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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]
The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.The department operates Virginia's public mental health, intellectual disability, and substance abuse services system through a system of forty locally and regionally run community services boards (CSBs) and twelve state-operated facilities [1] which serve children ...
The Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC) is a non-profit organization that works to reduce prejudice in schools, businesses, and communities. [1] Its activities include workshops, retreats, and customized training and education programs. VCIC also trains leaders to promote inclusion. VCIC's programs and services have been recognized ...
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD) is an organization that provides a range of services based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children and adults on the autism spectrum. CARD was founded in 1990 by Doreen Granpeesheh. The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, acquired CARD in 2018.
Based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., the nonprofit school stands apart from other programs for people on the autism spectrum by going beyond low-level training. Alumni of the school, which first started ...
Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1935-1987) Mount Pleasant Center (1937-2009) Fort Custer State Home (1956-1972) Hillcrest Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1959-1982) Alpine Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1960-1981) Macomb-Oakland Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1967-1989)
Students graduate from Meyer Center after second grade, or earlier if the gap begins to close between that child and a same-age peer without a disability, she says. Children with disabilities need ...
LEAP is "an intensive 12-month program that focuses on providing a highly structured and safe environment that helps students to participate in and derive benefit from educational programming" and focuses on children from 5-21 who have a more severe case of autism. [102] The goal of the program is to develop functional independence through ...