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Defining Care for High-Functioning Adults with Autism
…Physical maturity is, of course, nearly universal (barring certain types of disability that cause stunted development). And when it comes to psychological maturity, we find by far the greatest diversity…
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New Biomarker Panel Could Accelerate Autism Diagnoses
About 17 percent of kids with autism identified with metabolic blood test Investigators at the UC Davis MIND Institute and NeuroPointDX, a division of Stemina Biomarker Discovery, have identified a…
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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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Supporting Students with Autism Through Evidence-Based Employment Intervention
…begin a job upon graduation, they should be afforded experiences to explore varied career options (Cease-Cook, Fowler, & Test, 2015). Just as math and English are considered indispensable components of…
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Balancing Dignity of Risk and Embracing Opportunity During COVID-19
…on Dignity of Risk: Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First, an online learning resource and online workbook for disability support workers Exploring the Concept of “Dignity of Risk,” from researchers at…
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Using IvySCIP to Guide Data-Driven Social and Emotional Learning Instruction for K-5 Autistic Students
…Education Sciences (IES) to further develop and test IvySCIP in collaboration with 3C Institute of Durham, North Carolina (our software developer). Together we developed, IvySCIP, an online tool that would…
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The Direct Care Collaborative – Two Populations in Crisis: Adults with Severe Autism and Those That Support Them
…of these will require different competencies and will include salaries commensurate with those competencies. Performance reviews will focus on performance and career goals. Direct care workers will not have to…
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Interacting Safely with Police: Crucial Skills for Individuals Across the Spectrum
…will check your glove compartment for the vital information you prepared about yourself (and other information you prepare, including information about your loved one with ASD who may or may…
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Searching for an Appropriate and Safe Residential Community
…Injury. She can be contacted at: cgarafola@mtbethelvillage.com or 908-757-7000 x201 or cell-908-922-1973. Mt. Bethel Village is located at 130 Mt. Bethel Road, Warren, NJ. For more information, please visit www.mtbethelvillage.com….
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Evidence-Based Interventions for Students on the Autism Spectrum
…adults on the spectrum to conceptualize, understand, or predict emotional states in other people, by Simon Baron-Cohen. The Mindreading DVD (www.jkp.com/mindreading), for children and adults, and the Transporters DVD (www.thetransporters.com),…
