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The World is Our Classroom: Using Community-Based Instruction to Advance Socially Significant Behavior in Students with Disabilities
Community-based instruction is sustained and repeated instruction that takes place in the community rather than in the school building (Baker & Freeman, 2014). It is a research-based practice that provides…
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A Scaffolded Approach to Supporting Individuals with Autism in the Community
…was compared to the respondents to the NTLS-2 study where only ½ of the high school graduates with ID were employed. Independent living and employment skills are complex interconnected skills…
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Engagement in Special Interests Influences Well-Being and Provides Employment Opportunities in Neurodiverse Individuals
…serving the neurodiverse population and is pursuing her PhD in occupational therapy at Nova Southeastern University. Please feel free to contact her with any questions or comments at: Sharonrachelthomas@gmail.com References…
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Virtual Job Shadow Technology Mash-Up
…prepare the student for the targeted task (Seaman & Cannella-Malone, 2016). Case Example During the 2020-2021 school year although many classes resumed partially in-person, many of the community experiences for…
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Anxiety Measure for Children with Autism Found Reliable
…completed a comprehensive evaluation to determine if they did, in fact, demonstrate clinically significant symptoms of anxiety and autism according to the ADIS/ASA interview,” Kerns said. “All ADIS/ASA interviews were…
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Autism Science Foundation Announces 2013 Research Enhancement Grant Recipients
…school parents and teachers to participate in a study testing a new paradigm to improve parent-teacher communication about evidence-based interventions. This project will result in a new culturally sensitive tool…
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The Importance of Integrative Care: Collaboration Among Therapists, Doctors and Family
…session. For example, prompting Joshua to communicate about his emotional experience in a specific way or doing a real life application of “exposure” therapy with a camp counselor to address…
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The Benefits and Challenges of Housing for People with ASD in a Post-Facility World
…is that in part due to a combination of compromised budgets and scandals related to overbilling and unaddressed abuse, our state is undergoing a fundamental systems reform, comparable to the…
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Transition Planning for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders – Where Are They Going? Why There? How Do We Get Them There?
…Bronkema, Ames & Hess, 1992, p.128). How do we prepare learners with ASD for adult life? What are the critical competencies? What should guide educational programming in later years? …
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Scientists Find Brain Region Responsible for Our Sense of Personal Space
…the amygdala will drive that feeling.” The findings may have relevance to studies of autism, a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects an individual’s ability to interact socially and communicate with…
