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As diagnoses rise, more colleges add services for students with autism

The Hechinger Report

The first autism support program in the United States began at Marshall University in West Virginia in 2002. But one of the challenges that arises is how to navigate the social landscape.”. I sort of had the rug pulled out from under me in terms of what I didn’t actually know how to do and what I felt fear over,” Wagner said.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam: I think that one of the things that particularly — in states like Virginia where the resources that localities have access to can be wildly different. They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. Obstacles to Implementing the Vision in Virginia.

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The community college “segregation machine”

The Hechinger Report

Almost anyone can enroll at a community college in California, but each college has its own process to decide how to place students. Diana Solares was aiming for a bachelor’s degree when she graduated from high school in San Diego in 2002. We’re trying to move them from, ‘I don’t get it, I’m not good enough,’ to ‘I don’t get it yet.’”.

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Students on the autism spectrum are often as smart as their peers — so why do so few go to college?

The Hechinger Report

The increase in the number of young people diagnosed with autism in the last 14 years has been staggering — from one in 152 in 2002 to an estimated one in 68 today. The number of young people diagnosed with autism in the last 14 years has risen from one in 152 in 2002 to an estimated one in 68 today.

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‘The Truth Is, I Love the Work’

Edsurge

The workforce, which is predominantly made up of women, many of them Black and Latina, often receives little to no compensation and has minimal access to resources to support their work. What difference might it make if these child care providers had access to support networks, training and financial resources?

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Here’s How Head Start Parents Are Building Careers As Early Childhood Educators

Edsurge

Yasmina Vinci, the executive director of the National Head Start Association, an advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start explains that Head Start’s mission has always been to “to give everyone in the family an education mindset.” To do that, Head Start programs works with families as much as children.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

Thus, individuals can be taught how to communicate their needs and frustrations. For this reason, intervention plans must be designed that are user-friendly and sensitive to the values, time constraints and personal characteristics of all members of the family system (Lucyshyn, Dunlap, & Albin, 2002). Carr, E.G., Dunlap, G.,

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