Parent Involvement as a Metric of Quality Care

• By: Erica Ballard, MA, BCBA Caitlin Summers, MA, LPC, ACS Ellen D’Amato, PhD Joe Hess Howard Savin, PhD Kristen Daneker, MS, BCBA, LBS-PA First Children Services
• October 2nd, 2023
• behavior interventions, collaboration, comprehensive integrated approach, Fall 2023 Issue, family-centered care, multidisciplinary team, parent involvement, team planning, transitions, trust
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A family-centered approach has been considered best practice for many years in early intervention and pediatric rehabilitation (Bailey, Buysse, Edmondson, 1992; Baird & Peterson, 1997). For students with complex medical, physical, developmental, and behavioral challenges, a family-centered...

The Importance of Integrative Care: Collaboration Among Therapists, Doctors and Family

• By: Rebecca Sachs, PhD, ABPP Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
• October 1st, 2013
• anxiety management, collaborative treatment, family involvement, Integrated Care, mental health support, multidisciplinary team, patient-centered care
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Climbing on the playground tower at the Fay J. Lindner Center was a bundle of energy and joy named Joshua. Dressed in swim trunks from his camp day, hair cut short and handsome and a T-shirt covered with Angry Birds stickers, Joshua slid down the pole, gave his mom a quick hug and kiss, and plopped...