Re: Achievement Centers

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Eileen,

Hello!! Yes the program has worked for my son. He currently goes

to the lakewood Acheivement center. I was worried at teh beginning

that it would be a lot for him or to much. It is a vry long day for

him and he does go five days a week. Though they have two Fridays off

a month. It was the best decision that we made for to send

him there. He has made so much progress in the two years that he has

attended. is non verbal but communicated very well with

pictures now. He is also starting on communication devices. We have

seen him hot so many milestones. I would highly reccomend visiting

the prgram. started when he was three and now he is five.

Next year he will be in the kindergarden program at the Acheivemkent

center in there location at Highland hills. They alsol have a

preschool program there as well.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Jacki Palumbo

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Hi Eileen,

My grandson goes to the AC in Highland Hills and I cannot say

enough about it. Previous to this year, he was in a Center Based pre-

school class at Upson Elementary in Euclid. He only went 4 half days

per week and got 40 min. of Speech and 10 min. OT per

MONTH...yes..that's right..per MONTH!!! The biomeds kicked in and he

began to progress so rapidly, that they could no longer meet his

needs, and the district offered us the option of the AC. In their

behalf, they utilized every minute of therapy they were able to give

to him... they were just too stretched between schools and

services.

Even though Noah could have gone to the kindergarten class, we

were given the choice to place him in pre-school. The difference was

that there were 4 students in that class vs 12 in kindergarten. We

went with the small ratio since he had just turned 5. We are hoping

that he will be able to go there next year, but they are beginning

to suggest that he is moving quickly, and may no longer require the

intensive services. Personally, I have mixed feelings. Of course,

this is what we are working toward... to be mainstreamed by age 6,

into kindergarten. However, he really isn't " there " yet, and I am

afraid that he will fall through the cracks. The reason that he IS

doing so well, is due to the intensive therapy: ie, TEACCH,

Floortime, Pecs, Social Stories, ST and OT. The team is so very

professional. They assign a person to each child as a home/school

liasion. You are involved in every single aspect of your child's

educational plan.

Noah has blossomed since he has been enrolled at the AC. Between

the intense biomedical intervention that we have been doing for the

past 2 years and the intense educational plan at the AC, he is

moving ever so close to recovery. All I can say is, now that he is

healing from the inside out, he is learning what he has been unable

to learn, naturally. It's a true partnership, and the folks at the

AC have worked very hard to help him achieve his goals.

One thing that I had to laugh at... the other day, I asked him

how his day at school was. Even though he has always had some

speech, he could never answer that question. Usually, he would echo

me and reply " how was school, today, Noah " ? Well, this time when I

asked him, he looked at me and said " Good! " I was impressed that he

answered the question just like any other 5 yo.... one word and to

the point. I pushed it a little further and said " So, what did you

work on today " ? He glanced over his shoulder, looked at me with a

proud smile and said " Fine Motor! " .... Only with our kids!!!!!!

Good luck with any decision that you make. If the pilot program

is a direct model of the AC, I would say that your son will be in

good hands. I think that every school district should develop a

similar program... the need is definately there. I know that a full

day sounds like a lot, and the ever changing schedule sounds

overwhelming, but from our experience, it has worked well!

You can e-mail me directly anytime with questions. If I cannot

answer them, I will forward them to my dd. She is more involved with

the school, directly. If you want her e-mail, let me know.

-Trish

>

> Hello! I was wondering if I could speak to or email anyone who

had their child go to Achievement Centers as a preschooler. The

reason why I ask is our public school (Avon) has developed a pilot

preschool program modeled after the Achievement Center (Lakewood)

for ASD children. The program is TEACCH curriculum, uses lots of

picture schedules and " checking in " strategies, has bells and timers

every 15 minutes to rotate work stations, and it's meant to be a 4

days/week, 6 hours/day for even a 3 year old!

>

> Has anybody had experience with such a program?

> Is there literature/research that says such a program works?

> Did your child find it successful?

>

> Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Email me

off-list or call me if you wish. Thanks.

>

> Eileen Sullivan

> 440-937-1078

>

>

> ---------------------------------

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Hi Trish, I was impressed w/your reply & glad to hear how well your grandson is doing. My 6yr old son is in the Brecksville Public School system and yes, it has been a fight to get 15 additional mins of OT time per day for our son. I was wondering about the biomedical program? This is very new to us, can you give me more info? Thanks, Trish <minniemimi1@...> wrote: Hi Eileen, My grandson goes to the AC in Highland Hills and I cannot say enough about it. Previous to this year, he was in a

Center Based pre-school class at Upson Elementary in Euclid. He only went 4 half days per week and got 40 min. of Speech and 10 min. OT per MONTH...yes..that's right..per MONTH!!! The biomeds kicked in and he began to progress so rapidly, that they could no longer meet his needs, and the district offered us the option of the AC. In their behalf, they utilized every minute of therapy they were able to give to him... they were just too stretched between schools and services. Even though Noah could have gone to the kindergarten class, we were given the choice to place him in pre-school. The difference was that there were 4 students in that class vs 12 in kindergarten. We went with the small ratio since he had just turned 5. We are hoping that he will be able to go there next year, but they are beginning to suggest that he is moving quickly, and may no longer require the intensive services. Personally, I have

mixed feelings. Of course, this is what we are working toward... to be mainstreamed by age 6, into kindergarten. However, he really isn't "there" yet, and I am afraid that he will fall through the cracks. The reason that he IS doing so well, is due to the intensive therapy: ie, TEACCH, Floortime, Pecs, Social Stories, ST and OT. The team is so very professional. They assign a person to each child as a home/school liasion. You are involved in every single aspect of your child's educational plan. Noah has blossomed since he has been enrolled at the AC. Between the intense biomedical intervention that we have been doing for the past 2 years and the intense educational plan at the AC, he is moving ever so close to recovery. All I can say is, now that he is healing from the inside out, he is learning what he has been unable to learn, naturally. It's a true partnership, and the folks at the AC have worked very hard to

help him achieve his goals.One thing that I had to laugh at... the other day, I asked him how his day at school was. Even though he has always had some speech, he could never answer that question. Usually, he would echo me and reply "how was school, today, Noah"? Well, this time when I asked him, he looked at me and said "Good!" I was impressed that he answered the question just like any other 5 yo.... one word and to the point. I pushed it a little further and said "So, what did you work on today"? He glanced over his shoulder, looked at me with a proud smile and said "Fine Motor!".... Only with our kids!!!!!! Good luck with any decision that you make. If the pilot program is a direct model of the AC, I would say that your son will be in good hands. I think that every school district should develop a similar program... the need is definately there. I know that a full day sounds like a lot, and the ever changing

schedule sounds overwhelming, but from our experience, it has worked well! You can e-mail me directly anytime with questions. If I cannot answer them, I will forward them to my dd. She is more involved with the school, directly. If you want her e-mail, let me know. -Trish>> Hello! I was wondering if I could speak to or email anyone who had their child go to Achievement Centers as a preschooler. The reason why I ask is our public school (Avon) has developed a pilot preschool program modeled after the Achievement Center (Lakewood) for ASD children. The program is TEACCH curriculum, uses lots of picture schedules and "checking in" strategies, has bells and timers every 15 minutes to rotate work stations, and it's meant to be a 4 days/week, 6 hours/day for

even a 3 year old! > > Has anybody had experience with such a program? > Is there literature/research that says such a program works? > Did your child find it successful?> > Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Email me off-list or call me if you wish. Thanks.> > Eileen Sullivan> 440-937-1078> > > ---------------------------------> Everyone is raving about the all-new beta.>

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- Just want to make sure I read this correctly. You're son

gets 15 minutes of OT per DAY? Thanks, Chris

-- In , Loucas <sloucas@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Trish, I was impressed w/your reply & glad to hear how well your

grandson is doing. My 6yr old son is in the Brecksville Public

School system and yes, it has been a fight to get 15 additional mins

of OT time per day for our son. I was wondering about the biomedical

program? This is very new to us, can you give me more info? Thanks,

>

> Trish <minniemimi1@...> wrote: Hi Eileen,

> My grandson goes to the AC in Highland Hills and I cannot say

> enough about it. Previous to this year, he was in a Center Based

pre-

> school class at Upson Elementary in Euclid. He only went 4 half

days

> per week and got 40 min. of Speech and 10 min. OT per

> MONTH...yes..that's right..per MONTH!!! The biomeds kicked in and

he

> began to progress so rapidly, that they could no longer meet his

> needs, and the district offered us the option of the AC. In their

> behalf, they utilized every minute of therapy they were able to

give

> to him... they were just too stretched between schools and

> services.

> Even though Noah could have gone to the kindergarten class, we

> were given the choice to place him in pre-school. The difference

was

> that there were 4 students in that class vs 12 in kindergarten. We

> went with the small ratio since he had just turned 5. We are hoping

> that he will be able to go there next year, but they are beginning

> to suggest that he is moving quickly, and may no longer require the

> intensive services. Personally, I have mixed feelings. Of course,

> this is what we are working toward... to be mainstreamed by age 6,

> into kindergarten. However, he really isn't " there " yet, and I am

> afraid that he will fall through the cracks. The reason that he IS

> doing so well, is due to the intensive therapy: ie, TEACCH,

> Floortime, Pecs, Social Stories, ST and OT. The team is so very

> professional. They assign a person to each child as a home/school

> liasion. You are involved in every single aspect of your child's

> educational plan.

> Noah has blossomed since he has been enrolled at the AC. Between

> the intense biomedical intervention that we have been doing for the

> past 2 years and the intense educational plan at the AC, he is

> moving ever so close to recovery. All I can say is, now that he is

> healing from the inside out, he is learning what he has been unable

> to learn, naturally. It's a true partnership, and the folks at the

> AC have worked very hard to help him achieve his goals.

> One thing that I had to laugh at... the other day, I asked him

> how his day at school was. Even though he has always had some

> speech, he could never answer that question. Usually, he would echo

> me and reply " how was school, today, Noah " ? Well, this time when I

> asked him, he looked at me and said " Good! " I was impressed that he

> answered the question just like any other 5 yo.... one word and to

> the point. I pushed it a little further and said " So, what did you

> work on today " ? He glanced over his shoulder, looked at me with a

> proud smile and said " Fine Motor! " .... Only with our kids!!!!!!

> Good luck with any decision that you make. If the pilot program

> is a direct model of the AC, I would say that your son will be in

> good hands. I think that every school district should develop a

> similar program... the need is definately there. I know that a full

> day sounds like a lot, and the ever changing schedule sounds

> overwhelming, but from our experience, it has worked well!

> You can e-mail me directly anytime with questions. If I cannot

> answer them, I will forward them to my dd. She is more involved

with

> the school, directly. If you want her e-mail, let me know.

>

> -Trish

>

>

>

> >

> > Hello! I was wondering if I could speak to or email anyone who

> had their child go to Achievement Centers as a preschooler. The

> reason why I ask is our public school (Avon) has developed a pilot

> preschool program modeled after the Achievement Center (Lakewood)

> for ASD children. The program is TEACCH curriculum, uses lots of

> picture schedules and " checking in " strategies, has bells and

timers

> every 15 minutes to rotate work stations, and it's meant to be a 4

> days/week, 6 hours/day for even a 3 year old!

> >

> > Has anybody had experience with such a program?

> > Is there literature/research that says such a program works?

> > Did your child find it successful?

> >

> > Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Email me

> off-list or call me if you wish. Thanks.

> >

> > Eileen Sullivan

> > 440-937-1078

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > Everyone is raving about the all-new beta.

> >

>

>

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Hi ,

I read in your message that your son is attending school through the Brecksville system. We will be moving to that area in June 07 and our 6 yr old son will also be going to school in the same district next school yr. If you are willing to share, I would be interested in hearing whether you are happy with them or not? Currently we are in a district that also gives us great difficulty in getting add'l services when we feel they are warranted. Out here if the child is even just barely making it through, that is sufficient for the district....very sad. We've had to really make up for it via private therapy or who knows where we would be today. We're hoping that the Broadview Hts./Brecksville school will be better but I'm worried. We would love to hear your input.

Thank you.Gloria

----- Original Message -----

From: Loucas

Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:22 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Achievement Centers

Hi Trish, I was impressed w/your reply & glad to hear how well your grandson is doing. My 6yr old son is in the Brecksville Public School system and yes, it has been a fight to get 15 additional mins of OT time per day for our son. I was wondering about the biomedical program? This is very new to us, can you give me more info? Thanks, Trish <minniemimi1 > wrote:

Hi Eileen, My grandson goes to the AC in Highland Hills and I cannot say enough about it. Previous to this year, he was in a Center Based pre-school class at Upson Elementary in Euclid. He only went 4 half days per week and got 40 min. of Speech and 10 min. OT per MONTH...yes..that's right..per MONTH!!! The biomeds kicked in and he began to progress so rapidly, that they could no longer meet his needs, and the district offered us the option of the AC. In their behalf, they utilized every minute of therapy they were able to give to him... they were just too stretched between schools and services. Even though Noah could have gone to the kindergarten class, we were given the choice to place him in pre-school. The difference was that there were 4 students in that class vs 12 in kindergarten. We went with the small ratio since he had just turned 5. We are hoping that he will be able to go there next year, but they are beginning to suggest that he is moving quickly, and may no longer require the intensive services. Personally, I have mixed feelings. Of course, this is what we are working toward... to be mainstreamed by age 6, into kindergarten. However, he really isn't "there" yet, and I am afraid that he will fall through the cracks. The reason that he IS doing so well, is due to the intensive therapy: ie, TEACCH, Floortime, Pecs, Social Stories, ST and OT. The team is so very professional. They assign a person to each child as a home/school liasion. You are involved in every single aspect of your child's educational plan. Noah has blossomed since he has been enrolled at the AC. Between the intense biomedical intervention that we have been doing for the past 2 years and the intense educational plan at the AC, he is moving ever so close to recovery. All I can say is, now that he is healing from the inside out, he is learning what he has been unable to learn, naturally. It's a true partnership, and the folks at the AC have worked very hard to help him achieve his goals.One thing that I had to laugh at... the other day, I asked him how his day at school was. Even though he has always had some speech, he could never answer that question. Usually, he would echo me and reply "how was school, today, Noah"? Well, this time when I asked him, he looked at me and said "Good!" I was impressed that he answered the question just like any other 5 yo.... one word and to the point. I pushed it a little further and said "So, what did you work on today"? He glanced over his shoulder, looked at me with a proud smile and said "Fine Motor!".... Only with our kids!!!!!! Good luck with any decision that you make. If the pilot program is a direct model of the AC, I would say that your son will be in good hands. I think that every school district should develop a similar program... the need is definately there. I know that a full day sounds like a lot, and the ever changing schedule sounds overwhelming, but from our experience, it has worked well! You can e-mail me directly anytime with questions. If I cannot answer them, I will forward them to my dd. She is more involved with the school, directly. If you want her e-mail, let me know. -Trish>> Hello! I was wondering if I could speak to or email anyone who had their child go to Achievement Centers as a preschooler. The reason why I ask is our public school (Avon) has developed a pilot preschool program modeled after the Achievement Center (Lakewood) for ASD children. The program is TEACCH curriculum, uses lots of picture schedules and "checking in" strategies, has bells and timers every 15 minutes to rotate work stations, and it's meant to be a 4 days/week, 6 hours/day for even a 3 year old! > > Has anybody had experience with such a program? > Is there literature/research that says such a program works? > Did your child find it successful?> > Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Email me off-list or call me if you wish. Thanks.> > Eileen Sullivan> 440-937-1078> > > ---------------------------------> Everyone is raving about the all-new beta.>

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Hi ,

The biomedical intervention that we are doing with Noah includes

chelation therapy. It is a very involved process that requires

medical testing for toxic levels in the child, vitamin and mineral

supplementation, for us, the gluten free/casein free diet and

chelation (removing the toxic heavy metals from his body and brain).

Noah's autism was triggered by a thimerisol laden flu shot at around

18 months of age. I'm sure that it was not the ONLY cause.... but it

was his toxic tipping point. It has already been proven by studies

of infant chord blood, that babies enter the world already bearing a

toxic overload due to exposure to mercury, pesticides, chemicals,

lead, food additives and an overload of antibiotics, yeast and

viruses. Most children are able to excrete these unnatural invaders

on their own. For some reason, posibly due to a genetic pre-

disposition, another subset of children cannot. This inability to

pass toxins out of the body can lead to the development of autism or

a host of other Autism Spectrum Disorders.

It is not denied that autism is related to autoimmune disorders. It

is also an accepted fact that autism is triggered by environmental

factors. Most of our kids experience a phenominal number of ear and

other infections, both bacterial and viral. Many of them have leaky

guts and suffer from malabsorption, leading to poor mineralization.

Most have bowel problems that range from constipation to loose

stools, and inflammatory bowel disease is not uncommon. In some

children, the same strain of measles that is in the MMR vaccine has

been found in their cerebral spinal fluid. Those whose job it is to

protect our children from disease are so hell bent on

overvaccinating our kids, that they pay no heed to the neurotoxins

that make up the componants of immunizations. A growing number of

parents who have seen first hand what vaccines have done to their

children are becomming more and more vocal. The very powerful drug

companies will do anything to convince the CDC, FDA, IOM, AAP and

AMA as well as our elected officials that there are no ties to

vaccines and autism. Instead, they just keep pushing for more

mandated shots!

My grandson was full of mercury, aluminum, lead, cadmium, arsnic,

antimony, tungston, nickle, tin and a few other nasty little toxins

that were slowly eating at his brain. He just cannot excrete on his

own, so the toxic load continued to pile up and move around in his

body and brain. We are working with a DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!)Dr.

who is located in Seven Hills (Dr. DeMio). Some do this without a

DAN!, and there is a very good group to help support those

parents who choose to go this route (Autism_Mercury). It is also a

very effective protocol under Andy Cutler. I also belong to this

group and continue to learn from them. For us, it has been most

helpful to work with Dr. DeMio. He is well known in the Autism

community and has spoken at numerous DAN! and other conferences. He

also has a show on AutinmOne Radio. He is the father of a 6 year old

boy with Autism, so he understands... He works tirelessly to help

our children heal.

After the initial tests showed that Noah was holding on to this

burden, we began a regimine of vitamins, minerals and later a diet

free of gluten and casein. The diet alone proved to be an important

part of the healing process. Later, we added transdermal DMPS and

Glutithione. There are other chelating agents, but this is the one

we choose to go with. Little by little we added other supplements

that have all (in Noah's case) has very positive effects.

When Noah had regressed to his most severe point, his body was a

mess. First, he had lost much of his developing language and most of

his eye contact. He began to crave yellow, crunchy foods ie,

goldfish crackers, doritos, chicken nuggets, Mcs fries, pizza

and cookies. He also drank gallons of milk and ate lots of cheese.

These very foods, we later found out, were causing an opiate effect,

putting him into a sort of a brain fog. It was promoting

malabsorption and blocking the intake of calcium, iron and zinc. He

had very dark circles under his eyes, a swollen belly and a lump on

the side of his neck. His group of Peds were unconcerned and blamed

everything on the fact that he's a boy, and one of 4 children! I

wasn't buying that and urged my dd to change Peds. She did. This new

Doc ordered bloodwork that revealed that Noah had had mono sometime

in that past year and his iron levels were so low that he had to be

on 150 mg of straight iron 3x/day for 3 months!!! Noah lost all

sensation for pain, became patterned, demanded sameness, developed

OCDs, lining anything and everything up all over the house! I could

go on, but you get the picture!

We began his biomedical treatment 2 years ago. It seems like

forever, but in reality, those two years have brought a lot of gut

healing. The heavy metal toxins continue to be excreted and his

immune system is probably better than most kids his age. As he

continues to heal on the inside, he is ready, willing and able to

learn what he has missed out on before.

He will never have another vaccine. His diet, althought there are

occasional infractions, is pretty clean. We do use enzymes in the

event that he eats something that will adversely affect him. He does

not drink unfiltered tap water and we do everything that we can to

minimize his exposure to common household chemicals and pesticides.

We are fortunate that Noah is a good responder. It is hard work, it

is time consuming and very costly. My dd has really poor insurance

and so far, nothing has been covered, although other parents have

had much better luck in this dept.

A good book to read is CHILDREN WITH STARVING BRAINS by Dr. J.

McCandless, EVIDENCE OF HARM by Kirby, Special Diets for

Special Kids by IaFelice (I think). You can also check out

www.generationrescue.org.

I hope this is helpful. If you are thinking along the lines of

biomedical intervention, I will be happy to talk more with you. If

not, it always helps to be informed. It's good to keep up on things

and keep your options open!!!

Sorry this is so long, but it is very hard to condense!!!!

-Trish

> >

> > Hello! I was wondering if I could speak to or email anyone who

> had their child go to Achievement Centers as a preschooler. The

> reason why I ask is our public school (Avon) has developed a pilot

> preschool program modeled after the Achievement Center (Lakewood)

> for ASD children. The program is TEACCH curriculum, uses lots of

> picture schedules and " checking in " strategies, has bells and

timers

> every 15 minutes to rotate work stations, and it's meant to be a 4

> days/week, 6 hours/day for even a 3 year old!

> >

> > Has anybody had experience with such a program?

> > Is there literature/research that says such a program works?

> > Did your child find it successful?

> >

> > Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Email me

> off-list or call me if you wish. Thanks.

> >

> > Eileen Sullivan

> > 440-937-1078

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

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> >

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