Description: Catatonia is a disorder affecting speech, movement, and behavior that is estimated to impact 12 to 18 percent of adolescents and young adults with ASD. Despite commonly occurring in ASD, this profound condition most often goes unrecognized. Learner Objectives: In Part 1, par...

Description:  Errorless teaching is an effective teaching technique within the framework of applied behavior analysis (ABA), a scientifically valid methodology for education and behavior management (Simpson, 2016). ABA, when implemented with fidelity, is an evidence-based research practice for...

Description: Catatonia is a disorder affecting speech, movement, and behavior that is estimated to impact 12 to 18 percent of adolescents and young adults with ASD. Despite commonly occurring in ASD, this profound condition most often goes unrecognized. Learner Objectives: The learner ob...

Description: A Picky eater is a broad term covering many food issues. Common feeding difficulties include mechanics of eating (holding utensils, etc.), swallowing, restricted food preference (types, texture, &presentation), eating too much, and eating too little. Ethical and legal issues r...

Description There are more males than females with ASD; however, the imbalance may be exaggerated. The description of ASD, and consequently the tools used to identify ASD, are based on what ASD looks like in males. As a result, females with ASD are often not referred or are misidentified – the...