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Autism teleconference set
Interactive session to expand reach of Maui families

By LEE IMADA, News Editor
POSTED: September 23, 2009 Save | Print | Email Email: "Autism
teleconference set"


A teleconference on an approach to help children with autism "learn,"
offered by Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) Hawaii Support Group, will be
held Monday evening in Kihei.
This interactive session, the third offered on Maui since June, gives
parents of island children with autism a chance to be exposed to
information and Oahu service providers, an event announcement said.
"Maui has so few autism-specific services and professionals in the field,"
said Kiele Pennington of the Autism/Pervasive Developmental Delay Family
Support Group on Monday.
TACA teleconferencing sessions also are offered on the North Shore of Oahu
and on the Big Island and will come soon to Kauai, said Pennington.
The teleconference on applied behavioral analysis (ABA) will feature Amy
Wiech , who is a board-certified behavioral analyst with a master's
degree in education, and Emaley McCulloch, a board-certified assistant
behavioral analyst.
They will present videos on how the ABA approach has impacted Hawaii
children with autism and their families. Wiech and McCulloch also will
show how online videos can train parents and professionals in implementing
ABA and other evidence-based interventions, an event news release said.
The goal of ABA is to "teach the children (with autism) to learn," said
Pennington.
ABA teaches social, motor and verbal behaviors and reasoning skills,
according to the Healing Thresholds Web site for families of children with
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