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OUR APPROACH

We believe that simply telling busy teachers, parents, and professionals what they should be doing is not enough. Within each topic, we provide the hands-on resources needed to implement our suggestions. If we explain how to devise a visual communication system using picture cards, we provide a small sample of free cards to get you started. A larger range of cards are available freely from google images. When we present the Teacher Toolbox on how to adapt a classroom for children with special needs, we provide resources for behavior management plans, literacy tools, and the materials to create everything in your classroom.

For social issues we offer several programs targeting different ages or disability levels, Faceland and Feelings games for more basic understanding and Social Skills Toolbox, Social Emotional Skills, Emotional Color Wheel, and Feelings Journal for more advanced skills. Songs and games target younger children while there are hundreds of pages for teachers, caregivers and professionals to use in their classes or clinics (JobTIPS, Autism Handouts, New Teacher Handbook, Resources for Adults). For professionals diagnosing autism we offer short videos displaying each of the behaviors mentioned in textbooks and guides for hard to find training on topics like informing parents and different treatment option videos (DiagnoseFIRST).

Do2Learn began in 1996 through a National Institutes of Health grant and was funded through the years to develop the resources we offer you from Do2Learn. Many of these resources were tested in controlled studies (publications available at PubMed).

Our approach has been to use expert guidance to create innovative and usable solutions. Our teams search for the most talented and creative professionals across the world and our technical experts work to transfer their knowledge into formats that we can make available to you.

Examples include Emory University GoFar program for behavior modification, the University of North Carolina TEACCH Center for the Picture Cards communication guidance, and a dozen university Autism centers around the world for the DiagnoseFIRST Autism assessment training program.

We hope you find these resources helpful and pass on our link to others.

RESEARCH

Research available elsewhere:

Strickland, D. C., Schulte, A. C., & Welterlin, A. (2020). Video-based training in recognizing exemplars of autism spectrum disorder diagnostic criteria. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 14(4), 257–264. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000285

Coles, C. D., Kable, J. A., Taddeo, E., & Strickland, D. (2018). GoFAR: improving attention, behavior and adaptive functioning in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Brief report. Dev Neurorehabil, 21(5), 345-349. doi:10.1080/17518423.2018.1424263

Kable, J. A., Taddeo, E., Strickland, D., & Coles, C. D. (2016). Improving FASD Children's Self-Regulation: Piloting Phase 1 of the GoFAR Intervention. Child Fam Behav Ther, 38(2), 124-141. doi:10.1080/07317107.2016.1172880

Coles, C. D., Kable, J. A., Taddeo, E., & Strickland, D. C. (2015). A metacognitive strategy for reducing disruptive behavior in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: GoFAR pilot. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 39(11), 2224-2233. doi:10.1111/acer.12885

Kable, J. A., Taddeo, E., Strickland, D., & Coles, C. D. (2015). Community translation of the Math Interactive Learning Experience Program for children with FASD. Res Dev Disabil, 39, 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2014.12.031

Strickland, D. C., Coles, C. D. & Southern, L. B. (2013) JobTIPS: a Transition to Employment Program for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-013-1800-4#page-1.

Strickland, D., Patel, A., Stovall, C., Palmer, D. & McAllister, D. (1994). Self tracking of human motion for virtual reality systems, SPIE Proceedings on Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems, Bellington, WA: SPIE Press.

Strickland, D., Marcus, L., Hogan, K., Mesibov, G., and McAllister, D. (1995). Using virtual reality as a learning aid for autistic children. Proceedings of the Autisme France 3rd International Conference on Computers and Autism.

Strickland, D., Marcus, L., Mesibov, G, and Hogan, K. (1996). Brief report: Two case studies using virtual reality as a learning tool for autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 26(6), 651-660.

Strickland, D. (1996). A virtual reality application with autistic children. PRESENCE: 5(2).

Strickland, D. (1996). Creating virtual worlds to help children with special needs. California State University, Northridge Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, Los Angeles, March 19-23.

Strickland, D. & Chartier, D. (1997). EEG measurements in a virtual reality headset, Presence, 56 (5), 581-590.

Strickland, D., Hodges, L., North, M., & Weghorst, S. (1997). Overcoming phobias by virtual exposure. Communications of the ACM, 40(8), 34-39.

Brandt, G., Strickland, D., Hodges, L. & Hoffman, H. (1998). Virtual potential. SIGGRAPH Proceedings, ACM Publications.

Strickland, D. (1998). Learning aids for virtual settings. In R. Guisseppe (Ed.), Virtual Reality Applications. Rome: IOS Press.

Rizzo, S., Strickland, D., Hodges, L., Hoffman, H. & Watson, J. (2000). The healing powers of virtual reality. Conference Abstracts and Applications, SIGGRAPH 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Evans, C., Osborne, S., & Strickland, D. (2001). Computer learning game efficacy for children with autism/poster. Council for Exceptional Children Conference Proceedings, Kansas City, April 18-21.

Strickland, D. (2001). Learning games for special children, USC Annenberg Center Entertainment in the Interactive Age Proceedings.

Padgett, L, Strickland, D, Coles, C. (2003) Virtual reality safety games for children diagnosed with FAS/pFAS, Research Society on Alcoholism Conference Proceedings.

Strickland, D. (2004). Video enhanced virtual reality for teaching restaurant social skills to children with autism/Poster, Cybertherapy Conference Proceedings.

Rizzo, A. A., Strickland, D. & Bouchard, S. (2004). The Challenge of Using Virtual Environments in Telerehabilitation. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 10(2), 184-195.

Padgett, L., Strickland, D, Coles, C. (2006). Case study: Using a virtual reality computer game to teach fire safety skills to children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31(1):65-70.

Coles, Claire D., Strickland, Dorothy C., Padgett, Lynne, % Bellmott, Lynnae (2006). Games that “work”: Using computer games to teach alcohol-affected children about fire and street safety. Research in Developmental Disabilities. Volume 28, Issue 5, October-November 2007, Pages 518-530. Available online 11 September.

Strickland, Dorothy C., McAllister, David, Coles, Claire, Osborne, Susan (2007). An evolution of virtual reality training designs for children with autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Topics in Language Disorders. Virtual Reality: Exploring New Dimensions for Conversation, Language, and Learning. 27(3):226-241, July/September.

Stranger, Donna and Strickland, Dorothy (2009). FACELAND: Recognizing Facial Expressions of Emotion. Closing the Gap, Bloomington, MN.

Strickland, Dorothy (2009). Serious Games and Teacher Resources for Social, Behavior and Life Skills. Closing the Gap, Bloomington, MN.

Stanger, Donna and Strickland, Dorothy (2010). FACELAND: Recognizing Facial Expressions of Emotion, Stanger, ATIA National Conference, Orlando, FL.

Strickland, Dorothy (2010). Customizing Resources for Social Cues: Do2Learn Programs for Teaching Appropriate Behavior and Social Interactions, ATIA National Conference, Orlando, FL

Southern, Louise, Naftel, Signe, Strickland, Dorothy, Mohipp, Charmaine, Mesibov, Gary and Coles, Clare (2011). POSTER JobTIPS: A job skill intervention, Applied Behavior Analysis International Autism Conference, January, DC.

Strickland, D. & Southern, L. (2011). JobTIPS, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Meeting, April 11, DC.

Strickland, D. and Southern, L. (2011). JobTIPS: A web-based intervention to address job skill deficits, Autism Society of America Conference, coming Summer 2011.