The title of this comment is a modification of the Dr. William Frea article Early autism intervention makes dollars and sense on dailybreeze.com.
I modified the title for my comment for the simple reason that in the subject article Dr. Frea is talking about the individual child benefits and societal costs savings arising from early ABA intervention. Every parent is free to choose who they wish to consult with respect to their choice, if any, of intervention for their autistic child. If anyone is wondering why they might want to consider Dr. Frea's recommendations they should know that he is chief clinical officer and co-founder of Autism Spectrum Therapies, an agency providing autism services throughout Southern California, and has served on the California State Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism. In other words he has the education, experience and expertise to know what he is talking about.
I modified the title for my comment for the simple reason that in the subject article Dr. Frea is talking about the individual child benefits and societal costs savings arising from early ABA intervention. Every parent is free to choose who they wish to consult with respect to their choice, if any, of intervention for their autistic child. If anyone is wondering why they might want to consider Dr. Frea's recommendations they should know that he is chief clinical officer and co-founder of Autism Spectrum Therapies, an agency providing autism services throughout Southern California, and has served on the California State Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism. In other words he has the education, experience and expertise to know what he is talking about.
Another reason to listen to Dr. Frea is that he bases his recommendations on an evidence based approach to assessing autism interventions and their merits. An evidence based approach uses the best available scientific and empirical evidence to assess the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention. This avoids reliance on non-scientific anecdotal evidence and reliance on a near impossible standard that may never be met during the lifetime of your autistic child. It also avoids ideologically motivated anti-autism treatment rhetoric as the basis for trying to help your autistic child.
Dr. Frea reviews the results of autistic children who receive early ABA and the cost savings to society that result. He urges California policy makers to fund, or require funding of, evidence based autism therapies. In this context he summarizes nicely the current position of ABA as an autism treatment:
We all hope researchers will soon discover the cause of the autism epidemic and how to prevent it. In the meantime, we need to deal with both today's reality and tomorrow's prognosis, as these children move on through middle school, high school and transition to adulthood and careers. The best investment that we can make today is early intervention with scientifically validated ABA therapy.
Dr. Frea reviews the results of autistic children who receive early ABA and the cost savings to society that result. He urges California policy makers to fund, or require funding of, evidence based autism therapies. In this context he summarizes nicely the current position of ABA as an autism treatment:
We all hope researchers will soon discover the cause of the autism epidemic and how to prevent it. In the meantime, we need to deal with both today's reality and tomorrow's prognosis, as these children move on through middle school, high school and transition to adulthood and careers. The best investment that we can make today is early intervention with scientifically validated ABA therapy.
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