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Workplace Opportunities for All People on the Spectrum
If you are the parent of a teenager with autism you may have already begun to think about what adulthood will bring for your child with respect to viable living options, access to necessary services, and social opportunities. If you are the parent of a...
Losses Disguised as Wins, The Science Behind Casino Profits
It’s not too hard to see why casino lobbyists believe casinos make a positive contribution to the communities in which they operate.
It’s far less easy to understand why so many Americans enjoy gambling even though it tends to result in the loss of money.
The Game That Will Turn Your Classroom Around
Do you want to play a game? If you asked your students this question, my guess is that you would get some enthusiastic yeses! Because who doesn’t want to play a game at school? Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has an evidence-based strategy that’s just that – a game!...
Oxytocin May Benefit Some Children With Autism, But It’s Not The Next Wonder Drug
Fads come and go. Hope gets raised and inevitably dashed. It was into this landscape that oxytocin began being tested as a potential pharmaceutical for ASC.
Leading Without Authority: How To Motivate People Who Don’t Have To Do What You Say.
Ever worked with a colleague or boss and struggled to get them to do something that needed to be done?
Divorce Culture in America – Trends and Data
Divorce is without a doubt one of the most painful experiences in life for men and women, regardless of the circumstances. Most experts agree that the recovery time for divorced individuals is about two years and may be much longer in some cases. In fact, it has been...
That Kid
My son is That Kid. The one that you look at and wonder why they let him in your child’s classroom with all the normal kids. You think he takes up too much of the teacher’s time. The time you feel should be spent teaching all of the students, instead of spending so...
Why Can’t We Just Behave? Free Drinks and Behavioral Science
In recent years, books like Predictably Irrational, Nudge and Thinking Fast and Slow have catapulted the findings of behavioural science (think cognitive psychology and behavioural economics) into new-found popularity. The field is so popular that at the Behavioural...
Help: My Aspie Lacks Motivation
How do I get my child to engage with his tutor and what advice can you give me to motivate him to see the point of engaging? I’ve tried reward charts already and this didn’t work. He’s very stubborn when he doesn’t want to do something…