Simple Steps Autism

A Belfast technology company has won its first export contract, following news of a £140,000 investment.

Simple Steps signed a deal with an organisation in Portugal to provide its new online teaching tool to assist families of children on the autistic spectrum.

The firm is investing over £140,000 in developing the parent-led, interactive online system that enables parents to harness applied behaviour analysis (ABA), a scientifically validated treatment for autism.

Click through to read the full story by Heather McGarrigle in Belfast Telegraph

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CRESTVIEW — When Laura O’Brien wanted to take her children to an autism center closer to her Milton home, she opened one. When she saw the need for centers in Navarre and Crestview, she opened them, too.

O’Brien named the centers Spectrum House. She said the name refers to the disorders she treats, which are on an interconnected spectrum and have varied levels of the neurological disabilities.

The Spectrum team of educators and board certified behavior analysts teach severely autistic children to speak and adults how to take care of themselves. The program also helps people with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder and downs syndrome.

Click through to read the full story in NWF Daily News.

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Special Learning, Inc., an online autism solutions company, introduces a new, unique service to help parents take the first important step in identifying whether their child should be evaluated for Autism.

Special Learning’s Autism Screening & Assessment Consultation Service uses results from its proprietary Early Autism Screening & Assessment Checklist to help users determine if a deeper analysis and evaluation from a BCBA is warranted. The screening and assessment tool was developed in conjunction with Dr. Mueller, a developmental psychologist with expertise in Autism diagnosis, and BCBAs from Special Learning’s Clinical Advisory Board.

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A new approach to teaching children with autism, expected to make day-to-day living and communicating easier, is being introduced in Mississauga and across the province.

The Ministry of Children and Youth Services has provided funding for resources to provide Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)-based services and supports for children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Click through to read the full story by Julie Slack in mississauga.com.

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Zachary is getting his cap and gown. He and 20 other students are graduating from preschool today. All of the children are all battling autism, and each and every one of them is going to main-stream school this fall. 

They have all been students here at the Association for Metro Area Autistic Children in Manhattan. 

AMAC, as they call it, is a year-round school for children age two and a half to 21-years-old, but when high functioning kids like these are ready, they leave. 

Click through to read the full story by Sapna Parikh from Eyewitness News.

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