The St. Amant ABA Preschool Program is funded to provide 31 hours per week of one-to-one instruction for three years. Parents are trained and supervised to implement a minimum of 5 additional hours per week. It currently serves 58 families, in Winnipeg and rural Manitoba.
MFEAT members worked hard to establish this program in 1999. Together with its partners, MFEAT continues to provide guidance to the program.
For more information, contact the St. Amant ABA Pre-School Program:
For many children, the need for ABA treatment does not cease when the child enters school. Parents must organize their own home-based ABA treatment program, as there is currently no program in Manitoba for school age children. MFEAT currently is seeking funding to support these families.
For more information, contact MFEAT at 487-1685 or info@mfeat.ca
Since autism was first described in the 1940's, research into the causes and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) has made some progress. There are still more questions than answers, and that is where the Autism Spectrum Disorders - Canadian American Research Consortium (ASD-CARC) comes in.
The ASD-CARC includes more than 50 investigators, with complementary expertise, including medical geneticists, molecular and cyto-geneticists, clinical psychologists, neurologists, developmental pediatricians, clinicians, speech and language pathologists, developmental psychologists, experts in imaging techniques, basic scientists, behaviour specialists, and parents of children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. By combining our expertise, they hope to answer questions about the nature of ASDs and their causes, in order to identify individuals at risk at a very early age - between birth and 6 months of age - so that treatments can be introduced early, maximizing the potential of each child with ASD.
MFEAT continues to support the work of the ASD-CARC in Manitoba.
For more information, contact ASD-CARC:
