Autism assessment options: Your complete guide, without the confusion Ask ten BCBAs which assessment to use and you’ll get ten answers — usually because they’re answering slightly different questions. The VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, AFLS, Vineland-3, and […]
What is the pediatrician’s role in early autism identification? No professional sees more young children, more regularly, than the pediatrician. Well-child visits put pediatric clinicians in front of children at exactly the ages when the […]
Where can you get an ADOs test? Finding autism assessment near you If your pediatrician has raised a concern about autism — or you’ve raised one yourself — you may have been told your child […]
What clinicians need to know about the Vineland-3 for autism The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition (Vineland-3) is a norm-referenced measure of adaptive behavior — the everyday practical skills a person uses to function […]
The Vineland-3 is the one of the most widely used adaptive behavior assessments in autism and developmental evaluation — but it isn’t the only one, and it isn’t always the best fit. If you want […]
Almond, oat, coconut, skim, whole: Which milk is healthiest? Used to be a simple choice. Whole, 2 percent, or skim. Now it’s a dozen options built from almonds, oats, coconuts, soybeans, each one claiming its […]
Every six months or so, your practice has to prove that a child is making progress — or risk a reduced authorization, a denial, or an appeal. The hard part isn’t doing good clinical work; […]
8 gut-busting fast food menu items your doctor wouldn’t approve of Order enough add-ons at a drive-through and you can eat a full day’s calories before lunch is technically over. Dietitians who track this keep […]
10 popular foods from our childhood that would probably be banned today Plenty of snacks that filled school lunches and pantry shelves for decades contain additives other countries banned years back. The US has just […]
10 grocery store “health foods” that are secretly loaded with sugar Read a nutrition label lately? The added sugar line is required now, has been since 2021, but nobody’s required to stop calling a product […]