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		<title>Open Society Institute Mental Health Initiative</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/09/open-society-institute-mental-health-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes folks lose sight of the fact that disability and mental health issues are international in scope. They&#8217;re not confined just to one&#8217;s own neighborhood, locality, geopolitical area, etc. Fortunately, there are groups that transcend borders (you can probably think of the names of some well-know organizations that function internationally), and there are some in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WWC on Lovaas model</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/08/wwc-on-lovaas-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Education&#8217;s What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) released the results of its review of the model for teaching children with Autism that is based on the work of the late Ivar Lovaas on 24 August 2010. The WWC report is based on two of the many studies of the Lovaas method&#8212;often called &#8220;Applied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do educators need to know?</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/08/what-do-educators-need-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acting in]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assessment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conduct disorder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m asking readers of EBD Blog to help me identify important research questions about interventions for students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. As I noted in a parallel post on LD Blog, these need to be BIG IDEA questions. What do teachers and parents need to know about how to help students with EBD?
Examples (just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABAI on restraint and seclusion</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/08/abai-on-restraint-and-seclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on the work of a task force composed of highly qualified individuals, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) has issued position statement about the use of restraint and seclusion in treatment. Members of the task force, which was appointed by the executive board, include Jon S. Bailey, Michael F. Dorsey, Louis P. Hagopian, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovaas obituary</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/08/lovaas-obituary/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/08/lovaas-obituary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over on Spedpro I posted a brief account of the research conducted by O. Ivar Lovaas. Professor Lovaas, the eminent behavioral psychologist who developed detailed procedures for teaching individuals with Autism, died earlier this week.  
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		<title>ASAT newsletter available</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/07/asat-newsletter-available/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/07/asat-newsletter-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who subscribe to it know that the summer issue of Science in Autism Treatment, the newsletter for the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), arrived today in their electronic mailboxes. For folks who are interested in Autism but who do not subscribe, here&#8217;s a catalog of content in this issue.

 In this Issue:
• [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steven R. Forness</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/07/steven-r-forness/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/07/steven-r-forness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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S. R. Forness and J. W. Lloyd, 2005
Sometimes I get to hang around with some really wonderful contributors to the study of emotional and behavior disorders, and the accompanying photo shows one of those occasions. That&#8217;s Steven R. Forness, whom I was holding down so that he would not float away into the ether, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain features associated with neonatal risk for schizophrenia</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/brain-features-associated-with-neonatal-risk-for-schizophrenia/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/brain-features-associated-with-neonatal-risk-for-schizophrenia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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Writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, John Gilmore and colleages reported that the size and structure of the brains of newborn boys&#8212;but not girls&#8212;who are at risk for developing schizophrenia differ from those of their peers. Using multiple scanning methods at different times during gestation and infancy, the researchers compared the brains of offspring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA warns seller of chelation product</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/fda-warns-seller-of-chelation-product/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/fda-warns-seller-of-chelation-product/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to the producer of a product that is sometimes used by people hoping to eliminate heavy metals from children&#8217;s bodies (e.g., chelate mercury from children with autism). In a letter addressed to Boyd D. Haley of CTI Science Inc., Teresa C. Thompson of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism mixed with an iPad</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/autism-mixed-with-an-ipad/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/autism-mixed-with-an-ipad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Liz Ditz, I learned about this fun testimonial from Shannon Rosa:
My son Leo&#8217;s life was transformed when a five-dollar raffle ticket turned into a brand-new iPad. I&#8217;m not exaggerating. Before the iPad, Leo&#8217;s autism made him dependent on others for entertainment, play, learning, and communication. With the iPad, Leo electrifies the air around [...]]]></description>
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