Caring for children with autism who demonstrate self-injurious or aggressive behaviors often poses a number of serious challenges to parents and educators. Several different psychotropic medications ...

A mother becomes upset after an incident involving her child and a young autistic boy. She confronts her child about their ...

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and Clinic Director at Surpass , Sarah Miller, provides her expert advice and tips to ...

Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds—as measured by levels of gender-conforming play—may be associated with autistic traits and behavioral difficulties in girls, and with peer relationship problems in ...

Discovering that your child has autism can change your life tremendously. Notwithstanding your deep love for your child, parents can experience feelings of grief, anger, fear, and stress. Parents may ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

ABC's BCBA® fellowship grew participation 79% and enrolled 921 RBT® Trainees in its first two years.AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / / (ABC), a provider of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for ...

Becoming a Certified Autism Center™ reflects our commitment to providing every child and family with compassionate, ...

Autistic children doing occupational therapy on horseback showed bigger drops in the stress hormone cortisol than in a clinic ...

Colorado State University's Dr. Caiti Peters explains how horses help children with autism regulate stress, backed by ...

Single-discipline autism guidelines that fail Institute of Medicine standards risk omitting critical developmental domains, potentially distorting care coverage and clinical decisions for children ...