“As its first major initiative, the National Autism Center is spearheading the National Standards Project, an unprecedented effort to produce a set of standards for effective, research-validated education and behavioral intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).”

http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/about/national.php

If their focus is behavioral intervention, then they already have a strategy in mind. There are other ways to address behavior without the strict ideas found in ABA. One I use is guiding a child’s thinking. For example, the other day, my 20 yo autistic daughter fussed because I threw one of the five Netflix return envelopes in the trash. She did not realize I had counted them and knew we only needed four. She cried out, “We need it.” I knew all she needed was a better understanding and her behavior would change without specific prompts. We counted the envelopes and counted the DVDs, and she said, “Good.” I handled her outburst in a way that is not typically found in the typical ABA programming with children with autism in my area. They are simply told things like “Hands down. Be quiet.”