Episode 13 - Transitioning to Adulthood, part 1
ABA Inside Track
Robert Parry-Cruwys
4.7 • 634 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2016
⏱️ 68 minutes
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We were so astonished at the paucity of research related to teaching adolescents and adults with autism that we decided to put together two full episodes to raise awareness about the topic. Our first episode summarizes many of the overall challenges that society and adults with autism will face in the coming years. Start by listening to Jackie, Rob, and Diana grapple with the big issues by making fun of educational videos and smiling politely at another Rob Rant about the government. End by listening to a fascinating interview with Dr. Peter Gerhardt in which he discusses the life skills nobody is talking about (or training on!), which target academics have already become obsolete, the goal every behavior analyst should strive to achieve, and what social interaction will replace the high five in America.
Articles discussed this episode:
Gerhardt, P.F. & Lainer, I. (2011). Addressing the needs of adolescents and adults with autism: A crisis on the horizon. Journal of Contemporary Psychoherapy, 41, 37-45. doi: 10.1007/s10879-010-9160-2
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to ABA Inside Trek, the podcast that's like reading in your car, but safer. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm your host, Robert Perry Cruise, and with me are my two fabulous co-hosts. |
| 0:23.3 | Hi, Rob, it's Diana. |
| 0:25.5 | And it's Jackie. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi, guys. |
| 0:28.0 | Hi, Rob. |
| 0:28.9 | So, for those of you who are new to the show, welcome. |
| 0:31.3 | On our show, we talk about research and discuss, discuss, discuss, discuss. |
| 0:35.6 | We are going to be talking about something a little different this week's episode. |
| 0:40.6 | We are going to be doing a paper that's more a review and discussion rather than an actual |
| 0:46.1 | research article in the way that we've done in previous episodes. |
| 0:49.4 | And the article we'll be discussing is Gerhard and Lehner's 2011 article in the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, |
| 0:57.2 | addressing the needs of adolescents and adults with autism, a crisis on the horizon. |
| 1:02.1 | In this article, the authors posit the idea that, I wish I could say it was an idea, I think it's more reality, |
| 1:09.0 | that our adult services system here in the |
| 1:12.1 | United States and to some extent I think North America in general is not set up to provide the |
| 1:20.1 | supports needed for the real explosion of young students who are diagnosed with autism spectrum |
| 1:26.1 | disorder who are going to be entering adulthood |
| 1:28.5 | they'll be leaving the world of three to 22 education where services are plentiful and you get |
| 1:34.4 | almost everything you want in some districts and when you're an adult it really feels like you get |
| 1:39.1 | very little and what you do get is not necessarily research-based or evidence-based practice or |
| 1:45.4 | intervention so much as what people want to give to adults with disabilities or adolescents with |
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