Services for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Region IV and VI

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Services for Individuals with Autism Spectrum
DisorderRegion IV and VI

• Cherie Cooper
• Zoila Wilson
• SPED614
• Texas AM University

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Region IV 7145 West Tidwell Houston, Texas
77092-2096 Phone [phone] Fax (713)
744-6514 Email Region 4 ESC

• Region 4 Education Service Center is the largest
  of 20 state service centers established by the
  Texas Legislature in 1967.
• Enrollment is 21.8 of state enrollment.

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Region IV

• Region 4 ESC serves a seven county area which
  consists of
• Brazoria
• Chambers
• Fort Bend
• Harris
• Galveston
• Liberty
• Waller

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Region IV Demographics

• 54 school districts
• 74,989 Educators
• 1,004,202 Students
• 1,210 Campuses
• 735 Elementary Schools
• 256 Middle/Jr. High Schools
• 135 High Schools
• 154 Elem/Secondary Alternative Juvenile
• Justice Schools DAEP
• 47 State Approved Charter Schools

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Region IV ESCServices

• Region 4 ESC provides a variety of supports and
  services to educators and parents of students
  with low incidence disabilities. Supports include
  professional development, customized services,
  networking opportunities, products, information
  and resources.
• Teaching Students with Autism Shaping Programs.
  This web-based pilot product is free to districts
  and charter schools in the Region 4 ESC service
  area and can be located at autism.esc4.net
• Contact Dr. Molly Cordeau [phone]
  mollyc_at_esc4.net

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Region VI Region VI Education Service Center
Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
webmaster_at_esc6.net  Montgomery Rd Huntsville, TX
77340-6499 [phone]
Region VI Education Service Center is located
in southeast Texas in the piney woods, 60 miles
north of Houston, in Huntsville, Texas. Region
VI encompasses 12,400 square miles.
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Region VI

• Region VI ESC serves a fifteen county area which
  consists of
• Austin, Brazos, Burleson,
• Grimes, Houston,
• Leon, Madison, Milam,
• Montgomery, Polk,
• Trinity, Robertson, Washington,
• Walker, San Jacinto

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Region VI Demographics

• 56 schools districts, and various private,
  charter, and state schools.
• 130,000 students
• 18,000 educators.

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Region VI ESCServices

• Technical Assistance and training are offered in
  the area of severe/profound impairments
  (medically fragile, autistic, deaf, blind,
  hearing, speech and related services). Effective
  teaching models such as A-LIST, SEEK, and PECS
  are provided through regional trainings.
• Contact Marti Shaner [phone]

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Area Services Summary

• In Home Therapy (4)
• Therapy Centers (18)
• Residential Centers (5)
• Support Therapy (8)
• Parent Support / Advocacy Organizations (17)
• Legal / Financial Services (5)

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Area Services Summary

• Medical Providers (3)
• Nutritional Providers (2)
• Government Agencies (10)
• Early Intervention (8)
• Recreation / Leisure (6)
• Community Access Services (9)
• Products (1)

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Interesting Findings

• School Districts do not list services provided
  for students with autism.
• It would appear there are more fee based services
  available because school districts do not list
  the services they provide.
• The majority of private services provide Applied
  Behavior Analysis Therapy.
• Region IV offers more services for children with
  Autism because it is an urban area and serves 20
  of the children in the state of Texas.

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Conclusions

• It is difficult to determine the quality of the
  services being offered. For ABA providers a key
  point would be the certification of staff
  directly administering therapy. Certification
  should be checked for all therapy providers.
  Even with certification, services like nutrition
  therapy may not be supported by valid research.
• Very few health providers list their services
  electronically with parent/advocacy groups or
  indicate on their own website that they are
  specially trained to serve individuals with
  autism or other developmental disabilities.
  Considering the health implications as well as
  behavior concerns involved in medical treatment,
  it would seem that this is an under served area
  of concern for children with ASD.

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