Website: Effective Intervention Program Features

This webpage describes characteristics of effective pre-school intervention programs.

Training Materials: How To Teach Pivotal Behaviors to Children with Autism

This manual provides guidelines and examples for teaching pivotal behaviors to parents and professionals.

Website: Autism Connect MD

This webpage provides briefly describes the purpose of early interventions and lists various educational treatments and early intervention programs that may be effective for children with autism.

Website: RDI Program for Autism Spectrum Disorder

The RDI Program is an early intervention technique specifically designed for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Reports: Most Effective Models of Practice in Early Intervention for Children with ASD

This publication, which is downloadable, reviews research about current early interventions for children with autism in order to identify the most effective methods.

Website: California Senate Select Committee on Autism & Related Disorders

The Senate Autism Committee promotes policies and legislations that pertain to and benefit individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families.

Report: ‘My Thinker’s Not Working’

This report summarizes challenges in the United States surrounding the increasing rate of older people with intellectual and developmental disabilities having dementia.

Fact Sheet: The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDD): Overweight and Obesity Among People with Disabilities

This fact sheet discusses obesity and being overweight.

Website: Autism, Dating and Socialization

This web page provides recommendations and explanations about issues the people with autism and other developmental disabilities may have in relationships and being intimate with other people.

Website: Executive Functioning and Theory of Mind

This webpage briefly explains executive functioning – skills like organizing, planning, and paying attention – and theory of mind – being able to recognize how others think and feel and how these feelings relate to oneself.