eclectic Sr Re: Hard time dealing with daughters aggression

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Ettina, professionals who work with clients/students on the autism

spectrum can take a half day workshop in something and call themselves

" trained " in that. It'd be a little bit like letting me take a couple

of workshops and calling myself a " teacher " or " speech therapist " . I

have encountered quite a bit of misuse of the term " eclectic " based upon

a workshop here and a workshop there which really don't add up to very

much in terms of understanding and application.

PennY

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> > I used to be a fan of " eclectic " . But I have come to realize (over

> > time and with experience), that " eclectic " means that the staff,

> > school, professional person/program never EVER learns one approach

or

> > intervention FULLY, and winds up mis-applying most of it, to the

> > detriment of the students.

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> That's not what eclectic is supposed to be. It's the exact opposite.

> Eclectic is supposed to be learning each approach fully and figuring

> out how to integrate them to look at the whole picture.

> I recommend asking the person exactly how much training they have in

> each of the methods they use, to test their expertise.

> Ettina

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