News: Army Adopts Routine-Based Interviews to Supplement Early Intervention

Dr. Robin McWilliam of the Siskin Children's Institute in Tennessee has partnered with the Army to promote his early intervention methods for children with autism and other developmental disabilities, for example Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). McWilliam is training the Army's early interventionists in the use of routine-based interventions in developing home-based therapies for families. "I'm training Army people to go into the home, working toward empowering the parent to be the interventionist," Dr. McWilliam said. Routine-based interviews help families feel empowered in their child's treatment and helps them reintroduce a formerly deployed member back into the special-needs family.

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