Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program creates and disseminates community-based services, training programs, and research for individuals of all ages and skill levels with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), to enhance the quality of life for them and their families across the lifespan. [1]
Latest publications by Dr. Steven Gutstein are: My Baby Can Dance - Stories of Autism, Asperger's and Success through the Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) Program (2005), The Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) Program and Education (2007), and The RDI Book - Forging New Pathways for Autism, Asperger's and PDD with the ...
The ABC Adult Day Program is a vocational training program for adults from 18 years of age or older with autism (or other developmental disabilities) to help these adults learn about acceptable social interactions. This program helps individuals with self-advocacy, self-care, vocational and community integration. This program can be carried out ...
University of San Diego professors are developing programs to empower neurodivergent students --- those with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, dyslexia, among other learning differences.
The California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) was founded in 1969 [1] by the California Psychological Association. It is part of the for-profit [2] Alliant International University where each campus's Clinical Psychology Psy.D. and Ph.D. program is individually accredited by the American Psychological Association. [3]
Pivotal response treatment is a naturalistic intervention model derived from the principles of applied behavior analysis.Rather than target individual behaviors one at a time, PRT targets pivotal areas of a child's development such as motivation, [3] responsiveness to multiple cues, [4] self-management, and social initiations. [5]
Rimland was a founder of the Autism Society of America in 1965, but left to create the Autism Research Institute in 1967. [10] He later promoted several theories, which have since been disproven, about the causes and treatment of autism, including vaccine denial , facilitated communication , chelation therapy , and false claims of a link ...
The Autism Community in Action (TACA) (formerly known as Talk About Curing Autism) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 by Lisa Ackerman [3] and based in Irvine, California. The mission statement is "TACA provides education, support and hope to families living with autism". [ 4 ]