Title: Services for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Region IV and VI
1Services for Individuals with Autism Spectrum
DisorderRegion IV and VI
- Cherie Cooper
- Zoila Wilson
- SPED614
- Texas AM University
2Region IV 7145 West Tidwell Houston, Texas
77092-2096 Phone (713) 462-7708 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.
3Region IV
- Region 4 ESC serves a seven county area which
consists of - Brazoria
- Chambers
- Fort Bend
- Harris
- Galveston
- Liberty
- Waller
4Region IV Demographics
- 54 school districts
- 74,989 Educators
- 1,004,202 Students
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- 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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5Region 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 (713) 744-6529
mollyc_at_esc4.net
6Region VI Region VI Education Service Center
Phone 936-435-8400 Fax 936-295-1447
webmaster_at_esc6.net Montgomery Rd Huntsville, TX
77340-6499 (936) 435-8400
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.
7Region 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
8Region VI Demographics
- 56 schools districts, and various private,
charter, and state schools. - 130,000 students
- 18,000 educators.
9Region 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 (936) 435-8353
10Area Services Summary
- In Home Therapy (4)
- Therapy Centers (18)
- Residential Centers (5)
- Support Therapy (8)
- Parent Support / Advocacy Organizations (17)
- Legal / Financial Services (5)
11Area Services Summary
- Medical Providers (3)
- Nutritional Providers (2)
- Government Agencies (10)
- Early Intervention (8)
- Recreation / Leisure (6)
- Community Access Services (9)
- Products (1)
12Interesting 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.
13Conclusions
- 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.
14The End