Re: /licenses

[Guest guest]

Currently no medicaid waiver programs cover the fees of a BCBA, other

than TxHmL which funds ~2000/yr for professional fees, my children

have been on a waiting list since 99, and there's probably another

4-5 years before their slots come up.

Most waiver programs have ~ 10 year waiting period, but even when you

access funding, BCBA's fees are not covered.

Arzu

On Feb 28, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Texas-Autism-Advocacy

wrote:

> lroger9@...

> Subject: Re: RE: licenses

>

> I know that they have to take a tremendous amount of hours in

> behavioral science before they can take the certification exam. I know

> some MEd's that are certified and are excellent at what they do. I am

> not sure about the licenses but know that if you can prove that ABA is

> necessary for you child to remain in the home and the community you

> should be able to get sometype of help to fund a program for them

> whether it is insurance, a grant or heaven's forbid the school

> district

> has to pay for it. I know that there are grants for person's to

> receive

> one on one in state schools and that is a shame that these grants

> exist

> to remove a person from their family.

>



FEAT-Houston, Inc.

Families for Effective Autism Treatment

1120 Medical Plaza Drive, Suite 100

The Woodlands, TX 77380

[Guest guest]

No medicaid waiver will do this yet if we relinquish our rights and put

our children in a state school, they can receive the one on one.

Probably not ABA but why can't we obtain a grant for the same purpose

before our children reach maturity. We have HCS and get no help except

for foster care. If the state were fair, they would allow the families

to access the grant and receive the help they need. Our foster care

pays for his 9 hours of aba a week, his SSI and my SS cover the cost of

his supplements.

I must be doing something right because he has asked to color two times

in the last two months. I guess I need to start keeping a log.