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Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Parents with Autistic Children

Being a parent or a caregiver of a child with autism can present great challenges, often affecting the parent or caregiver’s psychological and physical well-being, especially their stress and depressive symptoms (Lunskey, 2017). Parents report feelings of despair, sadness, anger, denial, and...

Tailored Professional Development for Licensed Care Staff to Support Community Living for Adults with Autism

Across the next decade, we can expect a 123% increase in the number of youth with autism transitioning out of school-based services (IACC, 2017). These increases have placed a growing demand on the service systems supporting transition-aged youth and adults and magnified the need for effective and...

Innovations in Scaling Up the Use of Evidence-Based Practices in Public Schools

High quality implementation of evidence-based instructional and intervention strategies has been identified as critical for educators supporting autistic students. Using evidence-based practices (EBP) is required by policy (Every Student Succeeds Act [ESSA], 2015, and the Individuals with...