Useful Links and Resources

Books and education:

• The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children With Autism and Related Disorders by Mary Barbera and Tracy Rasmussen.
  
• Educate Toward Recovery: Turning the Tables on Autism by Robert Schramm MA, BCBA.
  
• Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autism by Catherine Maurice.
  
  

Research/Official organisations

• Association for Behavior Analysis International - a non-profit membership organization with the mission to contribute to the well-being of society by developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science of behaviour analysis through research, education, and practice.
  
• Behavior Analyst Certification Board - a non-profit corporation established in 1998 to meet professional credentialing needs identified by behaviour analysts, governments, and consumers of behaviour analysis services.
  
• National Autism Centre - a non-profit organisation dedicated to serving children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) by providing reliable information, promoting best practices, and offering comprehensive resources for families, practitioners, and communities.
  
• Research Autism - UK charity exclusively dedicated to research into interventions in autism.
  
  

Resources for ABA programmes:

• Different Roads to Learning - carries over 500 products carefully selected to support the Autism Community.
  
• Black Sheep Press - produce illustrated worksheets and assessments that assist the development of children's speech and language.
  
• Hawkins Bazaar - reinforcer ideas.
  
• ABA Educational Resources Ltd - provides practical resource materials for families and professionals using educational strategies for children with autism.
  
• ABA Materials - flashcards.
  
  

Funding options:

• Disability Living Allowance - Apply online.
  
• Cash for Kids - A Helping Hand for Local Children.
  
• Special Scotland - Working with Autism.
  
• Caudwell Children - Changing Special Children's Lives.
  
  

How to find therapists:

• Local Universities - place an advert in the careers department of your local university or contact the educational and psychology departments directly.
• We keep CV's on file of therapists looking for work so feel free to contact us and we can pass on their details.
• ABA VB Community - Teaching to children with autism.
• ABA Tutor Finder - an online directory of tutors and program supervisors, practising in a variety of behavioural intervention strategies, for families and carers of children on the autism spectrum.
• Local Gumtree - Search for therapists in your local area.