Autism Genetic Research Breakthrough

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Today on Autism Live, Dr. Jonathan Tarbox shares a recent genetic study that could make it possible to predict with some accuracy whether a child is at risk for developing ASD. Dr. Tarbox and host Shannon Penrod discuss what this could mean for families with children with Autism
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Teaching Letters

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Autism Live host, Shannon Penrod, shares tips and suggestions for teaching the alphabet to children. Even older children may need support in one area of understanding the alphabet in order to excel at other skills like decoding, reading, writing etc. Knowing where to begin teaching is a huge part of the equation.
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Autism: Theory of Mind – ABAI Conference Coverage

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Dr. Marianne Jackson from Cal State Fresno shares recent research on teaching perspective taking to children on the Autism spectrum at the ABAI Conference in Seattle 2012. Dr. Jackson discusses ?Theory of Mind? and why it is so important to learn more about teaching these skills.
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Skills Corps Global Autism – ABAI 2012 Conference

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While at the ABAI conference in Seattle 2012, Molly Ola Pinney from Skills Corps shares her program?s unique mission to bring skilled volunteers to areas of the world where there are no Autism resources. Volunteers train the people on the ground so when the volunteers leave there is a sustainable program. Mary Brady from the University of Massachusetts Boston collaborates to help supply volunteers and resources.
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Autism Live Friday, September 28, 2012

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Today on Autism Live, Shannon shares tips for teaching the alphabet to children and responds to viewer questions about compliance, play dates and obtaining services. Dr. Jonathan Tarbox shares a recent genetic study that could make it possible to predict with some accuracy whether a child is at risk for developing ASD. Dr. Tarbox also answers viewer questions about fascination with poop, getting our children to tell us what they did at school and what are appropriate responses to challenging behavior ? spoiler alert Handcuffs are NOT on his list of effective strategies!
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Autism Unusual Fears

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BCBA Angela Persicke shares details from research about the rate of children on the spectrum having unusual fears that are not rational. The recent study showed a dramatic difference between children on the spectrum and nuero typical kids.
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The Autism Summit

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A few months ago Scott Badesch from The Autism Society publicly called for Autism organizations to stop the ?infighting? and come together for an Autism Summit. Today Scott joins Autism Moms Shannon Penrod and Nancy Alspaugh-Jackson to share the goal of the summit and updates on progress toward this goal. Scott talks about Autism as a civil rights issue.
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Teaching Simple Problem Solving

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Executive Function skills are important because they help children to be able to identify a goal, work towards it, trouble-shoot difficulties, be flexible and arrive at their goal. Shannon Penrod, host of Autism Live shares how we can start with young children and teach them simple problem solving, which will serve them well on their way to more complex problem solving.
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The Autism Society Mission

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Scott Badesch, President and COO of The Autism Society, joins Autism Let?s Talk Autism with Shannon Nancy to share the history and mission of The Autism Society. Information is given about programs that are designed to help families and individuals on the spectrum with the wide range of issues they may encounter.
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Autism and Sleep Disorders

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Autism Live host Shannon Penrod asks BCBA Evelyn Gould about sleep disorders in children with Autism Spectrum disorder. The wide variety of variables that could be involved are discussed, everything from not going to sleep to not staying asleep. Recommendations for getting help are shared.
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