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| Toilet Training & Toileting Difficulties Many children (not all) with Autism/PDD toilet train later than usual. When you consider the factors that may cause delay in learning this skill, it is not surprising the average age for a child with Autism/PDD being toilet trained seems to be about age 5. |
| Autism What is it? |
| Nat'l Academy Press, Educating Children with Autism (2001) Full text! Committee of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education examines the science in early intervention for children with autism and related disorders making recommendations in final chapter. Discusses Diagnosis, role of familles, educational goals, characteristic of effective services public policy objectives, training for teachers and other personnel and needs for future research. |
| The PDD assessment scale/screening questionnaire The questionnaire available below is an experimental screening tool Takes less than 10 minutes to fill out. Asks you to print out and take to doctor to discuss further. Is NOT a diagnosis, only a discussion tool! A PRETTY GOOD ONE by the way.... |
| What is ABA? "Applied" means practice, rather than research or philosophy. "Behavior analysis" may be read as "learning theory," that is, understanding what leads to (or doesn't lead to) new skills. (This is a simplification: ABA is just as much about maintaining and using skills as about learning.)Typically developing children learn without our intervention--that is, the 'typical' environment they are born into provides the right conditions to learn language, play, and social skills. Children with autism learn much, much less from the environment. They are often capable of learning, but it takes a very structured environment, one where conditions are optimized for acquiring the same skills that typical children learn 'naturally.' ABA is all about the rules for setting up the environment to enable our kids to learn. Be sure to check out the entire site! |
| Quick Reference Page for Autism and related disorders |
| Semantic Pragmatic Disorder When you research SPD, you will read conflicting opinions on what it is and where it fits as a diagnostic entity. Some believe SPD is a component, or a language style, of other disorders. Others believe it is either the same as High Functioning Autism or is a separate, valid disorder on the autistic spectrum. Lastly, there are those who view SPD as a language disorder with some echoes of autistic-like characteristics, but not part of the spectrum. |
| MMR "stuff" Revealed: more evidence to challenge the safety of MMR - news.telegraph.co.uk - The world's leading Autism/MMR link researcher files new study and call for seperating the MMR when administering. |
| Guide to various Assessments "Best Practices for Designing and Delivering Effective Programs for Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorders" As young as 18 months |
| For MORE on the MMR including seperation requests got to my Vaccine Page |
| Is there any research going on to find out if the MMR vaccine is linked to autism? The Network on the Neurobiology and Genetics of Autism: Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEA), funded by the NICHD and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), with additional funding from the CDC, are working together to study autism and the MMR vaccine. |
| WeCAN, the training arm of ARC(S), comprises a group of volunteers who are parents and professionals. We feel a strong need for a regular world-class platform to achieve the goals of Learning, Collaborating and Empowering in helping individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) |
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| The mystery of autism The story of one family and their special little boy. Profiled on THE TODAY SHOW. |
| Educating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Schools Includes tips such this: Plan a meeting with your child's new teacher before school starts for the year. Bring the teacher some academic and behavioral information on your child (work samples, articles on autism) if you feel it is appropriate. Also some FABLOUS resource links |
| Definitions and Personal accounts |
| Assessments |
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| Homeschooling our children has been extremely successful in many cases. Some of the reasons include routine, stable environment, one on one interaction, and maybe even mother's communication. |
| Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) Internet Scoring Program |