Future Directions for Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders – a critique
The following is the text of the Conclusions reported in a research paper that was published in PubMed. Here is the link to it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163956 Conclusions In the over seventy years since Leo Kanner first described autism (Kanner, 1943), there has been remarkable progress in the areas of improved understanding of ASD neurobiology, genetics, early identification, and early intervention. However, recent increases in ASD prevalence … Continue reading Future Directions for Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders – a critique
Retaliation is on the rise….
Just published in April, 2018: https://ethics.org/ecihome/research/ethicsstat The plan to severely limit the role of independent licensed psychologists in the new IBHS program in Pennsylvania (it will replace the BHRS program that has been in place to provide psychological treatment to children enrolled in Medicaid since 1992) may be a particularly strong example of this alarming trend. Continue reading Retaliation is on the rise….
The Kossor Scale for Treatment Outcome Measurement
If you combine knowledge about neurological development with understanding of how Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS, still referred to in PA as “wraparound” services), are available as a treatment modality to children from birth to the age of 21 in Pennsylvania, and thirty-two other States, regardless of family income, you realize that the very early treatment (intensive, individualized practice) that children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) … Continue reading The Kossor Scale for Treatment Outcome Measurement
The “Coarsening” of America Continues, What Can We Do?
I’ve been watching the “coarsening” of America for the past forty years. For example: grammar school kids assigned to read books with bloody horrific content including a wolf pack’s attacking and eating a deer “held down by the nose and steaming out the rear” while being eaten alive is actually a line in the award-winning children’s book. There can only be one outcome for the pervasive … Continue reading The “Coarsening” of America Continues, What Can We Do?
Advice to Students Seeking a Career in Psychology
A student from a local University interviewed me today and asked “What advice would you give to students seeking a career in psychology?” These words came to mind: Never listen to anybody who tells you about the future who isn’t creating it. Continue reading Advice to Students Seeking a Career in Psychology
In Defense of Kind, Compassionate Behavioral Treatment Professionals
I sincerely wish that every child with Autism symptoms could receive the biological treatments that could heal them, without any delay, and that they all would respond as quickly as we all wish they would, without side-effects and lingering disabilities. For those who can’t achieve these wonderful goals as fast as we all wish they would, behavioral treatment delivered by kind, compassionate professionals can mean … Continue reading In Defense of Kind, Compassionate Behavioral Treatment Professionals
