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		<title>Virginia mental health needs</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2012/01/virginia-mental-health-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a statement entitled &#8220;A proposal that would assist troubled youths in Virginia&#8221; the Washington Post editorial board lent its support to efforts to fund mental health services for children and youth. The editorial, published 11 January 2012, recounted a history of rueful cost cutting and encouraging advocacy in my commonwealth. A YEAR AGO, Virginia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism&#8221; released</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/12/thinking-person%e2%80%99s-guide-to-autism-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The authors of the blog, Thinking Person&#8217;s Guide to Autism (TPGA), announced the release of the book under the same title 19 December 2011. From what I can garner by reviewing the list of contributors provided on the blog (I&#8217;ve not had a chance to review the book), the collected essays in TPGA will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little sibs of children with ASD have greater risk of Autism</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/08/little-sibs-of-autistic-children-have-greater-risk-of-autism/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/08/little-sibs-of-autistic-children-have-greater-risk-of-autism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Pediatrics Professor Sally Ozonoff and her colleagues of the Baby Siblings Research Consortium have reported data indicating a substantially higher risk for Autism among siblings than had been previously found. Based on data from studies in the 1980s, estimates of the risk of Autism in a child given that an older sibling had Autism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASAT newsletter pending</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/07/asat-newsletter-pending/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/07/asat-newsletter-pending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to know more about evidence-based interventions for Autism? Are you weary of wading through a lot of over-hyped-and-not-well-tested methods hoping to find one gem? Do you come back to EBD Blog because you pine for trustworthy news about Autism? There is an alternative, another source: The Association for Science in Autism Treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research participation opportunities</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/07/research-participation-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/07/research-participation-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an accompanying PDF I have listed studies that are currently seeking children (both female and male) with Emotional of Behavioral Disorders (especially autism spectrum disorders) as participants (some include adults, as well) that are registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The studies have diverse purposes: They may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia campaign promotes action agenda</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/06/virginia-campaign-promotes-action-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/06/virginia-campaign-promotes-action-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Campaign for Children&#8217;s Mental Health outlined an agenda for improving mental health policy for children and youths in the US commonwealth of Virginia on 14 June 2011. The &#8220;Action Agenda&#8221; expresses the need for Govenor Bob McDonnell to exert leadership in three policy areas so that the problems of 100,000 minors with mental health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Altering Autism insurance coverage legislation in VA</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/03/altering-autism-insurance-coverage-legislation-in-va/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/03/altering-autism-insurance-coverage-legislation-in-va/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Olympia Meola reported on potential changes in support for insurance coverage for therapy for children with Autism in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the US. Under the headline &#8220;McDonnell will try to amend autism bill,&#8221; Ms. Meola described developments in Governor Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; McDonnell&#8217;s plans for altering recent legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EBD and GLBTQ</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/ebd-and-glbtq/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/ebd-and-glbtq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, it&#8217;s not alphabet soup, and yes, discussion about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth does belong here. Some parents of children and youth with EBD will need to know about how to respond to questions about children&#8217;s sexuality. Healthy Children&#8217;s Ages &#038; Stages: Gay and Lesbian Teens American Academy of Pediatrics Parenting Corner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASAT newsletter&#8217;s available</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/asat-newsletter-is-available/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/asat-newsletter-is-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those readers interested in Autism who do not already subscribe to the newsletter of the Association for Science in Autism (ASAT), I have a nourishing treat: The latest issue of Science in Autism Treatment (SIAT) is now available. You can learn about ASAT and SIAT by going to the ASAT homepage and scouting about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism legislation in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/autism-legislation-in-virginia/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/autism-legislation-in-virginia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Under the headline &#8220;Autism legislation advances in Virginia&#8221; in the Washington Post Fredrick Kunkle and Anita Kumar reported about the slow-but-significant progress that parents in the US state of Virginia have made in advancing toward mandating coverage of treatment for Autism by insurance companies. That the advances run counter to many conservative US legislators&#8217; opposition [...]]]></description>
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