AutismOregon.org

Some time ago, the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), changed requirements for Associate Behavior Analysts (BCABA). It required them to have supervision by a full Behavior Analyst (BCBA). This is why I dropped my certification after paying $6000 and spending a year and a half getting certified.

The World Center for Behavior Analysis (WCBA), a subsidary of the Behavior Analyst Online (BAO), is now developing into a full membership organization. In addition, the WCBA has developed a certification in behavioral consultation and behavior therapy. The exam is currently in the process of being validated and its reliability assessed. The certification is Behavior Analysis Mastery Certificatification: Behavior Consultion and Clinical Behavior Therapy.

If you are interested in this certification - please go to http://www.baojournal.com/WCBA/WCBA.html

A Hope For Autism Foundation has had the opportunity to help a family in need of services. It has been our passion to provide quality evidenced based services to families for many years, and it has finally happened. Please visit our website, http://ahopeforautism.org for further details. We look forward to serving many more families.

Another find from Regina. You can click here:

http://pspb.org/live/autism/

To find many videos and audio recordings of workshop speakers from last year. This year the conference will run from July 30-August 3 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, Pennsylvania. More than likely videos will be available again (hopefully).

Regina came across some great videos that are available for free on http://childnett.tv. This website was created from Dan Marino's Foundation and you can tell it has some time, energy, and money behind it.

This link is a short workshop by Dr. Vince Carbone:
http://www.childnett.tv/videos/lectures/vincent_carbone_verbal_behavior

This is one on how to select ABA service providers:
http://www.childnett.tv/videos/lectures/jerry_evans_selecting_aba_servic...

Story. A very concise article and sound podcast on NPR depicting the effectiveness yet reluctance by insurance companies to cover applied behavior analysis (ABA).

The family sued the state to cover ABA under insurance.

But despite the potential of the treatment, the insurance company said they would not cover the costs.

They won - twice:

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Organization for Autism Research has several free autism guides online:

A Parent’s Guide to Research

Precision teaching (PT) is a precise and systematic method of evaluating instructional tactics and curricula. It is one of the few quantitative analyses of behavior forms of applied behavior analysis. It comes from a very strong quantitative scientific basis and was pioneered by Ogden Lindsley in the 1960s based largely on Skinner's operant conditioning. Precision teaching is a type of programmed instruction that focuses heavily on frequency as its main datum.

Families for Effective Autism Treatment of Oregon (FEAT of Oregon) has announced their intent to dissolve the nonprofit corporation.

According to their website, http://feator.org :

It is now March of 2007 and the Board here at FEAT of Oregon has tried everything possible to save FEAT. It has become apparent that nothing we do in these final hours can keep FEAT going, even at a lesser level of functioning. We are now going through the formal steps to dissolve FEAT or Oregon as a 501c3.