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		<title>Carter talks sense</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/04/carter-talks-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rarely point to posts on the Huffington Posts, but an entry by Liane Kupferberg Carter entitled &#8220;Autism: A time for civility&#8221; deserves recognition. Ms. Carter, the mother of a child with Autism, notes how factionation (if I may create than word) among people with interests in Autism has created divides not needed. The basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Autism insurance mandate gains traction</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/02/virginia-autism-insurance-mandate-gains-traction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Virginia (US) legislature (which I sometimes call the &#8220;House of Burgess&#8221; for fun), efforts to mandate coverage of intensive behavioral therapy (AKA &#8220;ABA,&#8221; &#8220;discrete-trial training,&#8221; etc.) by insurance policies gained a little momentum 16 February when Senate Bill 464 passed by a nearly 2-to-1, bi-partisan margin. Earlier this legislative session, one similar bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US legislator about seclusion and restraint</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the US House of Representatives prepares to make statements about and amend HR 4247, Representative Joe Courtney (CN, US) posted a statement on the blog maintained by the House committee that will debate the legislation. The post, &#8220;Rep. Joe Courtney: Congress Must Make Schools Safe Havens for Children,&#8221; touts Representative Courtney&#8217;s perspective on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US legislators consider law for preventing abusive restraint and seclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Congress is considering legislation to prevent abusive restraint and seclusion of students in schools. This is a welcome consequence of the highly visible reports about terrible abuses of students&#8217; right to be free from harm. However, as much as I support this initiative, it is important to make clear that the laws (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK action on children&#8217;s mental health</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/01/uk-action-on-childrens-mental-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lord Jones of Cheltenham, a member of the the UK Parliament, has formally asked &#8220;what measures are planned to improve services for (a) children with serious emotional disturbance, and (b) adults with mental health illnesses.&#8221; The request is in response to recent UK report, Keeping Children and Young People in Mind – Full Government Response [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Campaign for Children’s Mental Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[



Twelve key children’s services for community services boards




specialized children’s emergency services;
crisis stabilization;
evaluations for Comprehensive Services Act services;
psychiatric/medication;
office-based mental health therapy;
office-based substance abuse therapy;
mental health case management; 
intellectual disabilities case management;
substance abuse case management;
home-based behavioral treatment and support for families;
school-based day treatment; and
local residential services.





Right here in my home commonwealth of Virginia last week, Mira Signe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD and smoking and lead</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/12/adhd-and-smoking-and-lead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the November 2009 issue of Pediatrics, Tanya Froehlich and colleagues reported that maternal smoking during pregnancy and children&#8217;s exposure to lead were associated with diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Each factor alone was linked to ADHD, and the two in combination had an even greater association ADHD. 
 OBJECTIVE: The study objective was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FC required by law?</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/11/fc-required-by-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we&#8217;re on the subject of ineffective interventions, I want to revisit facilitated communication (FC). The US commonwealth of Massacheusetts apparently is considering a bill that will require teachers to learn to use FC. In &#8220;An Act To Improve Augmentative And Alternative Communication Opportunities For Children With Disabilities,&#8221; the legislative houses of Massachusetts are proposing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C0nc0rdance&#8217;s anti-vax takedown</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/10/c0nc0rdances-anti-vax-takedown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An individual who goes by the screen name C0nc0rdance posted a pair of videos to YouTube on 1 October 2009 that make a clear and compelling case for ignoring ill-reasoned arguments recommending that parents avoid vaccinating their children. 
When we make risky decisions about our health, it&#8217;s always good to be in possession of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A. Duncan promotes PBIS</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/08/a-duncan-promotes-pbis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education, wrote to the chief officers of education for each of the states in the US on 31 July 2009 regarding the use of seclusion and restraint in schools. He expressed concern about the testimony heard recently by the Education and Labor Committee of the US House of Representatives, and [...]]]></description>
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