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And limiting screen time as much as you can.” Elle AND ADAPTING ADAPTING AND Scanlan, Board Certified Behavior Analyst with 19 Cornerstone added: “Ac- tivities that stimulate the senses can be useful – weighted blankets, lis- tening to music, playing with sensory toys and Top right, Layden Vaughn meets one of his favorite Disney heroines, Elsa. | Top center, Layden was close to several staff members at Cornerstone: from left, Brandon gross-motor movement.” Puszkiewicz, center manager; Elle Scanlan (MA, BCBA); and Mallory Kingery (MA, BCBA and clinical director. | Top right, Santa Claus gave Layden a book for Christmas ROUTINE IN CHANGES TO in 2016. | Bottom left, Layden and his aunt Morgan dressed up for Halloween. | Bottom center, Layden’s family celebrated his graduation. From left, Erich Vaughn COVID- (dad), Rachelle (mom) and Cooper, 9 (brother). | Bottom right, Amy Acton, an ABA therapist who worked with Layden. (Submitted photos) Perseverance & pride Cornerstone Autism Center helps 10-year-old achieve success in developing life skills By Nancy Price wide early intervention system that serves ues to increase his language all the time. He with less distress than when he started.” Layden Vaughn is a typical 10-year-old children with developmental disabilities. can write his name and is learning how to “I’d say the most impactful thing that in many ways. He enjoys all things Dis- “(The staff) would all tell me that they -be read and spell! Also, when he started at Cor- Layden does now that I wasn’t sure he’d ever ney, SpongeBob cards, music, painting in lieved he had Sensory Processing Disorder, nerstone, Layden had a very difficult time -at do is interact with his brother,” Rachelle class at Mary Bryan Elementary School but autism was never mentioned,” she said. tending to tasks or activities longer than a added. “Its amazing to see their relation- and beatboxing. “Then at his case conference when he turned minute. He now sits for long periods of time ship now compared to where it was. Also, I He’s also close with his younger brother, 3, they told me they were diagnosing him in his classroom!” will never forget the first time Layden said, Cooper, 9. Yet his mother, Rachelle feared with autism and referred us to Riley Hospi- Elle Scanlan, Board Certified Behavior An- ‘I love you, mom.’ It was an extreme- that would never happen nine years ago. tal for Children.” alyst with Cornerstone, worked closely ly emotional experience and I Around the time Layden turned 1, Rach- Specialists at Riley explained the impor- with Layden and noted vast improve- just wanted him to keep say- elle noticed that he was slightly regressing in tance of early intervention and ABA (ap- ments, including his communica- ing it over and over and over some developmental areas.