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Caldwell Grad Student Honored With Skinner Foundation’s Top Award
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the study and practice of using the principles of learning theory to change behavior of social significance. It’s become more and more popular in recent years and today thirty-two states in the U.S. have laws that require health insurers to accept ABA treatment. One of the ABA therapy field’s highest…
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What Americans Need to Know About Special Needs
Autism is a mental disorder that affects neural development, characteristically resulting in impaired social interaction and communication skills, and by repeated behavior. Autism has been on the rise, leading to more cases than ever before in world history. While autism does have a genetic basis, the science is complex, making it unclear how autism develops…