Video | March 6, 2024The Importance of Differential Diagnosis in Autism: One Size Doesn’t Fit All Dr. Doreen Samelson and Dr. Stephen Kanne discuss the impact of inaccurate diagnoses on high autism rates and emphasize the importance of differential diagnosis for better ASD care. Watch video
Article | December 13, 20235 Reasons Providers Choose to Partner with Catalight Care Services For behavioral health providers, it can be tough juggling the never-ending list of things to do. In between paperwork and staffing challenges, providers have to keep up with changing regulations and the latest treatment approaches. While managing these important aspects of business is important, it takes away valuable time that could be spent supporting clients … Read article
Video | December 12, 2023Outcomes, Not Hours: One Size Does Not Fit All Dr. Lindsey Sneed and Kathleen Simcoe talk about the importance of care quality for children with autism and family wellbeing over the quantity of treatment hours. Watch video
Article | December 8, 2023Introducing the Catalight Language Guidelines Words are important. In telling a person’s story, we want to make sure that person’s preference on how they’re portrayed is upheld. It’s necessary, however, to have a baseline direction for language use for articles, copywriting, news, presentations, social media and other forms of communication. As such, we’ve developed the Catalight Language Guidelines to serve … Read article
Article | October 23, 2023Highlights from the First Session of Catalight’s Three-Part Webinar Series “Flexible Treatment Options: One Size Doesn’t Fit All” Care options for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DDs) have expanded in recent years. The expansion is driven by a variety of factors: policy focused on equal care and coverage, a deeper understanding of ASD and I/DDs, changing expectations of clients and their families and the emerging focus … Read article
Article | October 12, 2023Equity in Behavioral Health Health equity means everyone has an equal chance to be healthy. Catalight addresses ASD and I/DD barriers with flexible care, telehealth, and personalized support to improve access and outcomes. Read article
Article | May 23, 2023Catalight on the World Stage For the first time since 2019, the world’s premier autism research conference was back in person, this year in Stockholm, and I attended with my colleagues Dr. Linsey Sneed and our CEO Susan Armiger. We were reminded of how important it is – both for us as researchers and clinicians and for Catalight as a … Read article
Article | May 23, 2023One Size Doesn’t Fit All A diverse array of needs requires new thinking and new treatment options to better support people with developmental disabilities. Given the expanding autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis and the introduction of parity laws to better support people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DDs), we are seeing a wide range of needs and an opportunity to … Read article
Article | April 24, 2023Paraprofessional-Mediated ABA: Do Hours Matter Anyway? Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is an evidence-based intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). With the rates of ASD continuing to rise (Maenner et al., 2023) and all 50 states requiring behavioral health treatment for people with ASD (Straub et al., 2022) the demand for evidence-based intervention options for families continues to rise, … Read article
Article,In the news | April 11, 2023The Importance of Telediagnostics in ASD Diagnosis and Treatment The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant challenges and opportunities for psychologists conducting diagnostic evaluations for people with suspected autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While there had been research on telediagnostics for ASD, at the start of the pandemic these procedures had not been widely applied or accepted as valid means of diagnostic practice. Read News
