Overcoming Challenges with Technology: One Individual’s Journey from Hospitalization to a Career

• By: By Brad Stevenson, PhD, BCBA-D, CDE® Keri Bethune, PhD, BCBA-D Melmark Carolinas
• April 1st, 2022
• aggression, dangerous behaviors, elopement, hospitalization, safety, Spring 2022 Issue, technology, video games
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Individuals with complex profiles can display behaviors that are dangerous enough to lead to frequent involvement with police and hospitalizations. Such was the case for Bob (pseudonym), who had a history of significant aggression, property destruction, and elopement behaviors. Bob lived at home...

Educating First Responders to Improve Encounters with Autistic Individuals

• By: Thea Davis, MSEd, BCBA Autism Bridges Andrea Lavigne, PhD, BCBA, LBA, LABA Autism Care Partners
• September 23rd, 2021
• elopement, emergencies, Fall 2021 Issue, first responders, law enforcement, training
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It is estimated there are more than 3.5 million Americans living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the number continues to grow.1 According to CDC statistics, the prevalence of autism has increased from 1 in 150 children born in 2000 to 1 in 54 as of 2020.2 This expanding segment of the...

Understanding and Mitigating Challenges Faced by the Healthcare System when Treating Children with ASD and Problem Behavior

• By: Alexis Pavlov, PhD, BCBA-D Colin Muething, PhD, BCBA-D Marcus Autism Center
• July 1st, 2020
• behavioral interventions, COVID-19, crisis management, elopement, emergency, healthcare, medical care, problem behaviors, summer 2020 issue, training
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Meeting the healthcare needs of the heterogeneous population of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses a unique set of difficulties for an already burdened healthcare system during a pandemic such as the current COVID-19 crisis. Children with ASD experience the same childhood illnesses...