[FEAT BC Admin]

In this discussion area, please feel free to share your experience in implementing A.B.A. programs in the school system. We would particularly like to hear from those parents who converted their school teams to A.B.A. We’d like to hear the nightmares as well as the success stories.

Any insight that can be shared by school-based special education assistants to help parents would also be very meaningful.

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[Janet Toye]

Dave Collyer,

Thank you for speaking up for ALL of our children!

[Bev Sharpe]

Recent posts have not been in accordance with the FEAT BC Discussion Group Rules.

To be a member in good standing, please respect the following:

1) Be courteous to each other. We ask you to refrain from abusive language, insults and profanity (swearing).

2) Personal attacks are not permissible in the FEAT BC Discussion Group. We respect all opinions even if we disagree with them.

3) Professionals such as lawyers, autism consultants, advocates, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists etc., are not allowed to advertise directly or indirectly using their professional designation or business contact information on this website. Existing autism therapists advising of their capacity to add families or those seeking employment as therapists i.e., paraprofessionals, are the only exceptions to this rule. The Board Administrator of the FEAT of BC discussion forum will make the final determination.

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5) This is NOT a confidential discussion forum. Responsibility for posts to the FEAT BC Discussion Group lies entirely with the author who posted the original message.

6) The FEAT BC Discussion Group has been designed to discuss any topic relevant to home-based A.B.A. programs (including Government funding and school issues). When we use the term A.B.A., we mean discrete-trial-based interventions, also referred to as "Applied Behaviour Analysis" or "Lovaas-type" Intensive Behavioural Treatment for autism and related disorders. This is not an appropriate forum to discuss the latest, unscientific 'cure of the day.' If you would like to discuss alternative autism treatment options, please use the discussion forum hosted by the Autism Society of B.C, at http://www.autismbc.ca, or the THE AUTISM MAIL LIST

[Lis Louwrier]

I have to say I am with Dave. This string is offensive. One has nothing to do with the other. This is exactly the sort of thing which does not help our kids get their needs met and moreover hurt other people in our community who need our support.

On a different note, I have been doing ABA for a long time but we need to work together with other groups if our children's future is to be secure. I have been to parts of the US where parents of children with disabilities band together to get their needs met even if their interventions are different. Let's accept that people may or may not choose to embark on an ABA program for many reasons. I am not going to stop ABA for my kid but if my neighbour down the road feels another intervention works for her kid, it should not preclude us from working together. Ultimately we need to advocate for better trained assistants in the classroom, educated teachers who are not quick to throw their arms up in the air and ABA assistants for families such as ours who have chosen a proven method for their kids. These kids grow up very quickly and they need options and for most of us, private school may not be affordable or an option.

[Ducky Piyo]

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[David Bridges]

This latest string is frankly offensive – and has nothing to do with autism treatment.

Moderators, please!

[Ducky Piyo]

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[Dave Collyer]

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[Joanna Ng]

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[Dave Collyer]

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[Joanna Ng]

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