Re: /was: Hello, I'm returning to Ohio with my autisitc son ...

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Hi ,

This sounds great! The sensory gym is a wonderful idea, I wanted to build a sensory room in our basement for our son. The room would have climing, jumping, bouncing, colored lights and automatic bubble blowers. I found a cute bubble blower at Marc's for only $1.99. (well, it's a santa blowing bubbles but we could celebrate unchristmas!

Anyway, are you writing a grant to get this started?

Yours,

n

In a message dated 3/18/06 10:51:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, rmaher1969@... writes:

It will work like a YMCA. Families will pay a monthly fee to have access to the gym and can pay extra to see an OT for an hour, kinda like a personal trainer at a gym. The fees will be on a sliding scale and we are putting out flyers for people to "sponsor a child" for families who can't pay. We will have cooking classes for GF/CF (thanks Dr. Vinci for thinking this up!) Sibling support/ parents support/ social group for ASD teens. AND Finally, ABA consulting for families who want to have a home based program. These services just don't exist around here. We have alot of talent leaving our area universities because there's nowhere for them to work. Kent has an ABA certification program, we can tap into that. Families shouldn't have to go bankrupt paying for therapists and consultants to come from Pittsburgh and Cleveland. We have the Rich Center locally, but they can only take so many kids and I think they have a cut off age.

Our son is seven. His name is .

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n,

We have written an approach letter and have some grants we plan to apply for. The snag is that most require a determination letter from the IRS and we don't have our 501©3 yet. So, for now we are doing fundraising. I have gotten some exercise balls in diff colors and shapes and we have made a wish list for more equipment. I just spoke to a group of OT's and there were some girls there who took my wish list and said that the facility they work at is getting rid of some of their stuff, so hopefully we will get enough doantions to get started until we can get some grant money.

For anyone interested in donating, we need balls, tents, rotary swings, mini trampolines, bean bag chairs, blankets, pillows, and anything else that you can think would be a great sensory thing. I have an Abilitations catalogue and it is my "Wish Book" They have such awesome stuff in it! Keep us in mind, this is going to be so much fun! We will also have some Gf/Cf snacks and treats on hand. I'm thinking of checking with Chocolate Emporuim to see if they will wholesale candies to me for all the big holidays. Just think, we could have our own Trick-or-treat at the center for our kids complete with GF/CF candies for those who want them and the safe environment.

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Subject: Re: [ ]/was: Hello, I'm returning to Ohio with my autisitc son ...

Hi , This sounds great! The sensory gym is a wonderful idea, I wanted to build a sensory room in our basement for our son. The room would have climing, jumping, bouncing, colored lights and automatic bubble blowers. I found a cute bubble blower at Marc's for only $1.99. (well, it's a santa blowing bubbles but we could celebrate unchristmas! Anyway, are you writing a grant to get this started? Yours, n In a message dated 3/18/06 10:51:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, rmaher1969@... writes:

It will work like a YMCA. Families will pay a monthly fee to have access to the gym and can pay extra to see an OT for an hour, kinda like a personal trainer at a gym. The fees will be on a sliding scale and we are putting out flyers for people to "sponsor a child" for families who can't pay. We will have cooking classes for GF/CF (thanks Dr. Vinci for thinking this up!) Sibling support/ parents support/ social group for ASD teens. AND Finally, ABA consulting for families who want to have a home based program. These services just don't exist around here. We have alot of talent leaving our area universities because there's nowhere for them to work. Kent has an ABA certification program, we can tap into that. Families shouldn't have to go bankrupt paying for therapists and consultants to come from Pittsburgh and Cleveland. We have the Rich Center locally, but they can only take so many kids and I think they have a cut off age. Our son is seven. His name is .