Understanding and Mitigating Challenges Faced by the Healthcare System when Treating Children with ASD and Problem Behavior

• By: Alexis Pavlov, PhD, BCBA-D Colin Muething, PhD, BCBA-D Marcus Autism Center
• July 1st, 2020
• behavioral interventions, COVID-19, crisis management, elopement, emergency, healthcare, medical care, problem behaviors, summer 2020 issue, training
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Meeting the healthcare needs of the heterogeneous population of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses a unique set of difficulties for an already burdened healthcare system during a pandemic such as the current COVID-19 crisis. Children with ASD experience the same childhood illnesses...