Special Education Community Meeting Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:30 - 8:30 pm 2445 3rd Avenue South - Auditorium A family meeting hosted by Seattle Public Schools and the TIERS Group to hear the results of an evaluation of special education services, recommendations and the revised comprehensive corrective action plan. See here for the flyer with […]

The state Medicaid ABA plan is being submitted to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and we should have federal approval soon.  We recognize Medicaid is struggling with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) provider capacity, reportedly due to providers being unable to accept Medicaid’s reimbursement rates. We are deeply saddened that hundreds of children have […]

The proposal to create Enhanced Behavior Support Homes (EBSH) in Washington state is an attempt to provide appropriate therapeutic options to meet the needs of DDA-eligible individuals with level 2 or 3 autism and/or Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) who experience significant challenging behaviors putting them at risk of institutionalization. Behaviors may include self-injury, injury to […]

Nearly 70% of individuals with disabilities and 95% of people with severe cognitive disabilities such as autism will never hold down a job. The reason is that no matter what they do and how well they do it, employers rarely give them a chance. Hiring people with disabilities confirms: People with disabilities perform their job […]