[FEAT BC Admin]

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[Deleted User]

How did the Autism conference go? I couldn't attend the conference. Thanks

A parent

[Sabrina Freeman]

Dear FEATBC members:

As of late, there have been a large number of new chatboard participants. I'd like to welcome you all to our board and acquaint you with the FEATBC chatboard rules.

The FEAT BC Discussion Group Rules

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

1) 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" 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 “options”, please go to the THE AUTISM MAIL LIST.

The autism mail list is an open e-mail-based forum to discuss autism hosted by St. Johns University, and administered by Bob Zenhausern and Ray Kopp. It includes parents, autistic people, researchers, professionals, students, and other people interested in autism. Discussion is lively: many weeks see 500 or more postings. It is a very good forum for posing a question for which you do not know who would have the answer. To subscribe, send an email to: listserv@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU. Leave the subject line blank and in the body type SUBSCRIBE AUTISM [firstname lastname].

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

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

4) 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.

Important points to remember:

1) Although User ID is required to post messages to the FEAT BC Discussion Group, posted messages can be read BY ANYONE with access to the world wide web (this a web-based Discussion Forum). To help protect yourself from personal liability, it is important to remember the following: if you are criticizing a school, organization or group of any kind, please make sure to state that: “This is the experience I had with [the school, institution,
organization]”, rather than general, global statements about the organization.

2) If you would like to help a parent out, but need to keep the information confidential, we suggest you e-mail that parent privately. If the person included an email address with their message, you can simply click on their email address and send them a private message. If they posted anonymously, post a request to the forum asking for the person’s e-mail address.

I hope that the board will continue to be a lively place to exchange ideas.

Sincerely,

Sabrina Freeman, Ph.D.
Executive Director
FEAT BC

[Irene Cheung]

There will be a FEAT of BC sponsored workshop on November 16th, 2002 in Cloverdale. Lisa Wincz of ABCs will be speaking on "ABA and School – How to Weave It All Together". It will be open to all that are interested eg. parents, teachers, therapists, SEAs and professionals.

Mark it on your calendars now. More information to come!

[Melodie Pilloud]

Hello everyone, I have news and questions too. First the good news…. we are meeting with the ministry to fill out the forms for Ty's funding. I am so happy but confused and here is where I could use your help before I go tomorrow morning. We have the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre would like to help us by taking over and helping with getting us started. The only thing is that they say 10 hours a week is enough for Ty for therapy. Plus i guess the 30 minutes of OT and speech. Now I have been told that it would be 10 hours of ABA. But is that really enough? I do not have the money to put out for anything extra so I am worried that Ty will not get what he needs either way. So if you could please write me and give me your input on this. I want to ask all the right questions and do not want to make any choices with out the help of this group. Thank you for your time on this and as always for your help. Best wishes, Melodie (Ty's mom) m_pilloud@yahoo.ca

[Deleted User]

"Doman-Delacatto techniques to educate and treat Ned at home" This is about William Christopher that was on the tv show Mash. He has a son with autism and he educated him with those techniques at home. What is that excatly? I am considering homeschooling in the next few years. Thanks!

[Jenny Obando]

Hi to Amy and Jonathan, I am the mom of a 4 year old boy with autism. I have in the works a support group that will be starting in the next month or so. I live in Maple Ridge and would be glad to help you in any way possible.
Fell free to contact me:
divedoc@telus.net or 220-6897
Jenny ( Tristen's mom)

[Deleted User]

Thanks for the replies…..
we live in Maple Ridge and although we have been told about a support, we havent attended one yet.
We are looking into behaviour therapy, and also in finding a wonderful support worker/respite should we post in classified?
thanks
The C's

[Deleted User]

Hello,
I am a new person to f.e.a.t, I have a variety of experience in working with developmentally delayed individuals including autism, I am curious to know what exactly a line and senior therapist duties would include ie. what their role would be w/ the child and family?
thank you for any replies recieved and I am glad to become part of this organization

[Claire Spencer]

Oops – sorry for the duplicate postings. The first has an error in the links – please disregard.

Trevor's Mom, Claire (over, and over again…)

[Claire Spencer]

Hi. This isn't ABA related, but thought you might be interested to know about. It is from a Nancale (Unlocking Autism) email.

On Monday, September 30, on public radio, WHYY FM 91.0, (also broadcast live on the Internet at
http://www.whyy.org/91FM/live.html and available later in the archives of http://www.whyy.org/91FM/Voices.html)Dr. Dan
Gottlieb, the host of "Voices in the Family," presents a special program on Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Autism.
Guests include:

Susan Levy, M.D., the Director of the Regional Autism Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Stanley Greenspan, M.D., child psychiatrist, well-known author, and spokesperson for the "Floortime" method.

Stephen Shore, the author of Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, and

Robert Naseef, Ph.D., psychologist, author, and parent.

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