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Assessment, diagnosis and clinicalinterventions for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders A national clinical guideline 2007 — This guideline focuses on assessment, diagnosis and clinical interventions for ASD. It considers the evidence for joint working and consultation with children and young people, and with parents and carers. It also considers the evidence for how multidisciplinary and multiagency working can best address the needs of individuals with ASD at all levels of provision (primary, secondary and tertiary care).
Caroline's Story 2003 accommodation support for a young girl with extreme challenging behaviour IDSC Australia
Collaborative Planning Model for Program Improvement and Systems Change — Our systems change model for program inprovement and systems change is based on what people have told us for over 10 years works for them as well as on the systems change and school reform literature. 2003
Concept Paper on Identification of and Intervention With Challenging Behavior (1999) — Children may well engage in challenging behavior that quite often can be eliminated by a change in adult behavior. It is possible that the child is reacting to adult behaviors such as lack of attention or unrealistic expectations. By changing adult behavior, we may prevent a child’s need to engage in challenging behavior. Prevention is the best form of intervention
Deinstitutionalization of People With Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the Literature (2009) — Although community services are of variable quality, this literature review suggests that the Ontario plan to close institutional facilities in favour of community-based residential services will be of general benefit to former institutional residents.
‘Don’t cross the line!’ Let the Picture Tell the Story Working on Safety and Sexuality Issues with a Young Man with Autism using Visual Social Stories 2003 IDSC Australia
Facts About Young Children with Challenging Behaviors — www.challengingbehavior.org November, 2004 This document is public domain and may be reproduced without permission
Inventory of Practices for Promoting Children’s Social Emotional Competence- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning — designed to be used by individuals and/or teams to identify training needs and plan a course of action to address those needs related to four general areas: (a) building positive relationships, (b) creating supportive environments, (c) social emotional teaching strategies, and (d) individualized intensive interventions.
Leadership Strategies for Supporting Children’s Social Emotional Development and Addressing Challenging Behavior — research illustrates the critical importance of leaders ensuring that there is a primary focus on promoting healthy social emotional development in young children. Note that these slides are exerpted from a larger Powerpoint presentation by Timm and Fox, available at the CEBP Web site: www.challengingbehavior.org.
Social Role Valorization — a set of approaches designed to enable devalued people in society to experience the Good Life.