Essential Information: Respite Care for Families

• By: Amy Golden, MS, BCBA Behavior Therapy Associates Elizabeth Neumann, MA, BCaBA Suzanne Buchanan, PsyD, BCBA-D Autism New Jersey
• July 1st, 2016
• family, fatigue, respite, stress
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Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) require significant levels of support in home, school, and community settings. Due to deficits in social communication and interaction, compounded by restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, many will not be able to keep themselves safe and...