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If your social validity assessments for ABA interventions/research are not driven by the #ActuallyAutistic folks you are trying to support, you& #39;re not assessing social validity.
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If present levels sections of IEPs don& #39;t include meaningful student input, you don& #39;t value student voices nearly as much as you say you do.
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If enclave janitorial tasks are your work-based learning for high school students, you might as well be signing their paperwork to transition from HS to a sheltered workshop or day program
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Having 20 students that want to play in the NBA/NFL even though they don& #39;t play on the HS team is not a disability issue. It is a faulty transition programming issue.
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If you believe, as parents are often told, that the self-contained classroom will help students safely prepare for more inclusive environments, you may need to pay more attention.
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Visits to a day program, group home, and sheltered workshop should be mandatory trips for all professionals that support youth with disabilities.
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If you think decisions about guardianship/conservatorship are a private, family affair and that& #39;s why you& #39;re not providing insight about alternative supports...
