Virtual Job Shadow Technology Mash-Up

• By: Lauren Tucker, EdD Kimberly Bean, EdD Southern Connecticut State University
• January 1st, 2022
• educational tools, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, interactive learning, job shadow, post-secondary education, student success, technology, technology-based instruction, virtual training, vocational skills, Winter 2022 Issue
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One of the main purposes of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is “To ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free, appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare...

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
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Parents rely on neighbors, friends, family members and other caregivers to provide in-home temporary caregiver support, frequently referred to as “babysitting,” for their children while they attend meetings, run errands, and have some “couple” time away from routine family responsibilities....