The Long Road: Defending the rights of children on the autism spectrum for access to the science of ABA in the UK in the community, the curriculum, and the courtroom is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of community routines and natural environments. In The Long Road: Defending the rights of children on the autism spectrum for access to the science of ABA in the UK in the community, the curriculum, and the courtroom, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →In this webinar I will be sharing some of my experiences as an educational psychologist within the world of SEN in the UK in relation to children with autism. The main focus will be on how ABA is understood/misunderstood across the UK and the consequent outcomes for children with autism. Unlike in the US and some parts of the Netherlands, ABA is not automatically provided following an ASD diagnosis. I will set out what is usually provided instead and give examples of typical parental experiences and what they need to do to prove their child needs ABA, if they consider that is the case. I will provide examples of how schools, Local Authorities and Tribunal panels respond when ABA is requested by parents; decision making in Tribunals and how Local Authorities and schools can react if ABA is ordered.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
I am an HCPC Registered Educational Psychologist. After obtaining my BSc I began to work in schools to obtain the experience required before completing a MSc in Educational Psychology and Clinical Practice at the University of London (1983). Early in my career, I ran a behaviour unit in a school, using procedures including a token economy system. The Headmistress announcing the success of this system in Assembly, ‘It’s incredible. They work so they can clean the guinea pig hutch out!’ to much laughter in the room. From 1995, I worked as a locum Psychologist in a specialist centre in Sussex and in 1996 was involved in the setting up of a new specialist clinic in Central London. I worked as Local Authority Educational Psychologist for nine years. In 2001, I wrote “Reweaving the Autistic Tapestry”, mentioned in the House of Lords (Earl Howe Hansard 5th February 2003). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reweaving-Autistic-Tapestry-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1853027480. For the past nearly 30 years, I have been an Expert Witness in various Court settings and in Educational Tribunals. My first ABA related SENDIST Tribunal was in 1995.
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