Fwd: [SoCal-Autism] Friday's SuperNanny features child with autism

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> From: Sara Caldera <scaldera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 06:52:31 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: [SoCal-Autism] Friday's SuperNanny features child with
> autism
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> To:  FEAT-Houston Email List   
> Re:  This Friday's Episode of SuperNanny to feature child with Autism
> 
> ABC (13) 7 PM, Friday, 11/4
>  
> Note:  Bob & Lynn Koegel, who are highlighted in the article below
> about an upcoming episode of ?Supernanny,? are frequent presenters at
> the Association for Behavior Analysis national conference and also
> presented a number of years ago here in Houston at TxABA.   They are
> among the editors of a journal launched in recent years on Positive
> Behavior Support.   
> 
> Supernanny Teams With An Acclaimed Autism Expert To Help A Child Who
> Is An Outsider In His Own Home On "Supernanny," November 4, ABC
> 
>        Supernanny Jo Frost teams with world-renowned autism expert
> Dr. Lynn Koegel to tackle the parenting issues faced by a family
> whose three-year-old son is an outsider in his own home. This episode
> of "Supernanny" airs on Friday, November 4 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) on the
> ABC Television Network.
> 
>       Deirdre and Trae Facente don't know how to integrate their
> autistic son Tristin into their daily life with their twins, Kayla
> and Marlana (4).
> 
>       Tristin is completely non-verbal, caught up in his own world of
> spinning, jumping, swinging and, often, taking off his clothes. The
> only time he spends with his family is sitting at the dinner table.
> The twins, who demand much of their stay-at-home mom's attention,
> can't figure out how to play with their little brother.
> 
>       The parents are at a loss as to how to help Tristin come out of
> his zone and join the family.
> 
>       Enter Dr. Koegel and Supernanny. Together they refine the
> classic Supernanny methods and teach all the Facentes Dr. Koegel's
> inclusion and communication techniques to help engage Tristin. For
> example, when they introduce the new daily schedule to everyone, Dr.
> Koegel uses a picture board with Tristin to help him understand in a
> concrete way.
> 
>       In just a week, silent Tristin goes from zero words to speaking
> hundreds of times using over 20 new words. He is bursting with
> requests to play a favorite game, be tickled or eat a treat.
> Step-by-step, Jo and Dr.
> 
> Koegel help the parents keep Tristin from his disruptive behaviors by
> including him in family chores and activities. These efforts
> culminate in the boy helping his dad set the table, a seemingly
> mundane task that is so miraculous for Tristin, it brings tears to
> Trae's eyes.
> 
>       Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D is one of the world's foremost experts
> on the treatment of autism. She and her husband, Robert L. Koegel,
> Ph.D., founded the renowned Koegel Autism Center at the Graduate
> School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
> She co-wrote the bestselling book on autism, Overcoming Autism:
> Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope that can Transform a
> Child's Life, which was recently released in paperback, and also
> co-authored, with Robert Koegel, the new book, Pivotal Response
> Treatments for Autism.
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