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A Spectrum of Love: When Romantic Love is Not Attained
…Childhood Autism Ratings Scale-Second Edition (CARS2). For more information on parent workshops and teaching sessions at the UNC Chapel Hill TEACCH Center, please visit www.teacch.com/clinical-services/parent-support-and-education. New York Collaborates for Autism…
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Walking a Tightrope of Conflicting Expectations
…more information, email mjratz@gmail.com or visit www.harnessthepromise.com. References Godofsky, J., Zukin, C., and Van Horn, C. (2011). Unfulfilled Expectations: Recent College Graduates Struggle in a Troubled Economy. Retrieved from http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/content/Work_Trends_May_2011.pdf….
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Finding and Evaluating Empirically-Based Interventions
…a scrupulous consumer of research findings will come across are qualitative research studies. Generally these research designs are not used to test whether an intervention technique is effective. Qualitative techniques…
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Parent Training Using Technology: Access to ABA Services for Families Across the Globe
…experienced an increase in parent participation, in addition to the development of a safe and comfortable space for both parents and providers to communicate openly. With the rapid advancements of…
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Autism, Online Offending, and Victimization
…materials at times through file-sharing software. File sharing can result in large dumps of computer files to a receiver’s computer while it is left on overnight. Many illegal items may…
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The Pandemic Has Devastated the Autism Community. It’s Also Been an Important Learning Opportunity
…on autism research, but we at ASF remain committed to partnering with these dedicated scientists so they are able to continue and expand their important work. Autism families are tough—but…
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Using IvySCIP to Guide Data-Driven Social and Emotional Learning Instruction for K-5 Autistic Students
…year for each student. The strengths and needs assessment -0 as well as other components of the IvySCIP – can be used alone or in combination with other SEL interventions…
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Overcoming Challenges with Technology: One Individual’s Journey from Hospitalization to a Career
…enjoyed anything to do with them. We would later come to learn that he disassembled and reassembled computers and video game consoles for fun. Unfortunately, this intense love also led…
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Assisting Caregivers with the De-Escalation of Challenging Behaviors
…functions on the robots, combined with our text-to-speech function in our software, allow a child displaying challenging behaviors to calm him or herself down with respect and dignity. For example,…
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Study Finds Children with Autism Respond Well to Puppets
…Chawarska said. Further research should examine directly the feasibility and efficacy of introducing puppets to augment the existing therapeutic approaches, she said. The study was supported in part by Cheryl…
