By Sarah Trotter, Registered Behavior Technician Motivation is essential in Applied Behavior Analysis! We follow our clients' natural interests (for example: activities, toys, food and attention) as motivation to better…
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, defines Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder as “problems with social uses of language.” Facts include: 1. All children with autism have social communication problems. 2. Children with…
Just the mention of the word Medicaid usually causes groans and sighs of exasperation. It’s a world of acronyms and complicated processes with lengthy wait times. For folks who rely…
According to the Dana Foundation, up to two-thirds of people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder have difficulty recognizing the faces of people they interact with on a daily basis.1 The…
Children with autism often present with similar delays and deficits that can lead to an occupational therapy evaluation. Some of those delays are in fine motor skills, gross motor skills,…
In an effort to promote Autism Awareness, Cornerstone Autism Center has created a Happy Video and HappyBecause.org. One of our employees wrote a letter to Ellen DeGeneres in the hopes…
Jenny Davy has been with Cornerstone almost 2 years. She started out as a therapist in Greenwood. She recently graduated from Ball State with her Master’s in ABA, and has…
Exciting new advances are a nonstop occurrence at the Cornerstone Autism Center. In the last six months facility expansions and improvements have been done in Greenwood and West Lafayette, we’ve…
Autism comes with a number of risks that aren’t even related to illness but rather injury due to certain common behaviors. Because of these behaviors, special precautions must be taken…
Rachel Timmons is Cornerstone Autism Center’s Occupational Therapist. Rachel talks about how she increases the participation children with autism have in their daily lives.
