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Parents Of Children With Disabilities Are Praising Colin Farrell After He Opened Up About His Fears For His Son Colin has opened up about his fear of what will happen to his son when he is no longer around to “protect” him, saying: “I want the world to be kind to James. I want the world to treat him with kindness and respect.”

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Anderson Center for Autism in Dutchess gets $3M from state STAATSBURG, N.Y. — The Anderson Center for Autism will get a $3 million boost in funding to help move forward its plan to rebuild a historic carriage house on the property that will help the center…

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Family Program | Neurodiverse Drag Story Hour, Session 1 | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Family Program | Neurodiverse Drag Story Hour, Session 1 Celebrate Pride Month with Cooper Hewitt! At this sensory-friendly Drag Story Hour, a storyteller will read picture books about self-expression, and get you singing and moving to your own beat. Explore artist and designer Es Devlin’s set cre...

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NBA Great Dwyane Wade Launches Translatable, An Online Community Supporting Transgender Youth NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade has launched Translatable, a nonprofit online community dedicated to supporting transgender youth.

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TOMORROW (May 23rd) - Cassidy Myers is joining live to talk Happy, Relaxed, and Engaged (HRE) in ABA - presented by Bridge Kids NY, includes 1 LRN CEU!

Join the live stream to engage with the experts, or enjoy the recordings + on-demand CEUs when you're ready! REGISTER: https://hubs.li/Q02y9C6B0

Webinar Description:
Happy, Relaxed, and Engaged (HRE), a concept coined by Dr. Greg Hanley, has become a buzzword among clinicians, but what does HRE really mean for learners? Although HRE originated within Skill-Based Treatment, the principles of HRE can, and should, be applied across all therapeutic settings. Applying HRE within daily practice differs in several ways from “traditional” ABA, including a focus on shaping cooperation over demanding compliance.

When clinicians prioritize HRE for their learners, they are ensuring an engaging, compassionate, and ethical learning environment. In this presentation, we will discuss the origin and definition of HRE, describe the difference between ABA with a focus on HRE vs. ABA using traditional reinforcement, and provide examples of individualizing HRE across learners and settings including at home, school, and in the community.gaged (HRE)

Don’t miss it!!!

TOMORROW (May 23rd) - Cassidy Myers is joining live to talk Happy, Relaxed, and Engaged (HRE) in ABA - presented by Bridge Kids NY, includes 1 LRN CEU!

Join the live stream to engage with the experts, or enjoy the recordings + on-demand CEUs when you're ready! REGISTER: https://hubs.li/Q02y9C6B0

Webinar Description:
Happy, Relaxed, and Engaged (HRE), a concept coined by Dr. Greg Hanley, has become a buzzword among clinicians, but what does HRE really mean for learners? Although HRE originated within Skill-Based Treatment, the principles of HRE can, and should, be applied across all therapeutic settings. Applying HRE within daily practice differs in several ways from “traditional” ABA, including a focus on shaping cooperation over demanding compliance.

When clinicians prioritize HRE for their learners, they are ensuring an engaging, compassionate, and ethical learning environment. In this presentation, we will discuss the origin and definition of HRE, describe the difference between ABA with a focus on HRE vs. ABA using traditional reinforcement, and provide examples of individualizing HRE across learners and settings including at home, school, and in the community.gaged (HRE)

As National Speech-Language Hearing Month continues please join us for the next Parent to Parent Meeting, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at 7:30 pm.

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My Response To The New Yorker Article About ABA Therapy ~ The Autism Cafe An article was published about ABA Therapy in The New Yorker, and though it attempted to be balanced, there were many issues with it.

If you know of anyone looking for ABA services for their child, please feel free to share the form below!

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It was hard to reduce the infiniteness of what we do at Bridge Kids to a single side of a flyer but we tried our best. Major shout out to our Outreach Coordinator, Sammy, for this beautiful work of art 🎨🖌️

Come say hello to our senior team today! Looking forward to seeing lots of familiar faces and making new connections in our little special needs/Autism NYC world

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TFC Webinar: The Top 11 Special Needs Financial Planning Tips | Togetherforchoice Please join Founder and President of Oak Wealth Advisors, Mike Walther, as he presents “The Top 11 Special Needs Financial Planning Tips” (because parents of loved ones with special needs always have more to do!) to Together for Choice families.

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Today, in just 25 minutes, Charlie displayed everything I've been trying to convey to the necessary authorities regarding his extreme and dangerous behaviors—aggression, spitting, self-injury, and pica.

Here in Texas, services are scarce, and the waiting lists for respite care are decades long. Recently, I received a letter stating it would be an additional FIFTEEN. 15. years before Charlie made it to the top of the list.

There's a way to access services earlier through what's called a "diversion spot," reserved for the most extreme cases—kids in crisis situations at risk of institutionalization.

Charlie has been in crisis for almost a year, and today marked one of the final steps in the process of accessing respite care—he had to go through another intellectual disability assessment.

We arrived at the appointment a bit early, and Charlie was agitated in the waiting room, hitting me and spitting everywhere. I moved to a chair across from him to avoid getting hit, and he seemed to calm down momentarily. (Picture)

When his name was called, we walked to the evaluation room. Charlie continued spitting and hit me again as soon as he sat down. The psychologist remained composed as Charlie answered questions incorrectly and continued his behaviors.

As the evaluation progressed, Charlie became more agitated, hitting me harder and spitting while rubbing it over the table, his clothes and my body… I offered to clean up, but the psychologist said she would disinfect everything after we left.

At one point, Charlie hit me so hard that I let out a “ouch! That hurt!”. The psychologist stayed unfazed.

A few seconds later, Charlie got up and with SpiderMan dexterity grabbed a post-it sitting in front of the psychologist, his favorite pica item. I managed to get the post-it back before he could eat it, which only increased his frustration.

At that point, he started hurting himself, and alternating between screams and big gops of spit that I had to wipe off my face.

Leaving the appointment, I felt a mix of emotions—relief that they witnessed Charlie's behaviors firsthand, but also defeated, hopeless and terrified for the future.

We need help, and we need it now.