TEACCH Newsletter – Winter 2013

(original post from 2014 – the online course is now $10.00) TEACCH is now offering an on-line course through North Carolina AHEC (Area Health Education Center) titled Structured TEACCHING: Individualize Schedules. Individualized schedules can effectively engage students in activities and help them transition throughout their day. This on-line course will introduce you to process of … Read more

Researchers discover a possible cause of autism Problems with a key group of enzymes called topoisomerases can have profound effects on the genetic machinery behind brain development and potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to research announced today in the journal Nature. Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have … Read more

Followers of the TEACCH Autism Program will be interested in this new video-based website, a project of Mark Jonathan Harris, an Academy award winning documentary filmmaker. Mr. Harris spent time in July, 2011 in Chapel Hill filming different aspects of the TEACCH program. TEACCH is featured on this website as an example of an outstanding … Read more

Koi and mom By Jane Porter — jporter@newsobserver.com CHAPEL HILL — Jennifer Walsh cried when she learned her 7 and 1/2-year-old daughter Koi had taken turns playing dinosaurs for the first time ever this summer. “You just cannot even express in words the kind of feeling that gives you, when usually your child is by … Read more

This five-day hands-on course provides a theoretical foundation as well as hands-on opportunities to assess and teach children with ASD in a classroom setting. The premise of this foundation is an understanding of the learning styles of students with ASD and the development of individualized structure. An emphasis is placed on the use of Structured … Read more

The 34th Annual TEACCH Autism Program Conference: ASD Interventions Across the Lifespan is scheduled for May 16, and 17, 2013 at The Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The Preconference will be held Wednesday, May 15, 2013 with two concurrent workshops scheduled in the afternoon. Featured Speakers at the Conference will include: Gary B. Mesibov, … Read more

April 2nd was World Autism Awareness Day, and to celebrate, TEACCH Autism Program and CIDD came together to Light It Up Blue. April 2nd was World Autism Awareness Day, and to celebrate, UNC TEACCH Autism Program and CIDD came together to Light It Up Blue.

Dr. Laura Klinger, Director of TEACCH Autism Program will present ”TEACCH Autism Program: Meeting the Expanding Needs for Autism Services Across the Lifespan” on March 21, at 3:30pm during the Clinical Update and Psychopharmacology Review 2013 that is being held at Cape Fear Botanical Garden in Fayetteville, NC. read more

Laura Klinger, PhD, Principle Investigator of the study and Executive Director of TEACCH, will use the grant from Autism Speaks to conduct a landmark 40-year follow-up study of individuals served by the TEACCH Autism Program. Mark Klinger, PhD, and Joseph Piven, MD, are co-investigators on the study. Dr. Laura Klinger, Director, TEACCH Autism Program The … Read more