Building Partnerships: A primer

Building Partnerships: A primer

By John A. Toscano, MSW, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer In the wide-ranging field of human services, we have a positive bias towards partnering. Our field is replete with many forms of mutual working, i.e. coalitions, consortiums, alliances, networks,...

Encouraging Communication

By Rachel Reynolds, MA, CCC-SLP, BCaBA, LaBA For children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities, oral communication skills are often delayed. When a child is unable to communicate effectively with his or her environment, this...

The Autism Mental Status Examination

Recently, the parent of a young adult with ASD brought to my attention a diagnostic instrument that has received some attention in the press, following a presentation at the American Psychiatric Association meeting in May. The Autism Mental Status Examination (AMSE)...

What You Need To Know About The M-CHAT

The original M-CHAT is a parent-report screening instrument that has been in use for over a decade and has become the most widely used screening device in the US. The instrument was introduced by Robins et al. (2001) as an extension of The Checklist for Autism in...