Ivar Lovaas - the Entrepreneur and Successful Businessman

Ivar Lovaas was a successful business man turning his controversial 1987 study into a thriving business providing services and consultation to thousands of ABA service providers. The Lovaas Institute has 10 nationwide offices. Employees are provided flexible schedules, a 401k plan and competitive hourly rates according to its website. Instructors don't need a degree or have knowledge of autism. The Lovaas Institute will provide all the necessary training to teach instructors what autism is and how to "treat" it using the methods developed by its CEO.
http://www.lovaas.com/employment.php

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[CDFoakley]

Great video!

[christschool]

@CDFoakley thanks

[qsmile]

I think psychologist using pills on children to modify behavior or certain symptoms is very problematic. Teaching children coping skills and how to reduce anxiety is better.

The videos of the Lovaas school did not show extreme autism and how the teacher cope with that.

[christschool]

@qsmile Psychiatrists are the only ones that can prescribe medication.

Some forms of anxiety cannot be reduced in early childhood by behavior modification. This is why you only see children with normal cognitive abilities in the Lovaas Institute videos. My son would shred these childless "therapists" and his autism is only on the moderate side.  However, I think as a business promotion factor, this video hits all the marketing points required.

[christschool]

@CDFoakley It didn't work on my moderately autistic child either. It won't work. As you get further into their program, you see how ridiculous it is. They prey on the parents of the newly diagnosed, like they did to me and countless thousands of other parents. It is a business, no different than the biomed community.

[christschool]

@CDFoakley wrote: "This is perhaps one intrinsic motivation I've had to keep showing the side of autism that we live with. I still remember the day an intake specialist at one of these bigshot autism programs told me (after I described my son) "Oh, no, no, we don't take those cases. They require extensive work."

This is what researchers still refuse to face up to. Lovaas had a history of taking barely autistic like children, using them in his study to "prove" his method. His method is a biz

[CDFoakley]

@christschool What an EXCELLENT point U make here. This is perhaps one intrinsic motivation I've had to keep showing the side of autism that we live with. I still remember the day an intake specialist at one of these bigshot autism programs told me (after I described my son) "Oh, no, no, we don't take those cases. They require extensive work." As if, God forbid, somebody might have to "work" with the most severely of the autistic children.

[qsmile]

I know that psychiatrist can only prescribe medication.

Tired this morning information retrieval in brain is slow.

[qsmile]

How expensive is the Lovaas school per child?

[christschool]

@qsmile I think a background in psychology can be harmful to most autistic children because psychology tends to remove the child in the mind of the therapist. Too often, they think of the "symptoms" rather than the child. In my experience, loving adults who have had children have been the best teachers for my son, especially adults who have had boys as children.