Working with Parents, ABA Autism 2008 (sorry, you'll have to look up the presenter)

• Direct and frequent measurement
  • educate yourselves
  • directly collect data - not just for professionals
  • work with qualified clinicians
• rely on science
  • beleive in your child's ability to learn
  • join organizations such as ASAT
  • no stone intervention or no second wasted?
    • don't waste your child's time
  • first, do no harm
    • why measure? b/c they can learn!
• We owe our kids!
• Who is the expert?
  • both parents and professionas
  • we're working with families, not children
  • parents did not choose this life - remember the virtue of compassion
  • professionals WANT to work with you child! - remember the virtue of gratitude
• school systems can be difficult to navigate
  • schools are still scrambline
  • stay focused on the child's best interest
  • forge relationships with qualified professionals
  • don't call parent "Mom"
  • volunteer work can help
  • community inclusion - he is an ambassador
• parental involvement is key - set the bar high
  • we can reinforce and undermine
  • time = power
  • parents spend the most time with kids
  • maximize gains
  • delay does not mean never - WAIT
  • be an advocate for excellence - not a legal or moral right
    • Rowley is an insult
    • right to an effective education
• teach for the next environemtn - COSAC
  • see the future
  • church, faith community an example
  • work at community inclusion - they can be an effective advocate
  • a place to belong
  • DIGNITY IS THE BIRTHRIGHT OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS
  • give back to others
  • allow others to percieve their dignity
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