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This site is dedicated to families of children throughout the world struggling daily, to do the best they can, with what they have, where they are. We wish to acknowledge the courage of all the kids out there who do their best, on a daily basis, carrying baggage we can never fully understand, in the form of a syndrome called Autism. The Verbal Behavior Institute (VBI) was created by working with some of the best and the brightest in the field of Verbal Behavior method of Applied Behavior Analysis. more | |
At VBI we ask: What function does the behavior Serve? Different questions, leads to different outcomes. |
| Autism Special Interest Group
The Voting Deadline is August 15th, 2008
Hello Members! As you know we have invited the membership to submit nominees for the position of President -Elect. The two candidates are Lori Bechner and Terrence Blackwell. They were asked to submit a statement of interest that outlines their motivation for becoming President-Elect, their experiences, and their intended goals for the Autism SIG. You will find these statements here: more >> |
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 | The Disgrace of Early Intervention for children with Autism in New Jersey
AN OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS
Early Intervention Services available to parents of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders in the State of New Jersey, through the laughable “system of care” known as EI is an insult. This letter outlines challenges with the system, and represents personal experience, as a parent, an educator and as CEO of an Early Intervention program operating in N.Y. State. >> more
| | For parents of children with Autistic Spectrum disorder, life is very very hard. There is a recent move afoot – based largely out of our home county, to justify taking children from public school settings and shipping them miles away from their homes to obtain “segregated education” in settings that are specifically and exclusively for children with Autism. There are several major challenges with this idea, not the least of which is removing these children from the very home towns they live in to be educated; but also the fact that there is no research based evidence to support this extremely expensive and misguided effort to reverse 40+ years of educational administration policy.
Years ago, in New York State the OMRDD, an agency which deal with persons with developmental disabilities had a great slogan, “right at home, right in our neighborhood”. This most recent development, cited in the following Wall St. Journal article of all places, presents a rosy picture of parental demands cultivated to obtain separate, self contained, non-inclusionary education for children with ASD. The idea of “generalization” of skills into a community of typically developing children and peers is not addressed, nor is the fact that at the age of 21; educational services end for these children, who may or may not be better off for their time spent away from their homes. At that point; caretakers are older, kids are bigger and so are the problems. The real challenge will be that since these kids were “shipped out” as is a very standard practice for many school districts in NJ; these children will come back home to a town of peers who barely know them. Tolerance for maladaptive behavior and support for integration into society will be lost; as the kids they grew up with – well, they did but they didn’t because they had to get on a bus and travel far away from home to get educated. Sad stuff. Here is the article…>>more
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| | | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT:
We provide Competency based training to develop in-house expertise on a small group or 1:1 supervision basis. Hands on oversight in the implementation of "best practices" Applied Behavior Analysis –Verbal Behavior protocols. Mentorship and Supervision of BCBA and BCaBA candidates available on a limited basis.
FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT:
As required by the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - assessment of the function of maladaptive behavior, to provide basis for development.
BEHAVIOR PLANS:
For parents with a child on medication for "behavior control" it is ESSENTIAL that less invasive techniques be reviewed PRIOR to using medication which unfortunately is accompanied with many negative side effects. A functional assessment is a must if there are controlled substances being used for behavior control.
HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED ABA INTERVENTIONS:
Direct care staff, supervised by Board Certified Behavior Analysts as an active part of the treatment team, working in the home environment on behavioral solutions to educational programs as requested or required.
FOR A CONSULTATION - call Cheryl AT (732)-672-3473, or e-mail us at info@verbalbehaviorinstitute.com.
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