Displaying Courage, AHRC NYC Staff Support People with I/DD in Group Homes and Remotely with Technology

• By: Marco Damiani AHRC New York City
• July 1st, 2020
• adults, courage, COVID-19, essential workers, front-line staff, heroes, loss, mindfulness, remote learning, summer 2020 issue, technology, telehealth
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Months into our response to the COVID-19 epidemic, we have suffered heartbreaking losses and struggled through many challenges. Through it all, our staff’s extraordinary devotion, caring and tireless efforts to support people with disabilities, their families, and each other, has been...

Utilizing Digital Media to Enable Continuity of Autism Services

• By: Howard Savin, PhD Matthew Hess Cindy Conley Ellen D’Amato, PhD Jay Cohen First Children Services
• July 1st, 2020
• ABA, COVID-19, distance learning, intervention, mental health, parents, special needs, students, summer 2020 issue, technology, telehealth, therapy, treatment
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For over a decade there has been an abundance of professional articles and seminars on the potential of telehealth and distance learning services. Outside of the medical world, the movement of state licensing bodies and insurance payers to permit use of telehealth services by licensed behavioral...

Transitioning an ABA Company to Telehealth Service Delivery Model

• By: Marina A. Azimova, EdM, MSW, BCBA, LBA ABA Services of Connecticut, LLC
• July 1st, 2020
• ABA, COVID-19, insurance, remote service delivery, summer 2020 issue, telehealth, training
• 2029    1

Working for a company that provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services, we were always tied to insurance companies’ untouchable rule: if you are not with the client face to face, you are not entitled to reimbursement and your time is not valid as service delivery. As Executive Director of...

Using Telehealth to Create a Virtual Community for Adults with Autism

• By: Kara Constantine, PhD, NCSP, BCBA Kate Langston-Rooney, MEd, BCBA Amanda Duffy, MEd, BCBA, LBS Sasha Birosik, BA Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
• July 1st, 2020
• ABA, adults, COVID-19, insurance, remote service delivery, summer 2020 issue, telehealth, training, virtual programming
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During March 2020, many community-based programs for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) needed to make the difficult decision to suspend in-person services for the safety of all stakeholders. The unexpected interruption in daily operations led to an immediate concern for the overall quality...

Maintaining Best Outcomes for Students in a Congregate Care Setting Amidst a Pandemic

• By: Rita M. Gardner, MPH, LABA, BCBA, CDE® Helena L. Maguire, MS, LABA, BCBA Jennifer Labowitz, MS, NCSP, BCBA Silva Orchanian, MEd, BCBA, LABA Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D Melmark
• July 1st, 2020
• congregate care, COVID-19, home instruction, individualized plans, motivation, staff, students, summer 2020 issue, technology, telehealth, virtual instruction
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COVID-19 posed immediate and unprecedented challenges to organizations providing intensive behavioral services in a congregate care setting to children and adolescents diagnosed with autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities. The evolving discoveries about the novel virus and how to combat...

Telehealth Program for People with I/DD Launches in New York

• By: YAI
• January 1st, 2020
• services, telehealth, winter 2020 issue
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A new way of delivering healthcare to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) has come to New York. Launched in September, Premier HealthCare’s Telehealth Services enables patients with autism and other types of I/DD to access mental and physical health services without a...