The U.S. Army has adopted an early intervention strategy developed by the director of the Siskin Center for Child and Family Research at Siskin Children’s Institute. Robin McWilliam, Ph.D., will help the Army implement his model for early intervention in natural environments for children with special needs.
After an early career teaching philosophy at Carleton College and the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Ylvisaker became a speech-language pathologist. Currently, he is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York.
In 1992 the Coalition led efforts to establish the Family Support Program, but today the program and its roughly $7.6 million budget are set to be eliminated in the 2010-2011 fiscal year. However, 5 to 15 minutes of your time can help save this program for years to come. Imagine that, $7.6 million dollars saved for just a few minutes of your time.
As you are well aware, the issue of insurance coverage for needed therapies is a hot topic. All of us were hopeful that the passage of the Autism Equity Act in 2006 would help more children on the spectrum access needed therapies, including Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA).
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