A collaborative therapeutic intervention for children with autism (See Comments)

The Fellowship will assist services to better and more consistenly meet the needs of young children with autsim and their families, by supporting a preparatory implementation/research visit to Division TEACCH, a world leader in autsim research/therapy at the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, at the University of North Carolina. Knowledge gained will be used in research with Therapy ACT and the ACT Department of Education and Training and will develop practitioners' expertise in the internationally-recognised approach, TEACCH (Treatment and Education and Communication-handicapped Children).