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The Waisman Early Childhood Program’s (WECP) longest serving teacher, Lisa Marie Carilli-McCord, officially retired at the end of October.
Barriers to accessing inclusive healthcare for autistic adults
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was one of the first sites to be selected to have an IDDRC and UCEDD because of the urging of Harry Waisman, MD, PhD, a prominent researcher physician, for whom the Waisman Center is named.
Around 1986, there was a paradigm shift across the country to bring individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) out of institutions and inclusively integrate them into the community.
Title: Presence, Proximity, and Peer Interactions of Adolescents with Severe Disabilities in General Education Classrooms Legend: Percentage of students with severe disabilities who are present in the general education classroom and in proximity to peers without severe disabilities by percentage of elapsed time in the class period. Citation: Feldman, R.L., Carter, E.W., Brock, M.E., & …
A positive emotional climate at home and inclusive educational experiences while at school can have long-lasting beneficial effects for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a recent study by researchers at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Massachusetts. As children with ASD transition to adulthood many of …
Title: Classroom observations of social interactions between high school students with significant disabilities and their general education peers Legend: The average rate (number) of interactions per hour for focus students with significant disabilities with any general education classmate across peer support and comparison groups during pre (no intervention for both groups) and post (peer support intervention; …
The Waisman Early Childhood Program (WECP) is a laboratory preschool administered by the Waisman Center.
