Re: Wisconsin's treatment study proves early intensive treatment is key

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THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 2006

Last modified: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 11:34 AM CST

New autism treatment study publicized... Wisconsin Early Autism Project

releases results

New research is out regarding autism treatment.

Wisconsin Early Autism Project (WEAP), a Wisconsin-based treatment program

for young children with autism, has published a study showing that 48 percent of

children treated can achieve average functioning by age 7.

The research, conducted as a replication of work done at UCLA in the 1970s,

found that a service model utilizing in-home intensive behavioral therapy with

autistic preschoolers is so effective that 90 percent of the children who

participated learned to use speech as their first form of communication. Half of

the participants in the study reached average IQs after three to four years of

treatment and were able to enter first grade and follow the regular classroom

curriculum.

The findings were published in the November issue of the American Journal on

Mental Retardation.

The Wisconsin Early Autism Project began its research in 1995. Treatment

involves a team of therapists working one-on-one with the child for

approximately

40 hours or more per week to achieve the best outcome. The service model can

be implemented on a wide scale.

While the research group was much smaller, 200 to 300 children have received

these services each year since 1995 at clinics based in Madison, Milwaukee,

Green Bay, La Crosse and Eau . WEAP also provides ABA services in several

other states and countries including Canada, Great Britain and Australia.

For more information and copies of the study contact:

Wisconsin Early Autism Project, Inc.

Glen Sallows Ph.D, president

Tamlynn Graupner, CEO

Madison Office, 6402 Odana Road

Madison, WI 53719.

Call .

Fax .

Visit http://www.wiautism.com.

Or contact Amy Masek, MS, Director of Development and Outreach, at (262)

432-5660. Fax . E-mail amasek@...

[Guest guest]

Hallelujah! ANOTHER study to tell us what we already know. Now, can someone

cram this study down the collective throat of the medical insurance machine in

this country so that we can actually afford to help our kids. So mad I could

scream. Sorry.

blessingsx10@... wrote:

THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 2006

Last modified: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 11:34 AM CST

New autism treatment study publicized... Wisconsin Early Autism Project

releases results

New research is out regarding autism treatment.

Wisconsin Early Autism Project (WEAP), a Wisconsin-based treatment program

for young children with autism, has published a study showing that 48 percent of

children treated can achieve average functioning by age 7.

The research, conducted as a replication of work done at UCLA in the 1970s,

found that a service model utilizing in-home intensive behavioral therapy with

autistic preschoolers is so effective that 90 percent of the children who

participated learned to use speech as their first form of communication. Half of

the participants in the study reached average IQs after three to four years of

treatment and were able to enter first grade and follow the regular classroom

curriculum.

The findings were published in the November issue of the American Journal on

Mental Retardation.

The Wisconsin Early Autism Project began its research in 1995. Treatment

involves a team of therapists working one-on-one with the child for

approximately

40 hours or more per week to achieve the best outcome. The service model can

be implemented on a wide scale.

While the research group was much smaller, 200 to 300 children have received

these services each year since 1995 at clinics based in Madison, Milwaukee,

Green Bay, La Crosse and Eau . WEAP also provides ABA services in several

other states and countries including Canada, Great Britain and Australia.

For more information and copies of the study contact:

Wisconsin Early Autism Project, Inc.

Glen Sallows Ph.D, president

Tamlynn Graupner, CEO

Madison Office, 6402 Odana Road

Madison, WI 53719.

Call .

Fax .

Visit http://www.wiautism.com.

Or contact Amy Masek, MS, Director of Development and Outreach, at (262)

432-5660. Fax . E-mail amasek@...