Oregon Autism Resources Research

CDSO - Child Development School of Oregon (Provider - Nonprofit)

Hillsboro - 503-646-9135
www.cdso.org
steward@acsip.com - Theresa Steward, Program Director
Gabby Morgan, contact person (very hard to get ahold of but keep trying. Try before 9am as they do not answer phones during school hours)
Look into Young Autism Program with Dr. Tristen Smith, Pullman, WA, Vancouver, WA, moving to Tigard
CDSO uses the Princeton Child Development Institute (PCDI) Center based program

Threshold (Provider - Nonprofit)

503-375-9462 • gridwork@teleport.com
Sharone Lee - Director/Teacher
http://www.THRESHOLD-autism.pvt.k12.or.us/
Says Robert Horner of Uof O is doing the PRT
Jan Jensen is the one who wrote about eclecticism, collection from good models that makes for a "bag of tricks" that gets added to as child grows up and moves from teacher to teacher
Suggested Reading: Lorenzo's Oil, Autism Nature & ?, The Roadless Traveled (Peck), The Different Drum (Peck)

Cascade Regional Center (Provider - Public)

Benton County Early Intervention (Provider - Public)

Benton County Mental Health (Provider - Public)

Arc of Benton County (Provider - Public)

Salem Autism Library at Deaf School (Provider - Public)

Princeton Child Development Institution (Provider)

FEAT (Support - Nonprofit)

IFSP/IEP/TP

Special Physical and Motor Fitness Clinic (Provider)

CDRC (Provider)

Dr. Gene Stubbs (August 15, 1999 Sunday Oregonian NW Living (L8) states ABA is one of the most effective methods of teaching)

Autism Society of Oregon (Support - Nonprofit)

REACT - Medford - (Provider)

Provider of linking Parents wanting ABA with University of Nevada, Reno consulting
(541)772-6742 Dave Adams, Director REACT Inc.
We offer an On-Site program and an outreach service model. We would love to have you and the other parents and children as clients . The outreach consultant is a Senior Level Therapist/Level 2 Therapist and has a Masters Level degree, she is currently working on her Ph.D. She will be available for consulting NOW and will be supervised by Dr. Ghezzi at the University of Nevada Reno through the REACT
contract.
Meeta Patella - 1x per month 1-2 days, doctoral student
Under Pat Ghezzi
Can: consult telephone conference, look at video critique

OTAC - Oregon Technical Assistance Center (Provider - Public)

Kelley Gordom 503-364-9943, Developmental Disabilities and Services came from Fircrest School with Richard Fox and Crag Jensen (in Edmonds, Wash)
Craig Jensen is really good ABA person
Oregon can't do Positive Practice (drills, something child doesn't want to do)
Oregon Intervention System -> Office of Developmental Services -> Children's Intensive Placement (Zack Carr)
Oregon Intervention System has 120 instructors that do behavioral plans and minor assessments, of 120, 20 are level 5 that are allowed to do individual consulting
John Howe (Horner, freelance) 752-1048
Brian Varley (softer, freelance) 917-5147
If either John or Brian don't work out, then Cristy or Mike (one of which is an autism specialist)
Charter school bill might help us pay for Autism school

UCLA Young Autism Project (Provider)

UCLA
310-825-2961/310-840-5983 Tues 10:30am-11:30am
1-310-825-2319 lovaas@psych.sscnet.ucla.edu
Northwest Young Autism Project
Correct number in Portland: 503-222-5127
Old Numbers 360-546-9744/509-335-2522/509-335-7750
Tristram Smith, Asst Prof WSU Director of NYAP, Tristram Smith, Ph.D.
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-4820
The May Center for Early Childhood Education
10 Acton Street
Arlington, MA 02174 Phone: (617)648-9260
ABC, Applied Behaviour Consultants
Dr. Morro
Phone = 1-800-435-9888
Ethel W. Hetrick, Ph.D. (Director)
Oak Forest Psychological Services
2834 Bill Owens Pkwy.
Longview, Texas 75605
Office: (903) 759-6588
Fax: (903) 759-4904
EHetrick1@aol.com
Texas Young Autism Project
Department of Psychology
Psychological Research & Services Center
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-5341
Phone: (713) 743-8610
Fax: (713) 743-8633
Director: Gerald Harris, Ph.D

Rock Creek Elementary School (Provider - Public)

COPE (Support - Nonprofit)

Project PACE (Provider)

Kim Kaye

Special Ed People to contact in Salem Capital Hill

Dr. Lucyshyn (Provider)

Deschuttes County