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Ivymount School launches Project Search with the NIH Clinical Center
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Ivymount School launches Project Search with the NIH Clinical Center Ivymount School will place twelve students, in their last year at Ivymount, at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda. Ivymount School is the first non-public school which serves multi-jurisdictions to become a Project Search replication site. Project Search was originally established in 1996 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital... more info


1. Your three-year-old has tantrums that can be very violent—
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he throws himself on the floor and even bangs his head sometimes. He always seems to do it at home – never at preschool. Is this a Big Problem or a Little Problem? ***Click here for quiz answers*** 2. Your 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter talks all the time but the only one who can understand what she’s saying is you. Is this a Big Problem or a Little Problem? 3. Your little boy is a... more info


3. Your little boy is a “bull in a china shop.”
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He crashes into walls, walks over toys, hugs his friends too tightly and pushes them to say hello. Is this a Big Problem or a Little Problem? ***Click here for quiz answers*** 1. Your three-year-old has tantrums that can be very violent—he throws himself on the floor and even bangs his head sometimes. He always seems to do it at home – never at preschool. Is this a Big Problem or a Little... more info


Ivymount continues partnership with George Mason University
Multiple Learning Needs Program, The Autism Program, The Model Asperger Program, Outreach Programs
The Ivymount School is excited to continue its partnership with George Mason University offering two cohort certificate programs in Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism Education that the school will sponsor in partnership with George Mason University. Classes will be taught at Ivymount starting Fall 2010. The Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Certificate Program provides professional... more info


5. Your little boy has normally developing
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language and speaks fine at home but does not talk at school. Is this a big problem or a little problem? ***Click here for quiz answers*** 1. Your three-year-old has tantrums that can be very violent—he throws himself on the floor and even bangs his head sometimes. He always seems to do it at home – never at preschool. Is this a Big Problem or a Little Problem? 2. Your... more info


7. Your little girl has a fit when she finds she can’t
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wear her favorite outfit to school, screams as if she’s being hit when you try to put on new socks with a ridge in the toe and falls to the floor in a heap when she finds that another child at school is already playing with her favorite toy. Is this a Big problem or a Little Problem? ***Click here for quiz answers*** 1. Your three-year-old has tantrums that can be very violent—he throws... more info