First Post. Need help for nagging concerns

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Dylan, my 3-1/2 year old high functioning autistic son, is in a

Lovass replication site ABA home program, 35 hours per week, and has

been for 10 months. This method of ABA has been helpful. His

abilities to copy, do puzzles, follow instructions, etc. have

greatly improved. They have yet, however, focused on his expressive

language skills other than pronounciation (sounds and combination

sounds), despite the fact that he is and has been saying 5-6 word

sentences (he learned to speak incidentally), and has started to

answer " w " questions incidentally as well. They also still spend a

large majority of the time at the table. I am feeling that more

natural environment training might be more appropriate, and that

verbal behavior might also be appropriate. How do I find a

professional (I am in Southern New Jersey, just 30 minutes from

Philadelphia) to do an assessment and give me some good advice? Our

school district is currently paying for his home program.

Marcy

800-331-8272, ext. 303 (work)

mkelly@... (work)