States are no strangers to classroom standards. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law in 2002, the federal government required states to create teacher standards and place highly ...

This morning, I read an article online at Education Week titled, "Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?" (1) This commentary calls attention to the fact that only a few states have set forth ...

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy is the gold standard therapy for autistic and other developmentally unique children. ABA therapy once was conducted in highly structured settings like therapy ...

This morning, I read an article online at Education Week titled, "Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?" (1) This commentary calls attention to the fact that only a few states have set forth ...

ABA therapy centers aren’t immune to high staff turnover, but autism experts at Roots share how the natural environment teaching model benefits children — and staff — in the long run. Photo Credit: ...

Autism Speaks is putting big money behind efforts to train people with autism to code, betting that the unique talents of those on the spectrum pair well with the high-demand field. The nonprofit said ...

Autism diagnoses have nearly doubled in the last 10 years. About six of every 1,000 children are now diagnosed with some form of autism, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control ...

When families begin Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, it often starts during early childhood. Parents usually associate ABA with helping young children build foundational skills such as ...

New program offers structured, play-based ABA therapy during after-school hours for children with autism or Down ...