When families first receive a diagnosis on the autism spectrum for their son or daughter, it is not long before they are bombarded with literature that focuses on “cure” or “recovery.” For many, this goal becomes the single focus of any programming efforts.
This document from NWI was created to serve as a “road map” for family members. It includes some basic summaries of the Wraparound process, including a quick guide to Wraparound and a list of common Wraparound terms.
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that improves outcomes for people with severe mental illness who are most at-risk of psychiatric crisis and hospitalization and involvement in the criminal justice system.
If you’ve noticed that a child you work with is exhibiting signs of autism or has been diagnosed with autism, there are a variety of services and benefits
their family might be able to access. Below, you can see the types of support services different state agencies can connect you with. Support services
should be person-centered; each child’s needs will be different, and the services they use should be tailored to best fit their needs.
Parents play an important role in helping their child be successful in school. Whether they are providing a safe home that encourages learning and appropriate behavior, or working with the school on specific learning goals for their child, it is important for parents to support their child’s education. When schools and parents work together as partners, students reach a higher level of achievement and school success.
Research has shown that family caregivers of CYSHCN tend to report their health as fair or poor twice as much as the general population and one-in-four believe that caregiving has made their health worse.1
The Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Benefit is a Minnesota Health Care Program. The purpose of the EIDBI Benefit is to provide medically necessary early intensive intervention for people with ASD and related conditions.
This article describes Operation Positive Change—a training curriculum and train-the-trainer model developed by Pyramid Parent Training Community Parent Resource Center that brings PBS best practices identified by leading PBS researchers to parents in New Orleans, Louisiana.
