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Catalina Rey, PhD, BCBA-D and Paige O’Neill, MA, BCBA University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute Imagine you have a child with autism who receives multiple services: speech therapy, ABA therapy, and dietary supplements. They have shown significant improvements in skills and other behavior, but you are unsure which service is responsible for their progress. One…
Interview conducted by: Charlie Hui (Extern) and David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment For many individuals with autism, the help and support they receive as a child vastly shapes their future. For 30-year-old teacher’s aide Eli Allen, he was fortunate to have a family who were staunch advocates and helped him…
Sarah E. Frampton, PhD, BCBA University of Nebraska Omaha Many events will occur in the busy lives of the participants in a research study. These events may never be known to the researchers and may have limited effect on the outcomes. For example, the child may get a new lunchbox or start using a different…
Quiroz, M. J., Schnell-Peskin, L. K., Kisamore, A. N., Watkins, J. D., & Vladescu, J. C. (2023). Teaching children to identify and avoid food allergens using behavioral skills training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(3), 565–574. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.999 Reviewed by: Melisa Dennis, PsyM, and Robert H. LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology,…
Mi Trinh, BA, and David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Learning how to interact and engage with other children is among the many social challenges that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) confront, with some finding even minimal social interaction difficult. Including siblings in treatment can be potentially effective in…
Conducted by Marcia Questel, MS Ed, BCBA and David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D We had the good fortune to meet Aboli Jadhav in December of 2021 when she initially expressed interest in volunteering for ASAT. She ultimately joined our Externship which she completed in April of 2023. We thought it would be wonderful to share her…
Moran, K., Reeve, S. A., Reeve, K. F., DeBar, R. M., & Somers, K. (2022). Using a picture activity schedule treatment package to teach toothbrushing to children with autism spectrum disorder. Education and Treatment of Children, 45, 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-022-00074-6 Reviewed by: Jeannine Ederer, BS, and Robert H. LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D Graduate School of Applied and…
Russell Lehmann, RussL.co and Board Member of The Arc of the United States and Casey Clay PhD, BCBA-D Children’s Hospital of Orange County “Disagreement is the first step toward progress” -Mahatma Gandhi First, we must say upon reading the article, The Mismeasure of Misha, in the Boston Globe in late November our hearts were broken. The…
Catherine L. McHugh, MA, BCBA, LBA, Stacha C. Leslie, MEd, BCBA, LBA, and Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas Current empirically supported treatments for autism (e.g., applied behavior analysis, speech therapy, etc.) can be expensive and time consuming for individuals with autism and relevant stakeholders (i.e., caregivers). Given this,…
Isabelle Mawby, BS (4th Year Medical Student) Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive technique based on electro-physical principles (Iglesias, 2020). Although first discovered in 1985, non-invasive brain stimulation techniques such as rTMS have recently been gaining attention given their ease of application and tolerability (Camsari et al.,…
David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment We hope you have been able to peruse our array of resources for pediatricians and other medical providers and learn more about how we can support your important work. As it truly takes a village to support children with autism and their families, here are a few specific…