Issue by Brandi S:
I have a Masters degree in Specific Education, ABA teaching, and almost 10 many years of expertise working with youngsters with disabilities. Above the several years, I have formulated a special curiosity in doing work with children with Autism. What other qualifications (Licensing, and so on.) will I need in buy to commence? I am thinking about attaining my BCBA certificate, which will only just take me an extra two semesters of university. Any support would be appreciated.
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Reply by Maggie C
The man or woman who came in 2nd on the Celebrity Apprentice was raising funds for opprtunities for kids with autism. Her title was Holly Robinson Peete. Her groundwork may well be a fantastic one to get in touch with.
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Before you start. I would take a survey of at a local human service agency in your area. Find out what clients want for their children or adults with autism.
You could do some linkage work with another agency in town. The more you do work with other agencies in town. You will be recommend to go to your autism treatment center.
I imagine that the first place to look will be at your own state’s rules and regulations. Local zoning and neighborhood covenants may also be an issue, based on issues that have come up in our state regarding the location of halfway houses for the mentally ill.
I also wanted to share some information with you that may not have come up in either your training or in your work experiences unless you were working with a team that is current in alternative solutions.
First of all, a friends’ dd has a severely autistic child – or rather, she used to! This child’s autistic behaviors were triggered by food allergies. Now, he’s like a normal little boy. It is a huge amount of work, and any slips in diet lead to symptoms, but still – amazing.
Second, there is a meridian-based treatment for allergies called NAET (Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique). Dr. Nambudripad has been doing clinical trials on autistic children, complete with ongoing videos of the kids, which shows great progress in communication skills in children that are being treated via this non-invasive technique. The results have been excellent. Only certain kinds of health care professionals are trained in this technique, but perhaps you could contract with one or two in your area to come in on certain days.
So interesting – in one case, a parent removes all foods that trigger symptoms. In the next, an acupressure-based protocol trains the body to stop over-reacting to triggers. End result – resolution of a lot of symptoms of autism!
Both of these approaches are valuable, and as allergies tend to express themselves when our bodies are overloaded with triggers and toxic materials, it makes sense that lowering the load results in fewer symptoms.
Donna Gates, of http://www.bodyecologydiet.com, has also had feedback that the anti-candida eating plan that she developed was having beneficial effects on autistic (and ADD) children. The eating plan is designed to heal the body progressively, and explains how and why this process will lower the body’s reactivity to foods of various kinds. Her plan goes far beyond the gluten-free, casein-free diets that have been so helpful to so many.
About toxic material in the body – anecdotes about improvements in autistic children began to roll in when people started using liquid zeolite as a safe chelator of heavy metals and other poisons in the body. These anecdotes led to clinical studies. http://zeoliteautismstudy.com/home/
What I like about liquid zeolite is that it pulls out toxic material, but, unlike more common chelating substances like EDTA, the molecular structure of zeolite does not allow it to absorb critical substances like Calcium, which can be dangerous.
Good luck with your plans for an autism treatment center!