Empowering Parents: Caregiver Support for Youth and Adolescents with ASD

• By: Kimberly Bean, EdD Barbara Cook, EdD, CCC-SLP Ruth Eren, EdD Karen Meers, PhD, BCBA Southern CT State University
• April 1st, 2017
• caregiver, parenting, respite, spring 2017 issue, temporary care
• 2273    0

…practice tools, the training provides the participants with a booklet referred to as the “Sit-Kit.” This booklet is completed by the parent and includes critical information about the individual that…

Taking Learning Out of the Clinic and Into the Community

• By: Samara P. Tetenbaum, PhD Monica Arevalo, BS ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development
• July 1st, 2013
• community, life skills
• 942    0

…practiced where they are going to be used – in the community.   Why Teach Life Skills?   Life skills deficits are common in individuals with autism spectrum disorders due…

Maintaining and Improving Skills During COVID-19 with Robot-Assisted Instruction

• By: Timothy D. Gifford Aubrey A. Shick MOVIA Robotics, Inc.
• January 1st, 2021
• children, classroom, communication, COVID-19, early intervention, IEP, robot, Robot-Assisted Instruction, school, skill development, social interaction, technology, winter 2021 issue
• 2799    1

…more information on how RAI works to improve the lives of children with Autism, please contact MOVIA Robotics, Inc., at the following: www.moviarobotics.com | info@moviarobotics.com | 860-256-4797. References van Agt,…

A Clinician’s Perspective on Robot-Assisted Instruction for Autistic Children

• By: Lisa Lichtenstein MOVIA Robotics, Inc.
• June 25th, 2021
• assistive technology, communication, generalization of skills, psychotherapy, RAI, robot, Robot-Assisted Instruction, Summer 2021 Issue, technology, therapy
• 2408    2

…limited and one dimensional. For decades I searched for a solution until I finally found a company utilizing what they call Robot-Assisted Instruction (RAI), which encapsulated a similar concept of…

Assessment and Treatment of Challenging Behavior Maintained by Social Reinforcers

• By: Sarah K. Slocum, PhD, BCBA-D Stephanie L. Trauschke, PsyD, BCBA-D Alec M. Bernstein, PhD, BCBA-D Marcus Autism Center at Emory School of Medicine
• September 23rd, 2021
• challenging behavior, communication, Fall 2021 Issue, functional behavior assessment, reinforcement, treatment
• 2435    0

…20). www.bacb.com Hackenberg, T. D. (2018). Token reinforcement: Translational research and application. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51(2), 393-435. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.439 Hagopian, L. P., Boelter, E. W., & Jarmolowicz, D. P….

A Group-Format Parent Training Program to Improve Communication Skills in Young Children with ASD

• By: Anna Milgramm, BA Stephanie A. Fox, PhD Kristin V. Christodulu, PhD Erica Davis, LMSW
• April 1st, 2019
• communication, early intervention, language, parents, spring 2019 issue, young children
• 3170    0

…Parents and their children will also complete the assessments following completion of the program to evaluate improvements in child communication and parent skill acquisition. Weekly 60-minute sessions involve didactic presentations…

Technology and Autism

• By: Robin H. Morris
• January 1st, 2014
• technology
• 1363    0

…and hopefully, goals reached, and new vistas ahead. Robin Hausman Morris is a freelance writer and can be reached at RobinHausmanMorris@gmail.com. Robin is a parent examiner for Examiner.com – www.examiner.com/autism-and-parenting-in-national/robin-hausman-morris….

Identity Language: In Service of a More Inclusive Workplace

• By: Jillian Noyes Planning Across The Spectrum
• June 25th, 2021
• actually autistic, diversity, history, identity, identity language, inclusion, inclusion training, inclusive workplace, language, neurodiversity, person-first language, stigma, Summer 2021 Issue
• 2777    0

…Which terms should be used to describe autism? Perspectives from the UK autism community. Autism : the International Journal of Research and Practice, 20(4), 442-462. DOI: 10.1177/1362361315588200 Link, B., &…

Autism and Law Enforcement: Training, and When to Say No

• By: B. Madeleine Goldfarb, MA, CFM Noah’s Ark Institute
• April 1st, 2019
• first responders, interrogation, law, law enforcement, police, rights, spring 2019 issue, training
• 4057    0

…to establish a continued employment training component relating to autism spectrum disorder; providing a definition; specifying instruction to be included in the training component; providing that completion of the training…

Neurology Matters in Couples Therapy – and Training is Now Available

• By: Grace Myhill, MSW The Autism/Asperger Network (AANE)
• January 1st, 2019
• communication, couples, marriage, neurodiversity, therapy, training, winter 2019 issue
• 4007    1

…code: NEUROLOGY25: www.aane.thinkific.com To learn more about the Peter M. Friedman Neurodiverse Couples Institute, see: www.aane.org/neurodiverse-couples-institute Grace Myhill is a pioneer and leader in the field of neurodiverse couples therapy….