Lon Woodbury and Elizabeth McGhee, talk show hosts on Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, discussed working with the autism spectrum with Doug Maughan who is the Clinical Director for Daniels Academy.
Lon Woodbury, the host of the radio show, has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. He is an Independent Educational Consultant, and the founder of Struggling Teens and Woodbury Reports. Elizabeth McGhee, the co-host, is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico.
Profile of Douglas Maughan
Once a case manager at Utah's Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD), Douglas, who has a BA, MA, and LCMHC, is now the Clinical Director at Daniel's Academy, a therapeutic boarding school that offers a family-living atmosphere for boys with autism. These young men, aged 13 years to 18 years, struggle with emotional difficulties, academics, and executive function.
The Four Pillars for Working with the Autism Spectrum
Often misunderstood and misdiagnosed, young boys with autism are often considered willful by teachers or misdiagnosed as suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder by school psychologists. What these school authorities don't realize is that these students have trouble with prefrontal cortex functions and can't change their point of view enough to follow the standard rules of education.
Douglas explained that teenagers who fall within the autism spectrum, don't know how to interact with their peers. It becomes a huge issue for them when they are either teased or bullied. Sometimes to fit in, they enact the very behavior that upsets them.
Although many of these boys are actually very bright, they suffer from low self-esteem. At Daniel's Academy, the staff teaches students simple social skills through individual therapy, group milieu settings, and interactions in the local community. Daniel's Academy only works with adolescents diagnosed as having Level One autism in the DSM V. These are individual who fall within the high-functioning range of the Autistic spectrum.
The success of the autism program is measured by whether or not students can follow the social skill sets taught in the curriculum. The Four Pillar method taught at Daniels Academy consists of learning daily living skills, emotional regulation skills, social thinking skills, and executive functioning skills. These four skills are designed to teach students about social adaptation. In addition to learning these four essential skill, the boys learn how to improve overall motor functioning.
Lon Woodbury, the host of the radio show, has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. He is an Independent Educational Consultant, and the founder of Struggling Teens and Woodbury Reports. Elizabeth McGhee, the co-host, is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico.
Profile of Douglas Maughan
Once a case manager at Utah's Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD), Douglas, who has a BA, MA, and LCMHC, is now the Clinical Director at Daniel's Academy, a therapeutic boarding school that offers a family-living atmosphere for boys with autism. These young men, aged 13 years to 18 years, struggle with emotional difficulties, academics, and executive function.
The Four Pillars for Working with the Autism Spectrum
Often misunderstood and misdiagnosed, young boys with autism are often considered willful by teachers or misdiagnosed as suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder by school psychologists. What these school authorities don't realize is that these students have trouble with prefrontal cortex functions and can't change their point of view enough to follow the standard rules of education.
Douglas explained that teenagers who fall within the autism spectrum, don't know how to interact with their peers. It becomes a huge issue for them when they are either teased or bullied. Sometimes to fit in, they enact the very behavior that upsets them.
Although many of these boys are actually very bright, they suffer from low self-esteem. At Daniel's Academy, the staff teaches students simple social skills through individual therapy, group milieu settings, and interactions in the local community. Daniel's Academy only works with adolescents diagnosed as having Level One autism in the DSM V. These are individual who fall within the high-functioning range of the Autistic spectrum.
The success of the autism program is measured by whether or not students can follow the social skill sets taught in the curriculum. The Four Pillar method taught at Daniels Academy consists of learning daily living skills, emotional regulation skills, social thinking skills, and executive functioning skills. These four skills are designed to teach students about social adaptation. In addition to learning these four essential skill, the boys learn how to improve overall motor functioning.
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Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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