A Meeting of Worlds: Multidisciplinary Teams in Autism Treatment

• By: Elise Settanni, MEd, BCBA, LBS Jennifer Croner Lauriello, MSEd, BCBA, LBS-PA Lehigh University Autism Services
• July 19th, 2022
• BCBA, children, collaboration, decision making, multidisciplinary teams, OT, PT, school, SLP, Summer 2022 Issue, treatment
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As Dr. Stephen Shore said, “if you’ve met one individual with autism, you’ve met one individual with autism.” Autism is a spectrum disorder with great variability in support needs from one person to the next. Given the spectrum of the disability, services and care for children with...

Implementing Peer Support Arrangements in Schools

• By: Alyssa Balzarotti, MEd, RBT Christina Wood, MEd, BCBA Elise Settanni, MEd, BCBA, LBS Lehigh University Autism Services
• April 1st, 2022
• classroom, coaching, independence, peer support, peer-mediated intervention, peers, relationships, school, Spring 2022 Issue, students, training
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Students with autism often require support in developing communication, social, and academic skills (Chan et al., 2009). One treatment approach, peer-mediated intervention (PMI), utilizes neurotypical peers to support students with autism in building these skills (Laushey & Heflin, 2000)....

A Guide to Implement Video Self-Modeling to Teach a Variety of Skills

• By: Christina Wood, MEd, BCBA Amy Thatcher, MEd, RBT Elise Settanni, MEd, BCBA, LBS Lehigh University Autism Services
• January 1st, 2022
• Behavioral Intervention, evidence-based practice, self-modeling, technology, video modeling, Winter 2022 Issue
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Albert Bandura’s social learning theory (1977) emphasized the importance of observing, modeling, and imitating the behavior of others for learning. This theory has inspired the development of many strategies for learning, including video modeling (VM) interventions. VM interventions involve...