IYC Articles - CommentsReaders' comments on Barry Prizant, Amy Wetherby, Emily Rubin, and Amy Laurent’s “The SCERTS Model. A Transactional, Family-Centered Approach to Enhancing Communication and Socioemotional Abilities of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”Dear ISEI Members, Thanks so much to all of you who participated in the Infants and Young Children Articles and Comments Page on the ISEI Website. The comments for Barry Prizant, Amy Wetherby, Emily Rubin, and Amy Laurent’s article entitled “The SCERTS Model. A Transactional, Family-Centered Approach to Enhancing Communication and Socioemotional Abilities of Children with Autism Spectrum Disordert”can be found below. Please note that two new articles have been placed on the Current IYC Articles. All previous articles will continue to be available by accessing the “IYC Previous Articles” Best regards Mike Guralnick COMMENTS FROM WEB PAGE: Good day! Thank you very much
for sharing the article "The SCERTS Model. A Transactional,
Family-Centered Approach to Enhancing Communication and Socioemotional
Abilities of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder." I am Girlie
C. Guangko, a licensed occupational therapist here in Cebu City,
Philippines. I have long been researching for a comprehensive program
that would address the needs of children with ASD and their families.
I work in a preschool – Kids' World Child Development Center – with
inclusion program. I try my best to mainstream my patients into the
regular classroom as this is the goal of their parents. As such,
communication and socioemotional abilities are really regarded as
among the most important abilities that they should attain. I can
attest to what the article has mentioned that approaches geared towards
enhancing these abilities vary greatly and that it can confuse both
caregivers and professionals alike. Most OT's do one-on-one home-based
or school-based therapy sessions incorporating sensory integration
with behavior programs from ABA books authored by Catherine Maurice.
Therefore, there is a great need for a comprehensive education/ treatment
model. The SCERTS model has shed light into this matter. Thank you
once again. I'll be looking forward to more articles that will further
promote early intervention as not too many in the Philippines are
aware of this. If you can share more information on workshops/ trainings/
scholarship programs, please do. More power to ISEI! Back to IYC Articles - Previously published in association with ISEI |