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National Autism Center Names Hanna C. Rue, Ph.D., BCBA-D as Director of Evidence-based Practice
Randolph, Mass. – The National Autism Center (NAC) has announced the promotion of Hanna C. Rue, Ph.D., BCBA-D, to Director of Evidence-based Practice.
The National Autism Center is a May Institute Center for the Promotion of Evidence-based Practice. Dr. Rue holds a joint appointment as Vice President of Autism Services at May Institute as well. Prior to assuming her new position, she served as a clinical director for May Institute’s largest special education school for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
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Manual Addresses Autism Teaching
Given the challenges of providing appropriate services to a diverse and increasingly numerous student population in this country with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the need for evidence-based practice in our schools has never been so urgent.
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This Letter to the Editor was originally published in the October 26, 2011 issue of Education Week.
On behalf of the National Autism Center (NAC), I want to thank you for recently featuring the commentary, “Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?” (September 20, 2011).
Given the challenges of providing appropriate services to a diverse and increasingly numerous student population in this country with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the need for evidence-based practice in our schools has never been so urgent. We must provide our educators with the tools and resources they need to give children the greatest chance for success.
To assist educators who work hard to provide appropriate services, NAC published a comprehensive manual in 2010 entitled, “Evidence-based Practice and Autism in the Schools.” It is designed to assist front-line interventionists in selecting and implementing the most effective research-supported treatments for ASD.
As we did with the results of the National Standards Project (that identified which ASD treatments have been shown to be effective), we are making this manual available online for free. Educators from every state and dozens of countries have downloaded it. In a national survey conducted last year, responses demonstrated that the manual is making a significant impact on improving educators’ knowledge about ASD and providing effective interventions for students on the spectrum.
Part of our core mission is to disseminate these kinds of resources, along with the results of the National Standards Project, to communities across the country and throughout the world. Lasting change in the education of students with ASD requires evidence-based practice as its foundation.
Hanna Rue, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Director of Evidence-based Practice
National Autism Center
Randolph, Mass.
Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?
The first step is to identify evidence-based autism-teaching procedures. The National Autism Center is a good starting point. It published the National Standards Project in 2010.
National Autism Center Receives $238,000 in Pledged Donations from U.S. Government’s 2010 Combined Federal Campaign
Randolph, Mass. — The National Autism Center is pleased to announce that it has received pledges of more than $238,000 as a beneficiary of the 2010 Combined Federal Campaign’s (CFC) multi-million dollar fundraising effort.
Funds raised will go towards supporting families and individuals whose lives are affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Contributions will help fund timely diagnosis and necessary assessments; therapeutic and educational support for parents and siblings; and dissemination of critical information about evidence-based practices for individuals with ASD.
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Article Says Autism Treatments Fall Short; Experts Say They Still Help Some
“The results of the full report should be taken into consideration along with other peer-reviewed literature,” says Hanna C. Rue, Ph.D., BCBA-D.
