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Providing hope and opportunity to individuals with autism, intellectual disabilities or behavioral health challenges is the mission of the Barber National Institute. We offer a range of education, job training, residential and behavioral health services to more than 5,400 children, adults, and their families from our main campus in Erie, PA, and in Northwestern Pennsylvania, Central Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia regions, as well as training and development to professionals around the world.

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Effective Instruction for Children with Autism: An Applied Behavior Analytic Approach- 2nd Edition
By Jennifer Musolff, Ed.D, BCBA
Available for purchase, this second edition includes more recent resources and references and additional information about changes in the field over the past 16 years since the book’s first publication
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