The ASHA Leader - April 2015 - (Page 1)

Vol. 20 No. 4 * April 2015 April Is A Awarenutism e Month ss bit.ly/a u tism-m onth Everything Is Unexpected 10 From my perspective By Bridget Murray Law 12 glimpses at autism's core may lie a reduced ability to predict what will happen next, suggests a new theory in neuroscience. the theory may help explain why a sensory-laden experience like visiting the dentist can be so terrifying for children on the spectrum-and how prediction support could quell their fear. 42 14 News in Brief Tags > auTism specTrum disorder 50 Building a Science of Friendship By BeLinda wiLLiaMs yes, it's challenging to measure progress in social skills groups for children with autism. But we need to. and determining best practices starts with each one of us doing it. right now. 4 From the president 6 inbox 18 research in Brief 20 Blogjam 22 people 24 in the Limelight 28 policy analysis 30 at a glance 31 on the Job 32 Bottom Line: Medicaid Clarifies Coverage of autism treatment 34 school Matters: 'what? you want Me to write it again?!' 36 On the Pulse: what's your Value? acute Care wants to Know 40 app-titude: app-tivate your social skills groups 57 asHa News 62 asHa calendar 63 posted Track Those Social Skills are you running groups to help children with social communication? Feature author Belinda williams discusses why it's important to measure children's progress in those groups-and how you can get started-in a video available at bit.ly/bwilliams-video. 64 american speech-LanguageHearing Foundation 66 state spotlight 68 careers/Job openings 72 First person/Last page Le ader .PuBs. asha .Org 1 http://www.bit.ly/autism-month http://www.bit.ly/bwilliams-video http://Leader.PuBs.asha.Org

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The ASHA Leader - April 2015