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Category Archives: Behavioral

Helping Children AND Families

Here is a great story about how a family has dealt with their son who has autism.

Have You Heard the Latest on Autism?

The past week has been full of exciting news in the world of autism.  More and more states are legislating that autism be covered by insurance, mostly recently Governor Jindal of Louisiana.
On Tuesday the Wall Street Journal’s website ran a story on early detection of autism and mentions how early detection is key. “By […]

Understanding Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Imagine that you are working in your front yard, which for some reason is not growing. You can see the yards of your neighbors, which are green and healthy.  You have watered and mowed your yard just as your neighbors do, but you just aren’t getting the same outcome.  You decide to go to the […]

Autism and Vaccinations

A recent issue of Time magazine, dated June 2, 2008, highlighted a well written article entitled “How Safe are Vaccines?”  As a professional in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis, a field in which a main emphasis is data-based, objective decisions - I know that at this point, the data does not support a causal […]

"My favorite thing about working at Children's Care is working with compassionate, caring people who share my love of kids."
– Tisha DeGross, Behavioral Service Manager