the SCERTS manuals will not be disappointed!"
—Pat Mirenda, Ph.D., The University of British Columbia
“The SCERTS Model is the most comprehensive, well-researched approach accounting for all areas of development for people on the autism spectrum I have ever seen. The philosophy of best matching the myriad tools available to help children within the wide diversity of the autism spectrum provides great flexibility to this ‘next generation’ boon to all who support people on the autism spectrum throughout the lifespan.”
—Stephen Shore, ABD, Executive Director, Autism Spectrum Disorder Consulting, and author of Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome
“An eminently practical, stepwise, realistic, and comprehensive program of assessment and treatment of communication and socialization disorders … We need to make these volumes an integral part of the training of every communication specialist.”
