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What are social thinking challenges?

Michelle Garcia Winner

What are social thinking challenges? A classic example of a person with a social thinking challenge is that of my friend Ian who is entering into 4th grade. He has excellent language skills and has amazing abilities to learn information about topics of his interest, such as American History. He enjoys learning topics that are factual in nature and in fact excels in these academic tasks. Regardless of his strong academic abilities in most areas of math and language he struggles considerably focusing his a ..

Sensory experiences project: survey of children's sensory experiences

UNC - CH, School of Medicine

This research survey/study is being undertaken by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine You may qualify for the online survey research study about your child’s sensory experiences and the impact of these sensory experiences ..

Seven unexpected ways to increase your child's learning

Dr. Kari Miller

When most people hear words such as “learning,” “smart,” or “memory,” they automatically think of the brain. In school we teach “to the head” only, asking students to sit in chairs for long periods of time, listening and looking almost exclusi ..

Video: Early detection test for autism

Emory University

The Emory Autism Resource Center and the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an assessment designed to help pediatricians identify children at risk for autism spectrum disorder. A pilot test on the Rapid Attention Back an ..

Video: Autism, diet and nutrition

Julie Matthews

Autism Diet & Nutrition specialist, Julie Matthews, speaks about her award-winning book, Nourishing Hope for Autism: Nutrition Intervention for Healing Our Children - the 2009 "Most Progressive Health Book" (Independent Publisher Books Awards - IPPYs). ..

Making (and keeping) friends: A model for social skills instruction

Dr. Scott Bellini

Social Skill Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders Indeed, many parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) echo this sentiment concerning their child’s social functioning. They know that their child has many wonderful qualities to offer others ..

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Two autism studies seeking participants

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Below are two current autism studies seeking participants The University of California, Irvine Department of Psychology and Social Behavior is looking for: Expecting mothers or mothers with infants younger than 6 months who… 1) Have another child wi ..

Video: Strengths of people on the autism spectrum

Barbara R. Lester, LCSW

Licensed clinical social worker Barbara Lester discusses the many strengths of those on the autism spectrum.

Be here now

Dr. Anthony C. Hollander

I have been hearing all sorts of comments and expressions lately that have been making my head spin. Given the level of “autism awareness” combined with all of the emphasis on training of staff/educators, and the emphasis on parent training and counseling, ..

Ethical behavior analytic intervention for autistic self-stimulatory behaviors

Dave Gaines, B.A.

A mother of a young autistic boy, who works with her child personally using a behavior analytic foundation, asked me how to best stop her son from repetitively tapping on many things and emitting "aaahhh" vocalizations at the same time. My response to her w ..

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Thoughts on assessment and data keeping

Michelle Garcia Winner

I was recently asked a question: “What I'd like to know is how you assess need and measure progress over time. I have many of the books and have looked through and read parts of all of them, but haven't seen anything that fits my need. Our special ed. di ..

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