Unspoken Injuries: Supporting Health Professionals Coping With Client Loss

• By: Annie Kent, MA Mental Health Systemic Advocate, Educator, and Freelance Writer
• July 12th, 2024
• healthcare professionals, mental health, self-harm, suicide prevention, Summer 2024 Issue, trauma support
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…Implications. Curr Dev Disord Rep 5, 65–76 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40474-018-0133-6. Hutchinson, Lisa. “How to Grieve a Client’s Death Ethically – A Counselor’s Guide.” Counseling Schools, Counseling Schools.com, 22 Apr. 2021, https://www.counselingschools.com/blog/how-to-grieve-the-death-of-a-client….

The Role of Novel Research Technologies in Autism Spectrum Disorders

• By: Rebecca M. Jones, PhD, MPhil Weill Cornell Medical College
• January 1st, 2016
• mobile device, research, smartphone, technology, wearable technology
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…are generated by portable technologies. For example, recent work that has designed automated tools to measure eye contact from video cameras embedded into commercially available eye-glasses (Pivothead glasses) (Ye et…

Use of a Specialized PBIS Framework to Organize and Deliver Evidence-Based Practices to Children with Autism

• By: Todd Harris, PhD Megan Robinson Joy, PhD, BCBA Richard Allen, PsyD, NCSP, BCBA-D Carol Anne McNellis, PsyD, BCBA Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
• January 1st, 2021
• ABA, behavior skills training, Behavioral Intervention, challenging behaviors, children, coaching, data collection, evidence-based treatment, observation, PBIS, research, service providers, staff training, winter 2021 issue
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…complete the observation in about 30 minutes. Observations are expected to be completed at least twice per month during initial implementation. Once teams have demonstrated consistent implementation of the evidence-based…

Job Skills Are Skills for Life

• By: Marjorie Madfis, MBA Yes She Can
• January 1st, 2019
• employment, girls and women, job training, soft skills, transition to adulthood, winter 2019 issue
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…daughter with ASD. She had a 30-year career in business and an MBA before founding Yes She Can in 2013. For more information, email Marjorie@YesSheCanInc.org and visit www.YesSheCanInc.org and www.GirlAGain.com….

Human Sexuality and Relationship Training for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Applied Settings

• By: Amy J. Foley, MEd, BCBA, LABA Silva Orchanian, MEd, BCBA, LABA Jill Harper, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, CDE Melmark New England
• January 1st, 2017
• clinical setting, sexuality, training, winter 2017 issue
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Development is inevitable. All children will change physically, emotionally, and intellectually. Preparation for these changes can assist in the transition from childhood to adulthood. The goals set in preparing individuals…

Your Child’s Right to an Appropriate Transition Plan

• By: Oroma Mpi-Reynolds, Esq. MSR Legal & Consulting Services, PLLC
• March 26th, 2021
• community, employment, IDEA, independent living skills, post-secondary education, school, Spring 2021 Issue, transition, transition plan, transition services
• 1590    0

…training. With your or your adult child’s consent, the school should engage community resources and invite participating agencies to support a smooth transition to post-secondary life. For example, you may…

What You Need to Know Before Your Child Transitions to School

• By: Bernadette Murphy Bentley, MPA Tufts Medical Center
• January 1st, 2013
• advocacy, education, parenting, school, services, transition
• 988    0

…disabilities. The main PTI in Massachusetts is the Federation for Children with Special Needs (www.fcsn.org) and they provide two excellent free resources for parents of children transitioning to school services:…

Key Elements of Social Skills Groups in Schools

• By: Jennifer G. Weber, EdM, SM, MS Natalia Appenzeller, PhD Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
• January 1st, 2013
• behaviors, school, social skills
• 2151    0

…comprehensive and diagnostic evaluations), professional training, and community education. To learn more about the Lindner Center and the services we provide, please visit us on the web at www.FayJLindnerCenter.org ….

Improving Interactions Between Police and People with Autism

• By: Kristine Quinby, MEd, BCBA, LBS Potential, Inc.
• March 26th, 2021
• communication, community, Crisis Intervention Team, first responders, jail, police, Spring 2021 Issue, training, trust
• 3818    0

…ever approached by the police. Error on the side of caution and assume that the police in your community have not been specially trained in how to communicate with people…

14 Practical Strategies for Marriage with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

• By: Eva Mendes
• October 1st, 2014
• counseling, marriage, relationships
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…at www.evmendes.com. Eva Mendes, LMHC, NCC is a couple’s counselor in private practice specializing in Asperger Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders. She may be reached at 617-669-3040, evamendes2911@gmail.com or www.evmendes.com….