Finding an ABA therapist? | Autism PDD

Wow this is a busy board.

Thank you for the links. I will definately be looking into this as well. I feel so grateful that I found this forum!!!

Tricia

I am reading a lot about this on the board and am wondering a couple of things.

One, how do you find someone who is qualified to do this treatment?

Two, will the school district pay for it under an ISFP?

I think my little one could really benefit from ABA.

Tricia

I should have said - I am in Eugene, Oregon.

I live in Texas and was offered bare minimum services through ECI..speech 30 min a week and no OT or PT services or ABA at all..

we went to a FEAT (families for effective autism treatment) and found a ABA therapists & BCBa Consultant within our city and interviewed them to do in-home program.

We had to pay for ABA & 2 hours of speech a week out of pocket..schools and insurance refused to pay for anything.

It was a miracle therapy for our daughter and we have no regrets..check into it:)

I found the following list of ABA providers on the Autism Society of Oregon's web page:

http://www.oregonautism.com/index.php?fuseaction=resources.c ommunity#aba

Thank you both. I will definately look into it. I feel so bad for not getting him help sooner (he's almost 5) and I want to do whatever we can to get him off to a good start.

Go to www.abaconnections.com ... Go to your state ... post what u need and check out a the resumes that people have on there as well

Here are two more sites that might be helpful:

www.autismsource.org

http://www.bacb.com/consum_frame.html - click on "Certificant Registry"