RE: [SPAM]Re: Fwd:Re: ABA and

February 12, 2009

Sonya,

I am so happy for you. I am so encouraged by others ahead of in this journey

who have either recovered or are on their way to recovery.

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Martha

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emerson

Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:56 PM

Subject: [sPAM]Re: Fwd:Re: ABA and

My son is a former patient of Dr. G. He is now 9 years old and is in a

regular ed 3rd grade class with no aide, no modifications. The other kids

dont know he has autism, as he no longer has behavioral differences. He

pretty much acts like any other 3rd grader. We attribute his significant

progress to the GFCF diet and ABA which he has had since he was 2 years old.

He was with Dr. G for 1 year, from 3yrs to 4yrs, but most of his progress

has come after that time. At 2, he was diagnosed with severe autism, we

were told he would never speak, he had extreme tantrums and would self

injure himself. We feel that ABA is the reason he no longer has any of

these issues. His speech is normal, he maks jokes constantly and has a

great sense of humor. He absolutely does not sound like a robot, just

sounds like a silly little boy.

Just our experience.

~sonya

> From: Martha Wood <_marthawood@ comcast.mar_ (mailto:marthawood@ comcast.

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> Subject: ABA and

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> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 9:53 AM

> Hello all,

>

> I am in need of guidance. We had our phone consult with Dr.

> G last night. He

> is adamantly opposed to ABA and spent some time last night

> go over why ABA

> is not the right approach to take. Right now we have a good

> 20 hour a week

> in home program for our newly four year old son. I am too

> afraid to let it

> go and trust that all of our son's problems will

> resolve in time through the

> protocol. Right now we are considering spending three

> weeks at the

> Judevine School in St. Louis to have a sort of " boot

> camp " like experience

> to help our boy with language, socialization, and potty

> training. I know

> some of you have incorporated ABA and other methods (ie.

> Floortime and RDI)

> along with the protocol. The last thing I want to do

> is overstress our

> child not to mention the stress of financing all of this

> therapy. But at the

> same time I do not want to chance it and let the ABA go.

>

> Is there anyone out there who regrets doing ABA? Does

> anyone have experience

> with the Judevine School? Has anyone out there ever done a

> sort of " boot

> camp " three week approach that was helpful and

> lasting? By the way we think

> our fella is moderate ASD.

>

> Any thoughts would be so appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Martha Wood

>

February 13, 2009

I think this shows our kids are all different and respond in different ways to

therapies. No matter how, always glad to read the success stories of others!

Angie