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Connections for Transition Success
…Arc Westchester builds these connections, and how students, families, schools and community agencies may benefit, can serve as a guide for those who wish to develop more connective practices in…
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Transdisciplinary Transition Assessment and Instructional Planning
…student’s full educational team, provides a comprehensive profile of student strengths and weaknesses in both academic and socioemotional/life skill areas. With a more complete profile, strategic independent living and socioemotional…
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Inherited Variations in Noncoding Sections of DNA Associated with Autism
…affects communication and behavior. Researchers have identified a number of genes associated with the development of ASD. Many studies have focused on examining the inheritance of, or mutations in, portions…
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Supporting Students with Autism Through Evidence-Based Employment Intervention
…School serves as an example of multi-faceted transition programming that is research-informed and data-driven. The EI curriculum is built upon Universal Design for Transition (UDT) principles and the Self-Determined Learning…
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Evaluation and Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder
…adequately captures changes in social communication in ASD, the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC; Grzadzinski et al., 2016) has been recently developed and validated based on 56 minimally…
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NIH Awards Nearly $100 Million for Autism Centers of Excellence Program
…basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov….
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Three Expert Tips for Realizing Your Wellness Goals
When we don’t feel well, it seeps into every aspect of our lives. Lethargy, a poor attitude, inertia, and even maladaptive coping mechanisms can be common signs that we aren’t…
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Letβs Get Physical: Exercise and Health Issues in Adults with Autism
…designed to examine the various health difficulties that they face. The team reports that autistic adults are often plagued by obesity, especially in comparison to their neurotypical peers (Croen et…
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The Important Role of Adult Service Providers in the Transition Process
…etc.). Individualized home supports, in comparison, may include staff support around specific skill areas or needs at specified times during a day/week. For example, in cases where an apartment is…
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Fragile X Drug Trial Gets $11.5 Million in NIH Funding – UC Davis Mind Institute to Research Promising Therapy for Language Learning
…child’s ability to communicate. Randi Hagerman, MD “There is a great need to improve cognition early in development in fragile X syndrome, and this unique study combines a targeted treatment…
