If you have a child who has been diagnosed with a spectrum disorder like autism, your pediatrician may have suggested a therapy called applied behavior analysis. Sometimes called ABA therapy, it’s ...

Stimming refers to the natural behavior of self-stimulation. It may include nail biting, drumming your fingers on a surface, or full body movements like rocking or swaying. Stimming usually involves ...

Applied behavior analysis requires graduates to combine analysis and practice into one cohesive skill set. Bringing together theory and practice, a master’s degree in applied behavior analysis or an ...

Researchers have found that both internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors might indicate gastrointestinal distress in children and adolescents with autism. For years, researchers have ...

A team of researchers has identified for the first time the mechanism linking a mutation in the Shank3 gene with alterations in social behavior. Using a mouse model carrying this autism-associated ...

Researchers have established the protein p53 as critical for regulating sociability, repetitive behavior, and hippocampus-related learning and memory in mice, illuminating the relationship between the ...