The Power and Potential of the IEP

• By: Ellen D’Amato, PhD Zakkiyyah Sally, MEd, MA Kathleen McCarthy Gorski, MEd. Adm, MAT Georgia Efthimiou, MA, BCBA Kristen Daneker, MS, BCBA, LBS-PA Howard Savin, PhD First Children Services
• July 5th, 2023
• accommodations, advocacy, children, classroom, IEP non-compliance, IEPs, legal issues, modifications, out of district placement, parental involvement, resolving disagreements, school, service eligibility, special education, students, Summer 2023 Issue
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To address the inequity of limiting special needs children from obtaining an appropriate public education, the Individualized Education Program (IEP) was implemented in 1975 across the United States school systems. The IEP is an educational road map for children with disabilities. It is required by...

An Interdisciplinary Model for Supporting Children with Autism and Their Families

• By: Jeffrey Selman, PsyD, BCBA-D Kathleen McCarthy Gorski, MEd. Adm, MAT Ellen D’Amato, PhD Howard Savin, PhD First Children Services
• January 1st, 2021
• ABA challenging behaviors, assessment, communication, diagnosis, family, parent training, treatment, winter 2021 issue
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An autistic child’s family is structured no different than that of neurotypical children. Families generally include parents and siblings with their own perspectives and issues. In the wake of substantial empirical support for the effectiveness of applied behavior analysis (ABA) interventions for...