The ABCs of ABA Funding:
Part One of Four
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 By Attorney Franklin J. Hickman
When looking for sources of funding for ABA services, remember the following from your alphabet soup: EI, ACA, IDEA and EPSDT. This article is the first in a series of four installments which will explain each of the programs and summarize the procedures needed to obtain ABA benefits.
Early Intervention (EI)
Early Intervention services are part of Help Me Grow, an Ohio program for services for children under the age of three who are eligible under requirements established by the Ohio Department of Health ("ODH"). Help Me Grow is administered by ODH and funded through Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"). Help Me Grow requires an assessment of infants/toddlers with a disability and development of a service plan ("IFSP") for the family, which is subject to periodic review. An eligible child is entitled to services which are necessary to meet the unique needs of the child and family to achieve results or outcomes identified in the IFSP.
Two recent developments affirm that Ohio's Department of Health ("ODH") has a duty to fund necessary ABA services for eligible children:
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The recent death of Casey Kasem made me think about how things can still go wrong even when we think
believe that we have prepared for the inevitable.
Casey Kasem, a popular radio host, recently passed away at age 82. Many of us remember him as the voice of "American Top 40," a weekly radio show on which Casey read listener dedications while counting down the hits. The listener dedications were emotional tributes to a loved one, often choking me up.
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