Artificial intelligence is the process of using computers and machines to mimic human perception, decision making, and other processes to complete a task. In other words, AI is when machines perform high-level pattern matching and learn along the way. The two notable types of AI include the rule-based option and the machine-learning option. The former […]
Illustration by Laurène Boglio Welcome to this month’s edition of the By the Numbers newsletter. At Spectrum, we do our best to summarize the latest in autism research. Sometimes the best summary is a chart or map. In this newsletter we put interesting new research results in a nutshell, which are conveyed most concisely through […]
New Africa / Adobe Stock According to a meta-analysis of 19 randomized clinical trials, children with autism tend to find cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) less effective than their parents and clinicians in managing their anxiety. The result, which is based on data from 833 autistic children up to the age of 18, gives cause for […]
During this time she earned a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership along with a Superintendent Authorization Letter from Shippensburg University. She also took part in a doctoral degree at Widener University. The board is very proud of all the hard work that has been done under Spielbauer’s leadership over the past four years, said Bussard. […]
Data collection A data set was formed through structured classroom observations in 20 full-day sessions over 5 months in 2019 at a special school with criteria of ASC for admission in East London. Participants included three teachers (one male, two females), their teaching assistants (all females), and seven children (four males, three females) aged from […]
When my younger daughter was little she was a spirited kid. (Now she is a spirited adult!) She was not a member of the “communication gang”. In kindergarten, she refused to sit in line during story time. She often insisted on getting her way and, like many parents, we often felt frustrated and helpless. We […]
