“For the past several decades, the Indiana Resource Center for Autism has conducted Autism Team Training in Bloomington. Through the years, close to 500 teams have been trained from school districts and community mental health centers across Indiana. Because of the Coronavirus, we have decided to move this training to an online format. Comprehensive Programming… Read more »
Autism
New article published on autism and Covid during the holidays
The Indiana Resource Center for Autism has published an article titled Making the Most of the Holidays During COVID for Your Family and Your Son/Daughter on the Autism Spectrum. The article offers tips and suggestions for helping families and individuals on the autism spectrum manage their holiday expectations during the pandemic. It also offers detailed… Read more »
Girls with Autism Becoming Women
This insightful book investigates the experiences of seven women with autism as they transition from childhood to adulthood, and how they make sense of that journey. Taken from the autobiographies of women including Liane Holliday Willey and Temple Grandin, these accounts shine a light on issues unique to women with autism. Heather Stone Wodis provides… Read more »
Behavior Modification Workshops Available
The Indiana Resource Center for Autism at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community has two new workshops available for autism leaders, special and general education teachers, behavior consultants, psychologists, speech language pathologists, administrators, counselors, social workers, and family members to learn important communication and behavior modification skills. Both of these workshops are entirely online… Read more »
IRCA Article–Making the Most of the Holidays
The Indiana Resource Center for Autism has published an update to their article on how to make the most of the holidays for families who have children on the autism spectrum. The article begins, “While many happily anticipate the coming holiday season, families of sons/daughters on the autism spectrum also understand the special challenges that… Read more »