Re: Board Certified Behavior Analyst killed autistic toddl...

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Sad for the child but good that they are cracking down on this kind of thing.

In a message dated 3/12/2008 9:20:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

Bott-Graham, arrested for the murder of a two year old autistic boy in Pocatello, Idaho was a BCBA with a long history. .http://www.bacb.com/pages/disciplinary.htmlThe trademarks "Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc.," "BACB," "Board Certified Behavior Analyst," "BCBA," "Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst," and "BCABA" are owned by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. All rights reserved. http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-feb2406-child_care_worker.5b497aa3.htmlChild care worker charged with first-degree murder08:57 AM MST on Friday, February 24, 2006Associated Press POCATELLO -- First-degree murder charges have been filed against a Bott-Graham, accused of killing an autistic 2-year-old in November. She was charged yesterday under a provision in Idaho law that allows a first-degree murder charge when aggravated battery against a child under age 12 results in death. Police allege that Bott-Graham hurt Cameron Hamilton when she was treating him at her Pocatello home in November. Police say Bott-Graham returned Cameron to the day care in an unresponsive state. Cameron died in December of severe head trauma at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City. It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money Finance.

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Mimi says;

This has been my issue all along-> there is no-one to trust. Not

doctors, schools, service providers, etc. My advice for parents has

been to document everything and always be there. That is what I have

done I took over working with Ravi i never drop him off anywhere but

school and I almost never have him watched. when we did have

educators in the home I was always there and I never left them

alone. There is no taking things for granted and as Raven has said

there is almost no way for a parent to be employed (and this is why)

You cannot trust your child to others, which is what leads parents to

being their childs dr, educator, therapist, best friend etc, and it

is sometimes the reason why i am so frightened of the future (this

world gives me no comfort for my son's life without me around.) All

the arguements are the wrong fights all the treatments are in an

effort to patent and secure intellectual property, all the

certifications are a quick fix effort to get trained people cheap

(they want the dollars not to help children) Everyone makes money,

and so why do anything pragmatic and all these efforts stand in the

way of hope and independance. Everyone's hands are dirty and it is

so difficult to make any sense of it. But this is not a case where

we can bury our heads in the sand, or point fingers. the ASD

community must as Tom and Raven and others are trying to do; lead the

way to offer pragmatic solutions for independance. I saw a

commerical for ADHD

http://www.adhdroadmap.com/ I have not seen anything but the

commerical, however it sounds hopeful rather than destructive. To

see a childs abilitys not as a disorder but as a path for viability,

and ability rather than keeping children in darkened dungeons and

writing them off. mimi

> In a message dated 3/12/2008 9:20:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

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> Bott-Graham, arrested for the murder of a two year old

> autistic boy in Pocatello, Idaho was a BCBA with a long history. .

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> The trademarks " Behavior Analyst Certification Board,

> Inc., " " BACB, " " Board Certified Behavior Analyst, " " BCBA, " " Board

> Certified Associate Behavior Analyst, " and " BCABA " are owned by

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> Behavior Analyst Certification Board. All rights reserved.

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