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Autism

• The Problems with the Manage-and-Discipline Approach to PBiS (7/2/2019)
• One Size Does Not Fit All in Special Education: Lessons from Procrustes (1/19/2019)
• External Incentives DECREASE Intrinsic Motivation: Implications for Classroom Management (12/19/2018)
• Students Do Not Deserve Your Sarcasm (9/28/2018)
• Why ABA is not Effective: A Behavior Analysis Perspective (8/29/2018)
• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• Why Do So Many Autistic Students Constantly Test Boundaries (6/22/2018)
• On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly (6/13/2018)
• Most of What We Call Autism-Behaviors Really Are Not Unique to Autism (5/30/2018)
• We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills (5/19/2018)
• To Help Students Succeed We Need to Collect the RIGHT Data (12/28/2017)
• Kids Think: Behaviorism Will Fail Until It Accepts This Fact (8/20/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 4 – Adulthood (8/5/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 3 – Suicide (6/30/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 2 – Slenderman (6/22/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 1: Sex (6/15/2017)
• The Importance of Teaching Functional Communication (6/3/2017)
• Teachers Should Lift Up Disabled Students, Not Hold Them Down (5/31/2017)
• One Cannot Prevent Meltdowns By Using Restraint (5/17/2017)
• Help Autistic Kids Help Themselves (4/3/2017)
• Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis… (11/20/2016)
• We Need to Approach Behavioral Management Differently (8/2/2016)
• Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (6/17/2016)
• Beyond Mainstreaming, How to Best Expand the Horizons of Special Education Students (4/25/2016)
• We Need to Re-Evaluate School-Wide PBIS (3/20/2016)
• How does Special Education fit into MTSS? (12/22/2015)
• How to mainstream special education students… (10/17/2015)
• Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science… (7/6/2015)
• Beyond Attention and Escape: The ABCs of Behavior in the Classroom (6/28/2015)
• This was the last straw…ABA support of electroshock is unconscionable (6/16/2015)
• Turning disadvantages into advantages (4/25/2015)
• Fun with yoga balls in the classroom (4/14/2015)
• Behavioral management in my classroom (4/6/2015)
• Handwriting gets in the way of educating autistic students (3/21/2015)
• Navigating social engagement in the digital age (2/21/2015)
• From PhD to Special Education Teacher (1/28/2015)
• The value of digital work samples… (1/19/2015)
• An update on my life as a former academic… (12/13/2014)
• Self-evaluations are critical for effective classroom management (11/1/2014)
• Precision is critical when teaching children with developmental disorders. (10/17/2014)
• Empowering parents to engage in early autism inteventions (9/21/2014)
• Autistic children have the same emotions we all do…let’s nurture them (7/14/2014)
• The importance of realistic, high expectations for our autistic children at school (7/3/2014)
• Your autistic child’s diet influences their behavior (5/31/2014)
• Medication should only be an adjuvant therapy in autism (5/23/2014)
• Now my adventure truly begins! (5/19/2014)
• Sometimes losing an autism diagnosis is for the best (5/3/2014)
• Medicating your child may harm their education (4/20/2014)
• We must be consistent when teaching children on the autism spectrum (4/12/2014)
• Never sell an autistic kid short…Never (4/3/2014)
• An example of how I apply my science to my new job! (4/1/2014)
• They call autistic children little scientists… (3/29/2014)
• Glue Sticks and Crayons… (3/25/2014)
• The challenges ahead… (3/23/2014)
• Second day on the job and I get put on blood nose patrol… (3/17/2014)
• Found a green crayon in my pocket today when I got home… (3/14/2014)
• On to a new adventure… (3/12/2014)
• Some thoughts on my late brother… (3/6/2014)
• Great Behavioral Tasks can Validate Mouse Models of Autism (12/6/2013)
• My Perspective on Brain Donation in Science…From Experience (12/4/2013)
• Why I Study Science…and Where I Stand Moving Forward (11/30/2013)
• A Better Way to Study Social Behavior in Autism Mouse Models (7/11/2013)

Behavioral/Classroom Management

• The Problems with the Manage-and-Discipline Approach to PBiS (7/2/2019)
• One Size Does Not Fit All in Special Education: Lessons from Procrustes (1/19/2019)
• External Incentives DECREASE Intrinsic Motivation: Implications for Classroom Management (12/19/2018)
• Students Do Not Deserve Your Sarcasm (9/28/2018)
• Why ABA is not Effective: A Behavior Analysis Perspective (8/29/2018)
• Defining Reinforcement and Punishment for Educators (7/31/2018)
• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• Why Do So Many Autistic Students Constantly Test Boundaries (6/22/2018)
• On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly (6/13/2018)
• Most of What We Call Autism-Behaviors Really Are Not Unique to Autism (5/30/2018)
• We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills (5/19/2018)
• PBIS is Broken: How Do We Fix It? (4/16/2018)
• Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan (2/14/2018)
• How to Decide Whether Behavioral Interventions Are Actually Necessary (1/26/2018)
• To Help Students Succeed We Need to Collect the RIGHT Data (12/28/2017)
• Kids Think: Behaviorism Will Fail Until It Accepts This Fact (8/20/2017)
• The Importance of Teaching Functional Communication (6/3/2017)
• Teachers Should Lift Up Disabled Students, Not Hold Them Down (5/31/2017)
• One Cannot Prevent Meltdowns By Using Restraint (5/17/2017)
• Help Autistic Kids Help Themselves (4/3/2017)
• When Consequences Become Inconsequential… (12/22/2016)
• Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis… (11/20/2016)
• Insights on Behavioral Management from Animal Research (8/8/2016)
• We Need to Approach Behavioral Management Differently (8/2/2016)
• Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (6/17/2016)
• Beyond Mainstreaming, How to Best Expand the Horizons of Special Education Students (4/25/2016)
• We Need to Re-Evaluate School-Wide PBIS (3/20/2016)
• Data Sheets to Monitor Success in Mainstreaming/Inclusion (1/7/2016)
• Behavioral Data Sheets for Student Self Management (12/29/2015)
• How does Special Education fit into MTSS? (12/22/2015)
• When helping students holds them back (9/27/2015)
• Beyond Attention and Escape: The ABCs of Behavior in the Classroom (6/28/2015)
• Fun with yoga balls in the classroom (4/14/2015)
• Behavioral management in my classroom (4/6/2015)
• Self-evaluations are critical for effective classroom management (11/1/2014)
• Precision is critical when teaching children with developmental disorders. (10/17/2014)
• Autistic children have the same emotions we all do…let’s nurture them (7/14/2014)
• The importance of realistic, high expectations for our autistic children at school (7/3/2014)
• Your autistic child’s diet influences their behavior (5/31/2014)
• We must be consistent when teaching children on the autism spectrum (4/12/2014)

Mainstreaming

• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• Why Do So Many Autistic Students Constantly Test Boundaries (6/22/2018)
• To Help Students Succeed We Need to Collect the RIGHT Data (12/28/2017)
• Kids Think: Behaviorism Will Fail Until It Accepts This Fact (8/20/2017)
• Teachers Should Lift Up Disabled Students, Not Hold Them Down (5/31/2017)
• Help Autistic Kids Help Themselves (4/3/2017)
• Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (6/17/2016)
• Beyond Mainstreaming, How to Best Expand the Horizons of Special Education Students (4/25/2016)
• Data Sheets to Monitor Success in Mainstreaming/Inclusion (1/7/2016)
• Behavioral Data Sheets for Student Self Management (12/29/2015)
• How does Special Education fit into MTSS? (12/22/2015)

MTSS

• The Problems with the Manage-and-Discipline Approach to PBiS (7/2/2019)
• One Size Does Not Fit All in Special Education: Lessons from Procrustes (1/19/2019)
• External Incentives DECREASE Intrinsic Motivation: Implications for Classroom Management (12/19/2018)
• Students Do Not Deserve Your Sarcasm (9/28/2018)
• Defining Reinforcement and Punishment for Educators (7/31/2018)
• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• Why Do So Many Autistic Students Constantly Test Boundaries (6/22/2018)
• On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly (6/13/2018)
• We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills (5/19/2018)
• PBIS is Broken: How Do We Fix It? (4/16/2018)

Special Education

• The Problems with the Manage-and-Discipline Approach to PBiS (7/2/2019)
• One Size Does Not Fit All in Special Education: Lessons from Procrustes (1/19/2019)
• External Incentives DECREASE Intrinsic Motivation: Implications for Classroom Management (12/19/2018)
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders (10/30/2018)
• Students Do Not Deserve Your Sarcasm (9/28/2018)
• Why ABA is not Effective: A Behavior Analysis Perspective (8/29/2018)
• Defining Reinforcement and Punishment for Educators (7/31/2018)
• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• Why Do So Many Autistic Students Constantly Test Boundaries (6/22/2018)
• On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly (6/13/2018)
• Most of What We Call Autism-Behaviors Really Are Not Unique to Autism (5/30/2018)
• We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills (5/19/2018)
• PBIS is Broken: How Do We Fix It? (4/16/2018)
• Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan (2/14/2018)
• Life After a PhD, The Importance of Getting Certifications (1/9/2018)
• To Help Students Succeed We Need to Collect the RIGHT Data (12/28/2017)
• Kids Think: Behaviorism Will Fail Until It Accepts This Fact (8/20/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 4 – Adulthood (8/5/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 3 – Suicide (6/30/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 1: Sex (6/15/2017)
• The Importance of Teaching Functional Communication (6/3/2017)
• Teachers Should Lift Up Disabled Students, Not Hold Them Down (5/31/2017)
• One Cannot Prevent Meltdowns By Using Restraint (5/17/2017)
• Help Autistic Kids Help Themselves (4/3/2017)
• Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis… (11/20/2016)
• Insights on Behavioral Management from Animal Research (8/8/2016)
• We Need to Approach Behavioral Management Differently (8/2/2016)
• Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (6/17/2016)
• Beyond Mainstreaming, How to Best Expand the Horizons of Special Education Students (4/25/2016)
• We Need to Re-Evaluate School-Wide PBIS (3/20/2016)
• Data Sheets to Monitor Success in Mainstreaming/Inclusion (1/7/2016)
• Behavioral Data Sheets for Student Self Management (12/29/2015)
• How does Special Education fit into MTSS? (12/22/2015)
• How to mainstream special education students… (10/17/2015)
• When helping students holds them back (9/27/2015)
• Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science… (7/6/2015)
• Beyond Attention and Escape: The ABCs of Behavior in the Classroom (6/28/2015)
• This was the last straw…ABA support of electroshock is unconscionable (6/16/2015)
• Fun with yoga balls in the classroom (4/14/2015)
• Behavioral management in my classroom (4/6/2015)
• Handwriting gets in the way of educating autistic students (3/21/2015)
• Navigating social engagement in the digital age (2/21/2015)
• The value of digital work samples… (1/19/2015)

Behavioral First Aid Kit

• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly (6/13/2018)
• We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills (5/19/2018)
• PBIS is Broken: How Do We Fix It? (4/16/2018)
• Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan (2/14/2018)
• To Help Students Succeed We Need to Collect the RIGHT Data (12/28/2017)
• Kids Think: Behaviorism Will Fail Until It Accepts This Fact (8/20/2017)
• Teachers Should Lift Up Disabled Students, Not Hold Them Down (5/31/2017)
• One Cannot Prevent Meltdowns By Using Restraint (5/17/2017)
• Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis… (11/20/2016)
• Insights on Behavioral Management from Animal Research (8/8/2016)
• Beyond Mainstreaming, How to Best Expand the Horizons of Special Education Students (4/25/2016)
• Data Sheets to Monitor Success in Mainstreaming/Inclusion (1/7/2016)
• Behavioral Data Sheets for Student Self Management (12/29/2015)

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Academics / Science Related Tags

Academics

• External Incentives DECREASE Intrinsic Motivation: Implications for Classroom Management (12/19/2018)
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders (10/30/2018)
• Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan (2/14/2018)
• Life After a PhD, The Importance of Getting Certifications (1/9/2018)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 4 – Adulthood (8/5/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 3 – Suicide (6/30/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 2 – Slenderman (6/22/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 1: Sex (6/15/2017)
• The Importance of Teaching Functional Communication (6/3/2017)
• Teachers Should Lift Up Disabled Students, Not Hold Them Down (5/31/2017)
• Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (6/17/2016)
• Graduate School Applications: How to Fail Spectacularly (2/27/2016)
• Mi Noche Bocarriba: My lives in academics Part 1 (2/22/2016)

Endophenotype

• Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders (10/30/2018)
• Most of What We Call Autism-Behaviors Really Are Not Unique to Autism (5/30/2018)
• How to mainstream special education students… (10/17/2015)
• Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science… (7/6/2015)
• Beyond Attention and Escape: The ABCs of Behavior in the Classroom (6/28/2015)
• Now my adventure truly begins! (5/19/2014)
• A new way to study memory in Down Syndrome (4/23/2014)
• Neurocognitive Endophenotypes in CGG KI and Fmr1 KO Mouse Models (1/1/2014)
• Great Behavioral Tasks can Validate Mouse Models of Autism (12/6/2013)
• Touchscreens Done Right! (9/23/2013)
• Mouse Disease Models Need Better Behavioral Tasks (9/5/2013)
• Cognition as an Outcome Measure in Preclinical Drug Studies (8/16/2013)
• Why I Choose to Submit to Journals with Low Impact Factors (8/12/2013)
• Dual Task Performance Uncovers Motor Deficits in Fragile X Premutation Cariers (8/6/2013)
• Clear Hypotheses are Vital for Valid Research (8/1/2013)
• Can We Really Test Math Skills in Mice? (7/4/2013)
• Timecourse of Pattern Separation and Completion Deficits in Alzheimer Disease? (7/3/2013)
• A better way to study Alzheimer disease in mice (6/29/2013)

Mentoring

• Students Do Not Deserve Your Sarcasm (9/28/2018)
• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan (2/14/2018)
• To Help Students Succeed We Need to Collect the RIGHT Data (12/28/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 4 – Adulthood (8/5/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 3 – Suicide (6/30/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 2 – Slenderman (6/22/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 1: Sex (6/15/2017)
• Help Autistic Kids Help Themselves (4/3/2017)
• Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (6/17/2016)
• Mi Noche Bocarriba: My lives in academics Part 1 (2/22/2016)
• Effective mentorship is essential for K-12 teachers (5/18/2015)
• Behavioral management in my classroom (4/6/2015)
• We must be consistent when teaching children on the autism spectrum (4/12/2014)
• Scientists don’t take chances on students (4/11/2014)
• They call autistic children little scientists… (3/29/2014)
• Benevolent Sexism is just Sexist. So Stop It! (11/20/2013)
• Where do I Belong in Science: My Evolving Perspective (10/15/2013)
• As a Mentor You can Change Students Lives. Remember That. (9/25/2013)
• Mentoring is the Most Rewarding Challenge in Research (8/21/2013)

Model Organisms

• Insights on Behavioral Management from Animal Research (8/8/2016)
• A new way to study memory in Down Syndrome (4/23/2014)
• Open Hardware/Software Leads to a Better Behavioral Tasks (3/16/2014)
• A better way to acquire regions of interest from MRI scans (3/3/2014)
• Reduced activity-dependent protein levels in a fragile X premutation mouse (1/30/2014)
• Neurocognitive Endophenotypes in CGG KI and Fmr1 KO Mouse Models (1/1/2014)
• Great Behavioral Tasks can Validate Mouse Models of Autism (12/6/2013)
• Recycle Your Old iPad … for Behavioral Neuroscience! (10/31/2013)
• Embracing Complexity in Scientific theory (10/17/2013)
• False Positives in Animal Models–not Just Biased Statistics (7/16/2013)

Mouse Model

• A new way to study memory in Down Syndrome (4/23/2014)
• Open Hardware/Software Leads to a Better Behavioral Tasks (3/16/2014)
• Spatial and Temporal Pattern Separation Tasks Tease Apart Hippocampus NMDAR Function (2/21/2014)
• Neurocognitive Endophenotypes in CGG KI and Fmr1 KO Mouse Models (1/1/2014)
• Great Behavioral Tasks can Validate Mouse Models of Autism (12/6/2013)
• Translating Between Human and Mouse Behavioral Neuroscience. (11/4/2013)
• Recycle Your Old iPad … for Behavioral Neuroscience! (10/31/2013)
• Touchscreens Done Right! (9/23/2013)
• Mouse Disease Models Need Better Behavioral Tasks (9/5/2013)
• Cognition as an Outcome Measure in Preclinical Drug Studies (8/16/2013)

Task Development

• Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders (10/30/2018)
• Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis… (11/20/2016)
• How to mainstream special education students… (10/17/2015)
• Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science… (7/6/2015)
• A new way to study memory in Down Syndrome (4/23/2014)
• Open Hardware/Software Leads to a Better Behavioral Tasks (3/16/2014)
• Perceptual vs Memory Pattern Separation? Dentate Gyrus Holds the Key! (1/23/2014)
• Neurocognitive Endophenotypes in CGG KI and Fmr1 KO Mouse Models (1/1/2014)
• Great Behavioral Tasks can Validate Mouse Models of Autism (12/6/2013)
• Recycle Your Old iPad … for Behavioral Neuroscience! (10/31/2013)
• Embracing Complexity in Scientific theory (10/17/2013)
• Cognition as an Outcome Measure in Preclinical Drug Studies (8/16/2013)
• False Positives in Animal Models–not Just Biased Statistics (7/16/2013)
• A Better Way to Study Social Behavior in Autism Mouse Models (7/11/2013)
• Humans and Rats Process Space Similarly! (7/6/2013)
• Can We Really Test Math Skills in Mice? (7/4/2013)

Testing

• One Size Does Not Fit All in Special Education: Lessons from Procrustes (1/19/2019)
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders (10/30/2018)
• Most of What We Call Autism-Behaviors Really Are Not Unique to Autism (5/30/2018)
• Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis… (11/20/2016)
• How to mainstream special education students… (10/17/2015)
• Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science… (7/6/2015)

Translational

• Insights on Behavioral Management from Animal Research (8/8/2016)
• How to mainstream special education students… (10/17/2015)
• On to a new adventure… (3/12/2014)
• Touchscreens Done Right! (9/23/2013)
• Mouse Disease Models Need Better Behavioral Tasks (9/5/2013)
• Dual Task Performance Uncovers Motor Deficits in Fragile X Premutation Cariers (8/6/2013)
• Clear Hypotheses are Vital for Valid Research (8/1/2013)
• Neuroscience Must Consider the Rest of the Body as Well (7/7/2013)

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All Posts (Reverse Chronological Order)

• The Problems with the Manage-and-Discipline Approach to PBiS (7/2/2019)
• One Size Does Not Fit All in Special Education: Lessons from Procrustes (1/19/2019)
• External Incentives DECREASE Intrinsic Motivation: Implications for Classroom Management (12/19/2018)
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders (10/30/2018)
• Students Do Not Deserve Your Sarcasm (9/28/2018)
• Why ABA is not Effective: A Behavior Analysis Perspective (8/29/2018)
• Defining Reinforcement and Punishment for Educators (7/31/2018)
• Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors (7/3/2018)
• Why Do So Many Autistic Students Constantly Test Boundaries (6/22/2018)
• On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly (6/13/2018)
• Most of What We Call Autism-Behaviors Really Are Not Unique to Autism (5/30/2018)
• We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills (5/19/2018)
• PBIS is Broken: How Do We Fix It? (4/16/2018)
• Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan (2/14/2018)
• How to Decide Whether Behavioral Interventions Are Actually Necessary (1/26/2018)
• Life After a PhD, The Importance of Getting Certifications (1/9/2018)
• To Help Students Succeed We Need to Collect the RIGHT Data (12/28/2017)
• Kids Think: Behaviorism Will Fail Until It Accepts This Fact (8/20/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 4 – Adulthood (8/5/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 3 – Suicide (6/30/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 2 – Slenderman (6/22/2017)
• Sex, Slenderman, & Suicide: Crucial Conversations with Autistic Adolescents – Part 1: Sex (6/15/2017)
• The Importance of Teaching Functional Communication (6/3/2017)
• Teachers Should Lift Up Disabled Students, Not Hold Them Down (5/31/2017)
• One Cannot Prevent Meltdowns By Using Restraint (5/17/2017)
• Help Autistic Kids Help Themselves (4/3/2017)
• When Consequences Become Inconsequential… (12/22/2016)
• Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis… (11/20/2016)
• Insights on Behavioral Management from Animal Research (8/8/2016)
• We Need to Approach Behavioral Management Differently (8/2/2016)
• Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (6/17/2016)
• Beyond Mainstreaming, How to Best Expand the Horizons of Special Education Students (4/25/2016)
• We Need to Re-Evaluate School-Wide PBIS (3/20/2016)
• Graduate School Applications: How to Fail Spectacularly (2/27/2016)
• Mi Noche Bocarriba: My lives in academics Part 1 (2/22/2016)
• How do we deal with grades when mainstreaming students? (2/6/2016)
• Data Sheets to Monitor Success in Mainstreaming/Inclusion (1/7/2016)
• Behavioral Data Sheets for Student Self Management (12/29/2015)
• How does Special Education fit into MTSS? (12/22/2015)
• How to mainstream special education students… (10/17/2015)
• When helping students holds them back (9/27/2015)
• Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science… (7/6/2015)
• Beyond Attention and Escape: The ABCs of Behavior in the Classroom (6/28/2015)
• This was the last straw…ABA support of electroshock is unconscionable (6/16/2015)
• Effective mentorship is essential for K-12 teachers (5/18/2015)
• Turning disadvantages into advantages (4/25/2015)
• Fun with yoga balls in the classroom (4/14/2015)
• Behavioral management in my classroom (4/6/2015)
• Handwriting gets in the way of educating autistic students (3/21/2015)
• Navigating social engagement in the digital age (2/21/2015)
• From PhD to Special Education Teacher (1/28/2015)
• The value of digital work samples… (1/19/2015)
• An update on my life as a former academic… (12/13/2014)
• Self-evaluations are critical for effective classroom management (11/1/2014)
• Precision is critical when teaching children with developmental disorders. (10/17/2014)
• Empowering parents to engage in early autism inteventions (9/21/2014)
• Hiatus (8/13/2014)
• Autistic children have the same emotions we all do…let’s nurture them (7/14/2014)
• The importance of realistic, high expectations for our autistic children at school (7/3/2014)
• Temporal pattern separation as a measure of successful cognitive aging (6/21/2014)
• Your autistic child’s diet influences their behavior (5/31/2014)
• Medication should only be an adjuvant therapy in autism (5/23/2014)
• Now my adventure truly begins! (5/19/2014)
• Sometimes losing an autism diagnosis is for the best (5/3/2014)
• A new way to study memory in Down Syndrome (4/23/2014)
• Medicating your child may harm their education (4/20/2014)
• We must be consistent when teaching children on the autism spectrum (4/12/2014)
• Scientists don’t take chances on students (4/11/2014)
• Never sell an autistic kid short…Never (4/3/2014)
• An example of how I apply my science to my new job! (4/1/2014)
• They call autistic children little scientists… (3/29/2014)
• Glue Sticks and Crayons… (3/25/2014)
• The challenges ahead… (3/23/2014)
• Second day on the job and I get put on blood nose patrol… (3/17/2014)
• Open Hardware/Software Leads to a Better Behavioral Tasks (3/16/2014)
• Found a green crayon in my pocket today when I got home… (3/14/2014)
• On to a new adventure… (3/12/2014)
• Some thoughts on my late brother… (3/6/2014)
• A better way to acquire regions of interest from MRI scans (3/3/2014)
• Spatial and Temporal Pattern Separation Tasks Tease Apart Hippocampus NMDAR Function (2/21/2014)
• Reduced activity-dependent protein levels in a fragile X premutation mouse (1/30/2014)
• Perceptual vs Memory Pattern Separation? Dentate Gyrus Holds the Key! (1/23/2014)
• Neurocognitive Endophenotypes in CGG KI and Fmr1 KO Mouse Models (1/1/2014)
• Great Behavioral Tasks can Validate Mouse Models of Autism (12/6/2013)
• My Perspective on Brain Donation in Science…From Experience (12/4/2013)
• Why I Study Science…and Where I Stand Moving Forward (11/30/2013)
• Benevolent Sexism is just Sexist. So Stop It! (11/20/2013)
• Translating Between Human and Mouse Behavioral Neuroscience. (11/4/2013)
• Recycle Your Old iPad … for Behavioral Neuroscience! (10/31/2013)
• My Cultural Take on Alcohol at Scientific Conferences (10/22/2013)
• Embracing Complexity in Scientific theory (10/17/2013)
• Where do I Belong in Science: My Evolving Perspective (10/15/2013)
• As a Mentor You can Change Students Lives. Remember That. (9/25/2013)
• Touchscreens Done Right! (9/23/2013)
• Mouse Disease Models Need Better Behavioral Tasks (9/5/2013)
• Mentoring is the Most Rewarding Challenge in Research (8/21/2013)
• Cognition as an Outcome Measure in Preclinical Drug Studies (8/16/2013)
• Why I Choose to Submit to Journals with Low Impact Factors (8/12/2013)
• Dual Task Performance Uncovers Motor Deficits in Fragile X Premutation Cariers (8/6/2013)
• Clear Hypotheses are Vital for Valid Research (8/1/2013)