Dear Community, It’s the last day of Autism Awareness Month. It’s been great to share some of the myths about autism. Myth #1: Socially motivated kids can’t have autism. Myth #2: That kid is too smart to have autism Myth #3: My doctor ruled autism out Myth #4: Kids...
Learn more about CLEAR’s virtual assessment tool, CADE, and what information it can provide for you and your child using telehealth. Dr. Marcy Willard talks about our socializing domain and explains how the CLEAR Child system shows strengths and weaknesses based on...
This dad, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is now also his teenager’s teacher in the time of COVID-19. His daughter has autism and is used to having a full-time paraprofessional at school as well as services including Speech and Occupational...
Given this crisis of kids who need help and no one to help them...what did we do? We created a visual model and a framework of symptoms that put things in terms EVERYone can understand. We digitized the assessment method we use to do virtual on-line evaluations. ...
It is an important and an exciting time in telehealth. About two years ago, we opened our doors as a ‘telepsychology’ organization. By that we mean that we set out to use technology to enable our services to occur without the need to be in person. We wanted to...
The year 2020 is an interesting time. When the year started out, it seemed that it could be a great moment in our history; a new decade, a year with 20/20 vision and clarity. For most of us, this year has not yet delivered on that promise. It proves instead to...
Duke University researchers are highlighting the importance of caregiver involvement in interventions targeted for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In pilot work, they are seeing greater gains when caregivers can continue the intervention work at home. Why is...
Is CADE a reliable and valid scale? Using correlations between CADE scores and ADOS scores (the current gold standard instrument), the researchers found that this scale is consistent with current methods. The scale was found to be 98% consistent with ADOS scores,...
It can take a long time to complete any kind of psychological evaluation. Time that your family spends waiting for answers. “Factoring in the entire clinical ASD evaluation process, from initial consultation to testing to report writing, clinicians work on a...
Autism rates are increasing. Families are often waiting a long time for an evaluation to determine if their child has a diagnosis. While they wait, families are unsure how to help their child. The current diagnostic assessment process overburdens families and fails...
Dr. Willard and Dr. Kroncke were excited to attend the annual INSAR meeting in Montreal this May of 2019. Many renowned presenters confirmed the growing crisis around the world regarding a need for autism identification and delivery of treatment...
CLEAR team members had the opportunity to meet with the esteemed Bill Reynolds, PhD, author of childhood and adolescent depression, suicide and bullying inventories. Dr. Reynolds is an expert in the field of school psychology and in the area of test development. Some...