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Follow on Google News | A 5-Year-Old North Dakota Girl Overcomes Autism with Use of Skills®, an Online Autism CurriculumMaddy Robinson proves “Mission Possible” as she loses her diagnosis of autism after intensive applied behavior analysis (ABA) treatment led by her parents using Skills®, an online autism curriculum.
Skills® was created by researchers at CARD, the world’ Maddy was diagnosed with autism at the age of two and began using Skills® at two-and-a-half years of age. Now, after receiving 30 hours per week of intensive ABA-based intervention through her customized treatment program designed by Skills®, Maddy has fully recovered from her diagnosis of autism. Maddy recently entered kindergarten and is considered a social butterfly; making friends wherever she goes. “When Maddy was diagnosed with autism, there were no ABA providers in the state of North Dakota,” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in every 88 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), making it more prevalent than juvenile diabetes, pediatric cancer, and childhood AIDS combined. “Nothing makes the work we do at CARD more gratifying than seeing the successes of individuals like Maddy,” Skills® is based on over 40 years of research on using ABA for autism intervention, as well as research on child development. CARD supervisors and therapists use the Skills® program to assess a child’ Skills® offers the first and only ABA-based comprehensive social cognition and executive functions curricula available with the goal of achieving positive results for every child. While the system identifies and provides lessons for each child based on the results of his or her assessment, it also allows users the flexibility to tailor the program to the child’ Teachers, parents, and practitioners can also use Skills® as an effective management tool, as the online program evaluates treatment progress one child at a time. Skills® provides charts and graphs that track treatment gains and the impact of various events (including other treatments and life events) on the child’ About Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD): CARD treats individuals of all ages who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at its 25 treatment centers around the globe. CARD was founded in 1990 by leading autism expert and clinical psychologist Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, BCBA-D. CARD treats individuals with ASD using the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), which is empirically proven to be the most effective method for treating individuals with ASD and recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Surgeon General. CARD employees a dedicated team of over 1,000. For more information about the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, visit: http://www.centerforautism.com (https://webmail.centerforautism.com/ MEDIA CONTACT: Stacey Price / Mobile Phone: 310.740.5146 / Email: s.price@centerforautism.com End
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