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Early Intervention Helps Children with Autism
Through a process known as early intervention (EI), Dr. Gutierrez helps children with ASD communicate without “tantrums, crying, or hitting.” It’s one of many skills he teaches that helps children overcome the challenges of their behavioral disorders.
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Applied Behavior Analysis

The University of Miami Psychology Department offers a full-time master’s program in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Our program prepares bright, aspiring behavior-analysts for a successful career in the burgeoning field of Applied Behavior Analysis. The program's course sequence and supervised experience have been verified by the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) as meeting specific coursework requirements, content hours, and faculty standards.
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Autism researchers explore technology’s use in clinical therapy

Two teams of professors are working to create extended reality applications to help those on the spectrum learn and practice safety and employment skills.

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Hearing test may detect autism in newborns

University of Miami and Harvard Medical School researchers are tweaking a standard hearing test to help detect autism at a very early age.

A University of Miami alumnae sits in the clinic she opened for children. Her clinic is modeled after the University of Miami IBIS clinic. She is surrounded by colorful toys and books. She is wearing her clinic uniform.

Alumna brings autism clinic home to Kuwait

A graduate of the highly selective Applied Behavior Analysis program, Fajer Almenaie is changing the landscape for children on the autism spectrum in the Middle East.

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Sparking new autism discoveries

University of Miami researchers who are collaborating on the world’s largest autism research project see promising results in the first study.

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