FEAT has grown from its initial six families in 1996 to over 500 today. Most FEAT families develop and implement intensive in-home ABA programs for their children with autism with little outside support. These programs require an extraordinary level of specialized resources that are not freely available in our area. We provide a number of services that help families create successful in-home programs and integrate their children into mainstream schools, as well as provide a supportive peer group.
For hundreds of thousands of children, it is already too late to prevent their autism. However, it is not too late to provide diagnosed children with proven effective educational programs and vital social and life skills training and support.
Programs & Services
In order to help families in their journey with autism, FEAT of Washington provides many services and resources in addition to offering intervention and educational programs for children with ASD.
Please click on a link below to read overviews of the services that FEAT of Washington offers within the following categories:
Family Resources & Services
Mentoring – new FEAT members are paired with “veteran” FEAT members who live in their area. These mentors provide support and point new members to available resources and educational services in the neighborhood.
Resource Guide – an all important road map to available resources in the Puget Sound. The Resource Guide is updated every two years Order your copy NOW!
Therapist Recruitment – job opportunities for individuals who are interested in working in ABA home programs are posted regularly in area universities and colleges. FEAT maintains a database of potential therapists for its members to access at any time.
Listserv – an online listserv which FEATWA members may join to share successes, post questions, etc.
Intervention & Recreational Programs
Junior Super Saturday – social and recreational program designed to get children with autism and their typical siblings and peers, ages 3-8 years old, to productively interact. View information on upcoming February 9, 2008 Super Saturday.
Teen Mentors, please print and fill out the background waiver and confidentiality agreement as necessary.Community Super Saturday – recreational program for children 9–14 years old.
Background waiver and volunteers' confidentiality forms for Teen Buddies click here.
Rising Star Academy - high quality early childhood education for all learners, 3-6 years old. RSA is held Monday thru Friday from 9 - 12 Noon. Classes start September 4, 2007.
Up to 15 hours/week of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) is now available in the afternoon as an option strictly for our youngsters enrolled in the RSA program.
Summer Intervention Program – designed to bridge the summer vacation and accelerate the academic progress of its students, PreK to 6th grade. The teaching curriculum employs “Fluency Based Instruction,” a unique application of the principles of ABA specifically designed to teach academic skills to students with learning disabilities. For children 4-12 years old. Click here for enrollment information and application
DUE TO PARENT FEEDBACK, DEADLINE FOR SIP APPLICATIONS IS EXTENDED: APRIL 30th IS THE LAST DAY FOR SUBMISSION.
Transitions for Teens – Designed by one of the nation’s leading experts in behavior analytic intervention for adolescents with autism and related disabilities (Dr. Peter Gerhardt, President of the Organization for Autism Research), the Transitions for Teens family of services is best described as a constellation of services targeted at the needs of low skilled, moderately skilled, and highly skilled adolescents with autism and related disabilities.
As a program, the Transitions for Teens family of services are wholly behavior analytic in terms of the overall program design and the intervention programs and procedures used, and will be clinically directed by Board Certified Behavior Analysts and Board Certified Associate Behavior Analysts who specialize in intervention for adolescents on the autism spectrum.
Transitions for Teens is held Monday thru Thursday from 2- 6 PM. Program starts September 4, 2007.
- Transitions for Teens Brochure - including tuition and enrollment information
- Peer Mentors - The participation of volunteer peer mentors is crucial to our program. Peer mentors help naturalize the social experiences and behavior of adolescents with autism. If you are a teen looking for a meaningful way to participate in the community and are interested in getting involved with Transitions for Teens, please print, fill out, and submit the forms in the teen mentor packet along with your resume, to the FEAT office, address below:
FEAT of WashingtonPO Box 6159Bellevue, WA 98008Experience Learning Project (ELP) to launch Summer 2008! Click here to view enrollment information and application form. Service learning is the bedrock of ELP.
Educational Programs
Families for Effective Autism Treatment
(FEAT) of Washington
