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Springbrook Behavioral Health hosted the first annual Converge Autism Conference on February 9-10, and the entire staff is thrilled and overwhelmed by the response that the event received. Teachers, school counselors, parents, behavioral health specialists, occupational therapists, and other professionals from all across the southeast joined us for the two-day summit to learn about advances, …
Pat Hensley, Professor at Furman University and writer of Successful Teaching, attended the Converge Autism Conference this February. Her blog has wonderful insights for the autism community, with her content tailored toward teaching tips and strategies. Read her blogs about Day 1 and Day 2 of the Converge Autism Conference here.
Vested Partners and its Dogs for Autism program have worked with other Upstate organizations that support and educate autistic children and adults, including SpringBrook Behavioral Health in Travelers Rest and Project Hope Foundation in Woodruff.
Acceptance and Keeping LIFE SIMPLE By: Carol Meloy, LMSW When most people hear the word acceptance they immediately think it means that one must resign or surrender to the given circumstances, whether current or past, to immediately provide forgiveness to individuals that have hurt you. Good News! That is not the meaning of acceptance …
Behavioral Health: Addressing temper tantrums One of the more common problems that can be experienced with any developing child can be the act of temper tantrums. Due to limitations in communication or understanding this can even be greater for those with developmental disabilities such as autism. A key is to determine what the motivation is …
Time 2 Talk:Understanding two principles of Communicative Reinforcement in Autism Communication is the modality of life. No human being fully develops in its absence. These two statements are founded upon two basic principles. We communicate to: 1) Access what we want 2) Avoid what we don’t Its that simple. Typically, from …