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The training protocol is based on the principles of applied behavior analysis. [3] The goal of PECS is spontaneous and functional communication. [3] The PECS teaching protocol is based on B. F. Skinner's book, Verbal Behavior, such that functional verbal operants are systematically taught using prompting and reinforcement strategies that will lead to independent communication.
Founded in 1971 by Eric Schopler, TEACCH provides training and services geared to helping autistic children and their families cope with the condition. [2] [17] Gary B. Mesibov, a professor and researcher on UNC's TEACCH program since about 1979, was director of the program from 1992 to 2010. [18] [19]
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.
Before 2015, John Elder Robison was the only autistic person ever to serve on Autism Speaks's board of directors. He later resigned in protest against the organization. [61] In 2015, Autism Speaks made a commitment to provide better representation by appointing two autistic people to its 26-member board of directors.
To address the lack of comparative studies, 13 children with ASD participate in 9 weeks of equine-assisted therapy, and are compared to 12 children cared for by non-equine social programs. Parents noted significant physical, emotional and social improvement in their child after the first 6 weeks, superior to that of children participating in ...
The State Medical Board of Ohio rejected efforts last month to add autism and female orgasmic difficulty disorder to the list of conditions for which a patient can get medical marijuana.
A school employee in Ohio was fired after a video showed him striking a 3-year-old boy on the child’s second day of school, news outlets reported.
NEXT for AUTISM is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 to address the needs of autistic people and their families. The organization was founded by Laura and Harry Slatkin and Ilene Lainer. One of NEXT for AUTISM's most well known accomplishments was opening the first charter school in New York to exclusively serve autistic students. [1]