November 3, 2005

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  Looks Interesting.........I plan on watching or taping this.....

  
  

  "Supernanny" Teams With Acclaimed Autism Expert to Help Child with Autism

  
  

  Tuesday, October 25, 2005

  
  

  Show to Air Friday, November 4

  
  

  ABC Media Relations:

  
  

  Patrick Preblick (212) 456-7819

  
  

  Supernanny Jo Frost teams with world-renowned autism expert Lynn Koegel,

  
  

  Ph.D., to tackle the parenting issues faced by a family whose three-year-old

  
  

  son is an outsider in his own home. This episode of "Supernanny" airs on

  
  

  Friday, November 4 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) on the ABC Television Network.

  
  

  Deirdre and Trae Facente don't know how to integrate their autistic son

  
  

  Tristin into their daily life with their twins, Kayla and Marlana (4).

  
  

  Tristin is completely non-verbal, caught up in his own world of spinning,

  
  

  jumping, swinging, and, often, taking off his clothes. The only time he

  
  

  spends with his family is sitting at the dinner table.

  
  

  Enter Koegel and Supernanny Jo. Together they refine the classic

  
  

  "Supernanny" methods and teach all the Facentes about Koegel's inclusion and

  
  

  communication techniques to help engage Tristin. In just a week, silent

  
  

  Tristin goes from zero words to speaking hundreds of times using over 20 new

  
  

  words. He is bursting with requests to play a favorite game, be tickled, or

  
  

  eat a treat.

  
  

  Step-by-step, Jo and Koegel help the parents keep Tristin from his

  
  

  disruptive behaviors by including him in family chores and activities. These

  
  

  efforts culminate in the boy helping his dad set the table, a seemingly

  
  

  mundane task that is so miraculous for Tristin, it brings tears to Trae's

  
  

  eyes.

  
  

  Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., is one of the world's foremost experts on the

  
  

  treatment of autism. She and her husband, Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., founded

  
  

  the renowned Koegel Autism Center at the Graduate School of Education at the

  
  

  University of California, Santa Barbara. She co-wrote the bestselling book

  
  

  on autism, Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope that

  
  

  can Transform a Child's Life, and also co-authored with her husband the new

  
  

  book, Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism.

  
  

  
  

   

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