CT FEAT Newsletter, IN THIS ISSUE: Volume 1, Number 1
Note: The content of this newsletter is, unless otherwise indicated, the property of Connecticut Families for Effective Autism Treatment, Inc. (CT FEAT) and is copyright protected. It may be used only with attribution. Copyright © 1998, CT FEAT, Inc.
You 're invited to CT FEAT'S. . .Parent Support Group
Guest Speaker Shares Key Ingredients for
Successful School ABA Program
Guest Speaker Shares Key Ingredients for
Successful School ABA Program
William White, M.Ed., C.A.G.S., a Middletown school psychologist and the case manager for their ABA program will be the speaker at the January support group.
Parents will learn first-hand what steps a public school system can take to establish and maintain an ABA program, including how to work effectively with an outside consultant.
"We've given great consideration to the parent's role in creating our ABA program," says White, who will share his experience in building a healthy relationship between parents and the school. He will also give tips on balancing ABA with family life. Sunday, January 18, 1998, Rocky Hill Congregational Church 805 Old Main Street Rocky Hill, CT 1:30 Newcomers' Presentation 2:00 - 2:15 Gathering/Refreshments 2:15 - 3:30 Speaker: William White CT FEAT Support Group Meetings are for parents and family members of children with Autistic Spectrum
Help for Finicky Eaters
Guide on Treatment of Food Selectivity Available
An easy-to-follow outline on the treatment of food selectivity is available in a paper by Len Levin, Ph.D., and Director of Support Services for Alpine Learning Group, a nonprofit education and treatment program serving individuals with Autism in River Edge, New Jersey.
Levin presented his paper on October 17 in Fort Lauderdale at the Practical Issues in Autism Conference. The method is especially designed to be followed with an ABA program.
To receive a copy, call the Alpine Learning Group at (201) 261-4555 or E-mail them at
algdss@aol.com and ask for: Food Selectivity in Children with Autism by Len Levin, Ph.D.
New Legal Decision at CT FEAT Web Site
The United States District Court in New York has rendered another decision favoring parents seeking an intensive ABA program for their child. In the case of Mr. X v. New York State Education Department et al. (96 Civ. 7059, Sept. 4, 1997, Judge Constance Baker Motley) the judge agreed with the parents that a 40 hour in-home ABA program, supplemented with preschool classes with non-disabled children, was "less restrictive" than the school system's proposed placement in a segregated school where the child would purportedly receive 25 hours of ABA instruction.
If you would like to read the full text of this decision, visit CT FEAT'S web site at www.ctfeat.org The site also contains some other important New York cases, as well as all three of the Connecticut due process decisions pertaining to the ABA issue.