Social Skills Intervention: A Key Piece of the Employment Puzzle

• By: Michelle Gorenstein, PsyD Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Michele Shapiro AHRC New York City
• June 25th, 2021
• employment, job loss, social skills, Summer 2021 Issue, unemployment
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For the one-year period between April 2020 and March 2021, unemployment rates for people with disabilities in New York State averaged 16.2 percent, an increase of 8.9 percent over the prior year, according to the state Department of Labor’s Division of Research and Statistics. This rate is...

Assessing Young Children with ASD: A Multidisciplinary Approach

• By: Charles N. Cartwright, MD Michelle Gorenstein, PsyD Moira Lewis MS, CCC-SLP Kristin David, OTR/L Erica Pitman, LMSW YAI Autism Center
• October 1st, 2009
• assessment, communication, fall 2009 issue, language, occupational therapy, young children
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 1 in 54 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) every year. But how can parents be sure that they have received the proper assessment? And what are the key steps in ensuring that these children receive the necessary level of...