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North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

Supporting our children in school:
the law, the IEP, and the advocacy
by
Mike Hancock
and
Harmony House
at
7:00pm, Sept 15
in the North Building of the
Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver

We are very pleased to have the following guest speakers at our upcoming session:

1. Mike Hancock: Mike is a parent of a child with autism, and a former in-house counsel for the Vancouver School Board. He has also previously worked in private practice with a focus on education law. He will review our children's right under the School Act.

2. Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam and Michele Shilvock: Bohdanna and Michele are behavior consultants with extensive experience in the school setting. They will review the art of writing an IEP.

This is a great opportunity for anyone with a school-aged child, or with a child coming up to school age, to learn and ask questions about how to work at integrating your home-based ABA programme into the school system.

DATE: Tuesday, Sept 15, 2009
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
LOCATION: Delbrook Recreation Centre, North Building (600 West Queens Road, North Vancouver)

For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.

Coffee/Tea and snacks provided. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group)

[Super Dad]

We’re back!

North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

Supporting our children in school:
the law, the IEP, and the advocacy
by
Mike Hancock
and
Harmony House
at
7:00pm, Sept 15
in the North Building of the
Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver

We are very pleased to have the following guest speakers at our upcoming session:

1. Mike Hancock: Mike is a parent of a child with autism, and a former in-house counsel for the Vancouver School Board. He has also previously worked in private practice with a focus on education law. He will review our children's right under the School Act.

2. Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam and Michele Shilvock: Bohdanna and Michele are behavior consultants with extensive experience in the school setting. They will review the art of writing an IEP.

This is a great opportunity for anyone with a school-aged child, or with a child coming up to school age, to learn and ask questions about how to work at integrating your home-based ABA programme into the school system.

DATE: Tuesday, Sept 15, 2009
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
LOCATION: Delbrook Recreation Centre, North Building (600 West Queens Road, North Vancouver)

For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.

Coffee/Tea and snacks provided. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group)

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Hello everyone,

Would you please recommend an optometrist who is good with our kids? Thanks in advance.

Tony
tony.tamer@yahoo.com

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SCAM ALERT

No I'm not talking about RDI or brainwave biofeedback.

This was posted on the ASBC chat board this morning:

"I just recieved a phone call from a woman who says there is someone phoning around and asking for donations to the Autism Society. This has nothing to do with us…we do not solicit donations. Please be advised."

Tony

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Volunteer Available for the Summer

I know a young (highschool) woman who is super smart (in an elite academic program) and is looking for volunteer work for the summer (and possibly beyond). She has previously volunteered for "Medicare for Autism Now", but she is more keen on working with our kids. She is a very talented singer and pianist. Please email:
valenciaoranges@hotmail.com

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It's not just a different country; it's a different world…

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http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431667002

Michigan Class Action Settlement on Autism Treatment Hailed as Landmark Case

Tresa Baldas
06-23-2009

In what plaintiffs lawyers are calling a landmark autism case, a Michigan insurance company has agreed to reimburse at least 100 families for costs involving treatments for their autistic children.

The $1 million class action settlement from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan comes amid a legislative wave in which a growing number of a states are passing laws that require insurance companies to pay for autism treatments and screenings. To date, 13 states have such laws, the most recent being Connecticut, Colorado and Nevada. New Jersey is currently considering an autism bill, and Pennsylvania's law goes into effect July 1.

The June 17 Michigan settlement, meanwhile, has autism advocates hopeful that insurance companies will stop claiming that behavioral therapy for autistic children is experimental, and start paying for it.

"It is a significant victory for the families, obviously, and it marks a trend, hopefully, that insurance companies will start to look at autism treatment differently," said Areva Martin, an attorney at Los Angeles-based Martin & Martin who is currently handling about 30 autism cases. She believes the labeling of autism treatments as experimental is "absurd."

"It's a neurological condition similar to a patient that has a stroke," Martin said.

In the case, Johns v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, filed in the Eastern District of Michigan, the family of an autistic child sued Blue Cross for allegedly failing to acknowledge that a treatment known as applied behavioral analysis is scientifically valid. ABA therapy attempts to change behavior through positive and negative reinforcements.

In the suit, the plaintiffs alleged that Blue Cross' pattern and practice of characterizing ABA as "experimental" was arbitrary, capricious, illegal and contradicted by many years of scientific validation.

Blue Cross sought dismissal of the case, but a judge permitted it to go forward.

The case settled shortly after plaintiffs counsel obtained a court order requiring Blue Cross to produce documents that validated the effectiveness of ABA. Among the documents obtained was a draft of a 2005 Blue Cross Blue Shield medical policy, which stated: "Applied behavioral analysis (ABA) is currently the most thoroughly researched treatment modality for early intervention approaches to autism spectrum disorders and is the standard of care recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, National Academy of Sciences Committee and the Association for Science in Autism Treatment, among others."

Blue Cross' documents also stated: "The earlier the disorder is diagnosed, the sooner the child can be helped through treatment interventions."

"I think we had 'em. Their files were so damming," said Gerard V. Mantese, of Troy, Mich.'s Mantese & Rossman, one of two lawyers who represented the plaintiffs. "We kept hearing from Blue Cross that this is experimental, we've researched it. So when we sent our discovery requests saying, 'Show us what you have,' their file looked almost like my file. It had paper after paper supporting ABA therapy."

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North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group would like to thank the following people who have so graciously donated presentations for the 2008/2009 series:

Sept 2008:
Mike Hancock and Judy Anderson – School is NOW in Session: A presentation on supporting our children in school

Oct 2008:
Dr. Todd Mason – Aspergers and Anxiety – what every family wants their teacher to know

Nov 2008:
Bev Sharpe and Laurie Guerra – Surviving the Marathon – enduring the hardship and collecting the rewards

Dec 2008:
Jean Lewis – From an experienced parent: starting up, maintaining, and generalizing an ABA home program

Jan 2009:
Pat Tesan – When the Parents are Gone: preparing for the day we hand over the disabled child

Feb 2009:
Dr. Glen Davies – Autism FAQs

Mar 2009:
Dr. Sara White – Long Term Goal Planning: What Is It and Why Bother?

Mar 2009 special presentation:
Doug Querns – Autism and Income Tax

Apr 2009:
Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam and Michele Shilvock – Social Strategies and Inclusive Environments in School

May 2009:
Nathan Searle and Theresa Tournemille – Using ABA to train your ABA team

June 2009:
Katie Allen – Leaping Over Quicksand: common pitfalls in starting up, maintaining, and generalizing an ABA home program

We are taking a summer break in July and August, and we will see you again in September. Meanwhile, if anyone wants to talk, please send us an email:
tony.tamer@yahoo.com
colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Together we will slay your giant!

Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group)

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REMINDER

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

Leaping Over Quicksand:
common pitfalls in starting up, maintaining, and generalizing
an ABA home program
by
Katie Allen, BCBA
at
7:00pm, June 16
in the North Building of the
Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver

We are very pleased to have Katie Allen from the ABLE Development Clinic as our guest speaker.

In this presentation, Katie will talk about:
* understanding what type of ABA program you're running;
* how to know what to expect from your involvement and outcomes, including common roadblocks;
* how data collection and functional analysis can help prevent some of the most common pitfalls;
* practicing true evidence-based intervention as opposed to just running ABA procedures.

DATE: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Delbrook Recreation Centre, North Building (600 West Queens Road, North Vancouver)

For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.

Coffee/Tea and snacks provided. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Together we will slay your giant!

Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group)

[Super Dad]

REMINDER

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

Leaping Over Quicksand:
common pitfalls in starting up, maintaining, and generalizing
an ABA home program
by
Katie Allen, BCBA
at
7:00pm, June 16
in the North Building of the
Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver

We are very pleased to have Katie Allen from the ABLE Development Clinic as our guest speaker.

In this presentation, Katie will talk about:
* understanding what type of ABA program you're running;
* how to know what to expect from your involvement and outcomes, including common roadblocks;
* how data collection and functional analysis can help prevent some of the most common pitfalls;
* practicing true evidence-based intervention as opposed to just running ABA procedures.

DATE: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Delbrook Recreation Centre, North Building (600 West Queens Road, North Vancouver)

For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.

Coffee/Tea and snacks provided. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Together we will slay your giant!

Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group)

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CONSULTANT AVAILABLE

Hoa Chan (BCBA) is now accepting new clients 0 to 8 years of age.

http://www.tinytalkers.com/

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