by CAHumanServices | Sep 21, 2017 | Best Practice Blog
By Christine Holland, M.S., BCBA, LBA Training events are one of the main ways we can provide professional development to service provider and caregivers. But how can you make sure people get the most out of your training? Here are 5 tips for creating engaging...
by CAHumanServices | Sep 11, 2017 | Dr. Oswald's Corner
There are indications that the emphasis on early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder has produced important positive changes in screening and diagnostic practices. Universal autism screening leads to earlier referral for evaluation, earlier age of diagnosis, and...
by teebark | Aug 15, 2017 | Best Practice Blog
By John A. Toscano, MSW, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer In the wide-ranging field of human services, we have a positive bias towards partnering. Our field is replete with many forms of mutual working, i.e. coalitions, consortiums, alliances, networks,...
by teebark | Jul 29, 2017 | News
Local Educational Programs Announce Partnership The Founders Center and Northstar Academy collaborating to serve children with special education needs. For Immediate Release Two Richmond-based educational programs began a collaborative partnership this week...
by teebark | Jul 15, 2017 | Best Practice Blog
By Rachel Reynolds, MA, CCC-SLP, BCaBA, LaBA For children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities, oral communication skills are often delayed. When a child is unable to communicate effectively with his or her environment, this...
by teebark | Jun 2, 2017 | Best Practice Blog, Dr. Oswald's Corner
By Amanda Buchmeier, M.S., BCBA, LBA Registered Behavior Technicians are required to be supervised for 5% of the hours spent providing behavior-analytic services per month. Here are five strategies for making the most of that time and setting supervision up for...
by teebark | May 3, 2017 | Best Practice Blog
By Amanda Buchmeier, M.S., BCBA, LBA As behavior analysts, much of our time is spent providing coaching and training to the staff responsible for implementing behavioral interventions. Direct care staff may have limited knowledge of the principles of applied behavior...
by teebark | Jan 24, 2017 | Dr. Oswald's Corner
A recent paper published in the Annual Review of Public Health (Lyall et al., 2017) offers a summary of the state of the science with respect to the epidemiology (i.e., the incidence, distribution, and possible control) of autism. This abstract quotes the main...
by teebark | Dec 4, 2016 | Dr. Oswald's Corner
In an increasingly multicultural country, clinicians and educators in the US are often confronted with autism spectrum disorder in children from bilingual or multilingual families. A persistent concern has been raised as to whether the language development of children...
by teebark | Dec 2, 2016 | Dr. Oswald's Corner
A report in the Washington Post dated November 13, 2015 had the headline “Autism cases in U.S. jump to 1 in 45.” The story opened with the paragraph: “The number of autism cases in the United States appeared to jump dramatically in 2014 according to new...
