North Texas Autism Education Center Awards Scholarships to Five Educators

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Plano, TX -- February 29, 2004

The North Texas Autism Education Center (also dba Lone Star Learning

Center) is a non-profit organization founded in February 2003 to

serve the communities of North Texas. Their mission is to educate

children with autism, their families, and the professionals

dedicated to helping children with autism reach their highest

potential.

To meet our mission of providing parent and professional training at

little or no cost, the North Texas Autism Education Center is

replicating the Verbal Behavior Network (VBN) training model created

by Parents of Autistic Children in New Jersey. POAC's VBN training

model provides training and support for professionals in New Jersey

to learn how to teach Verbal Behavior to children with autism. The

education and training needed is funded by POAC. These professionals

then further the model by training parents and other professionals

in their own districts through frequent workshops on topics most

relevant to teaching children with autism.

To kick off our training model here in North Texas, we offered

workshop scholarships to public school educators, ECI Early

Intervention professionals, and full-time students majoring in

special education or a related field. The scholarships cover the

$250 registration fee to attend the " Teaching Communication Skills

to Children with Autism " - Dr. Carbone's Introductory Workshop #1,

April 20-22, 2004 in Austin, TX. This workshop is an incredible and

unique opportunity for professionals to be trained by Dr. Carbone in

Texas. J. Carbone, Ed.D., is a Board Certified Behavior

Analyst (BCBA) with over 25 years of experience designing learning

environments for persons with Autism and development disabilities.

He and his associates are currently working with several school

districts, agencies and families throughout the United States and

are presently providing services to persons in Canada and the United

Kingdom.

Thanks to generous donors who are passionate about helping us

fulfill our mission, we were able to award five scholarships:

Jan Gregg, Frisco ISD

Hitter, Plano ISD

Michnevitz, Plano ISD

, Plano ISD

Lynette Cook, Wichita Falls ISD

Each of these professionals educate children with autism in a

classroom setting and all were eager to receive additional training

to help their students reach their highest potential.

For more information about the North Texas Autism Education Center,

please contact Kim at (469) 682-0350 or visit our website at

www.ntaec.org.

Kim

North Texas Autism Education Center & Lone Star Learning Center

www.lonestarlearningcenter.org or www.ntaec.org

(469) 682-0350