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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the uninformed person who keeps insisting ABA isn't appropriate for a child with MERLD, you really are full of it.  ABA is for behavior and people who are certified are of course qualified to deal with MERLD as well as autism.  If you want to get someone who specialize in speech you get a speech therapist.  DUH.

http://bacb.com/bcba-requirements/[/quote]

I honestly don't get this. If MERLD is a language disorder then why would you need behavioral interventions like ABA which are supposed to help remedy social weaknesses? At some point if you say the child has MERLD and social communication deficits and ADHD it's seems really hard to distinguish from and ASD. I fully understand feeling like teachers and administrators are making inappropriate or uninformed judgments about your child, and also the desire to have an accurate diagnosis. BTDT. But I can't understand why if your child looks to be having autism like symptoms you would not get them fully evaluated. [/quote]

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