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 talk radio show Lon Woodbury is the publisher of Woodbury Reports and the founder of Struggling Teens. He is an Independent Educational Consultant and has worked since 1984 to help families with struggling teenagers. Meanwhile, the co-host of the radio show, Elizabeth McGhee, works at the Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico, where she is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations.
Profile of Douglas Maughan
Douglas W. Maughan, MA, LCMHC is the Clinical Director of Daniels Academy, a small family-living style therapeutic boarding school for young men ages 13-18 who struggle both academically and emotionally, as well as with Executive Functioning. After receiving a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Utah, he became a case manager for Utah's Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD).
A New Approach to Working with the Autism Spectrum
Due to their inability to follow school rules and regulations because of prefrontal cortex damage, students who fall within the autism spectrum are often considered stubborn and defiant by teachers or labeled as having a psychological problem called Oppositional Defiant Disorder. As a consequence, these students are frequently misunderstood because they can't change their views.
These students are also awkward in their social interactions with their peers. "If someone teases or bullies them, it really impacts these kids with Autism Spectrum and becomes a huge issue for them," explained Douglas. "They may participate in that behavior themselves so that it doesn't happen to them again."
Daniels Academy works with high-functioning autism, as defined as a Level One autism in the DSM V. The staff teach through a number of ways like individual therapy or group milieu settings. Students also improve social skills by interacting with the local community. Many of these boys are actually very bright. However, this is not always discerned because they have very low self-esteem.
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.
The host of the talk radio show Lon Woodbury is the publisher of Woodbury Reports and the founder of Struggling Teens. He is an Independent Educational Consultant and has worked since 1984 to help families with struggling teenagers. Meanwhile, the co-host of the radio show, Elizabeth McGhee, works at the Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico, where she is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations.
Profile of Douglas Maughan
Douglas W. Maughan, MA, LCMHC is the Clinical Director of Daniels Academy, a small family-living style therapeutic boarding school for young men ages 13-18 who struggle both academically and emotionally, as well as with Executive Functioning. After receiving a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Utah, he became a case manager for Utah's Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD).
A New Approach to Working with the Autism Spectrum
Due to their inability to follow school rules and regulations because of prefrontal cortex damage, students who fall within the autism spectrum are often considered stubborn and defiant by teachers or labeled as having a psychological problem called Oppositional Defiant Disorder. As a consequence, these students are frequently misunderstood because they can't change their views.
These students are also awkward in their social interactions with their peers. "If someone teases or bullies them, it really impacts these kids with Autism Spectrum and becomes a huge issue for them," explained Douglas. "They may participate in that behavior themselves so that it doesn't happen to them again."
Daniels Academy works with high-functioning autism, as defined as a Level One autism in the DSM V. The staff teach through a number of ways like individual therapy or group milieu settings. Students also improve social skills by interacting with the local community. Many of these boys are actually very bright. However, this is not always discerned because they have very low self-esteem.
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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