‘Tis the season
The holiday season is in full swing. We just packed up our costumes (yes, I dress up to go trick-or-treating with my kids) and jack-o-lanterns and are getting ready to …
Relational Frame Theory: Implications for Early Childhood Development and Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
I am very pleased to introduce Dr. Teresa Mulhern, a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Chester, UK. Teresa is an applied behavior analyst (ABA) who both works and …
El Autismo va en aumento — ¿Qué podemos hacer?
El Centro para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) recientemente publicó un estimado actualizado de la prevalencia del Trastorno del Espectro Autista (TEA) en los Estados Unidos (el …
Autism on the rise — What to do?
The CDC recently released an updated prevalence estimate of ASD among the children in the United States (full report can be found here). Despite this increase in the number of individuals diagnosed, …
Connecting which dots?
As behavioral scientists working in the field of autism, we often like to brag about the “gold-standard treatment” that is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Yes, we have empirical evidence for …