Past Events

The increasing availability of behavior analytic services for individuals with autism is addressing a critical service gap, yet a significant portion of providers are relatively new to the practice, presenting unique challenges and opportunities to the field. Every service delivery model, whether a school, clinic, or consultancy, needs mechanisms to ensure that providers are relying on best practice informed by research, teaching socially relevant and important skills to learners, and contributing to the growth and development of its service providers along the way. This presentation explores the pillars of a strong clinical service delivery model situated in a school for learners with autism. Those pillars include an ecosystem for professional development and research, both of which then offer the opportunity for continuous program improvement; a system for identifying and teaching important skills that relies on the principles of behavior analysis; and a well-considered set of logistical practices that are specifically designed to meet the needs of learners with autism. This presentation highlights NECC's commitment to evidence-based practices and its ongoing contributions to advancing autism education.

In this seminar, we will discuss what trichotillomania is, how to recognize symptoms, and an effective treatment approach, Habit Reversal Training

Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), is the most rigorously tested trauma-treatment for children and adolescents. TF-CBT can be used within multiple child-serving settings (e.g. outpatient, home-based, residential) with applications for various groups (youth with complex trauma, young children, youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities) and has been successfully implemented in many countries across the globe. This presentation will give an overview of TF-CBT describing the treatment model components (e.g., PRACTICE components) and distinct phases, as well as describe creative approaches in implementation and modifications that may be made to the model based on client population, setting, or needs. Limitations of the TF-CBT model or barriers to successful treatment will also be discussed.

In this seminar, we talk about what anxiety might look like for kids and teens, how caregivers can help encourage bravery, and some tangible skills you can use at home to help your child face their fears head on.

Two main approaches are being pursued to identify new medication treatments that may benefit children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The first and most common approach is to evaluate a treatment in the total group of people affected by ASD. With limited support for common genetic or environmental risk factors that contribute to risk in ASD, treatment studies in the overall group of children with ASD largely attempt to address individual symptom domains by targeting brain systems and pathways that are not necessarily implicated in autism risk. The second approach is almost the exact opposite, to study a medication for ASD-related symptoms in a defined genetic syndrome that confers substantial risk of ASD but comprises <2% of individuals with ASD.