The Support of Adolescents and Adults with Autism in the Community – How to Establish Community and Life Skills That Will Endure

• By: Thomas L. Zane, PhD, BCBA-D Gloria M. Satriale, Esq, BCABA Peter Gerhardt, EdD Preparing Adolescents and Adults for Life (PAAL)
• July 1st, 2012
• adolescents, adults, community, life skills, training
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The United States is on the verge of a crisis as more than 800,000 children identified with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) enter adulthood. Consequently, there are vastly larger numbers of adolescents and adults who need interventions and services than ever before. Unfortunately, the need...

Changing the Mindset of Autistic Children and Adolescents

• By: Robert Brooks, PhD Harvard Medical School Sam Goldstein, PhD University of Utah School of Medicine
• April 1st, 2012
• child development, developmental challenges, empathy, intervention, nurturing strengths, parenting, positivity, resilient mindset, self-discipline, social skills
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A major focus of our collaboration has been to elaborate upon the concepts of both mindsets and resilience (Brooks and Goldstein, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012; Goldstein and Brooks, 2005, 2007). We propose that all people possess a set of assumptions about themselves and others that influence their...