Doug Maughan, the Clinical Director for Daniels Academy , spoke about working with the autism spectrum with Lon Woodbury and Elizabeth McGhee on Parent Choices for Struggling Teens.
The host of the show is Lon Woodbury and his co-host is Elizabeth McGhee. Lon is an Independent Educational Consulant who has worked with families with at-risk adolescents since 1984. Today, he is the founder of Struggling Teens and publishes the Woodbury Reports. Elizabeth is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations for the Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico.
Doug. W. Maughan Professional Background
The Clinical Director of Daniels Academy, Doug W. Maugham has an MA and LCMHC. After getting his BA from the University of Utah, he served as a Utah Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD) case manager. The therapeutic boarding school he now works at helps boys between the ages of 13 to 18 years. These autistic children struggle with academics, emotional issues, and executive functioning.
Four Constructive Ways of Working with the Autism Spectrum
Students within the autism spectrum are often misunderstood. They are often misdiagnosed by psychologists as having Oppositional Defiant Disorder or mislabeled by teachers as willful. However, these adolescents actually are unable to shift perspectives or follow the rules of traditional education because of problems with their prefrontal cortex functioning.
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 Four Pillars is an educational process for children with autism used at Daniels Academy. Besides improving motor skills, students learn skills for daily living, skills for mood regulation, skills for social thinking, and skills for executive functioning. All these skill sets teach students about adapting socially. If students can demonstrate that they are able to maintain these essential skills for a minimum of six month, the program is considered successful.
The host of the show is Lon Woodbury and his co-host is Elizabeth McGhee. Lon is an Independent Educational Consulant who has worked with families with at-risk adolescents since 1984. Today, he is the founder of Struggling Teens and publishes the Woodbury Reports. Elizabeth is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations for the Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico.
Doug. W. Maughan Professional Background
The Clinical Director of Daniels Academy, Doug W. Maugham has an MA and LCMHC. After getting his BA from the University of Utah, he served as a Utah Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD) case manager. The therapeutic boarding school he now works at helps boys between the ages of 13 to 18 years. These autistic children struggle with academics, emotional issues, and executive functioning.
Four Constructive Ways of Working with the Autism Spectrum
Students within the autism spectrum are often misunderstood. They are often misdiagnosed by psychologists as having Oppositional Defiant Disorder or mislabeled by teachers as willful. However, these adolescents actually are unable to shift perspectives or follow the rules of traditional education because of problems with their prefrontal cortex functioning.
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 Four Pillars is an educational process for children with autism used at Daniels Academy. Besides improving motor skills, students learn skills for daily living, skills for mood regulation, skills for social thinking, and skills for executive functioning. All these skill sets teach students about adapting socially. If students can demonstrate that they are able to maintain these essential skills for a minimum of six month, the program is considered successful.
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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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