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CARES Summer Camp is part of the Clinic for Autism Research, Evaluation, and Support (CARES) and offers leisure skills training through a summer camp format. The broader CARES program includes diagnostic assessment and evaluation, clinic and home based educational programs founded in applied behavior analysis (ABA), social skills groups, job-coaching, functional behavior assessments, behavior intervention planning, consultations, and leisure skills training through summer camp.
The mission of the special education program connected with CARES is to prepare educators and specialists who apply current, evidence-based practices in special education for the purpose of preparing individuals with disabilities to live independent, responsible and personally satisfying lives in a diverse, global society. CARES is a part of the special education and school psychology graduate programs at Texas State University, and related to its service and training components are various research projects related to diagnostics, special education strategies, applied behavior analysis applications, and motor learning. School Psychology faculty and students conduct the diagnostics; Special Education faculty and students provide the educational services; and Exercise Sports Science faculty with psychology and other students supervise activity in the summer camp.
Last updated January 25, 2026.
The mission of the special education program connected with CARES is to prepare educators and specialists who apply current, evidence-based practices in special education for the purpose of preparing individuals with disabilities to live independent, responsible and personally satisfying lives in a diverse, global society. CARES is a part of the special education and school psychology graduate programs at Texas State University, and related to its service and training components are various research projects related to diagnostics, special education strategies, applied behavior analysis applications, and motor learning. School Psychology faculty and students conduct the diagnostics; Special Education faculty and students provide the educational services; and Exercise Sports Science faculty with psychology and other students supervise activity in the summer camp.
Last updated January 25, 2026.
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