UNB Fredericton, and NB, have enjoyed international recognition for its developing autism intervention expertise since the mid 2000's, The early intervention training program UNB developed was used to implement a provincial early intervention program that was soon recognized by the Association for Science in Autism Treatement in the US. UNB Fredericton has also achieved recognition in Europe.
Recently UNB-CEL Fredericton in partnership with Autism Connections Fredericton brought Princeton adult autism expert Dr. Greg MacDuff to Fredericton to speak for 2 days about adult autism care and treatment models he developed, evidence based autism treatment and adult autism principles generally. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the PNB had also helped bring Dr. MacDuff to Fredericton and to see Families and Children Minister Stephen Horsman as the introductory speaker. In addition there were a number of senior NB government employees in attendance at the event.
During the 2 day session I also learned that UNB was now involved in the provision of autism intervention programming in France. I checked on the UNB-CEL web site and found the following information ... another testament to the internationally recognized autism expertise which UNB Fredericton is continuing to develop:
April 5, 2016
UNB partners with Université Blaise Pascale to license the autism intervention-programming curriculum
UNB has partnered with Université Blaise Pascale to license the autism intervention-programming curriculum, which will be re-designed for target employment in France. All developed curriculum will be co-shared for future opportunities of both institutions.
“We are very proud of the reputation UNB has and continues to build and expand upon on the autism and behaviour intervention front,” said Trisha Fournier-Hoyt, director, Autism and ABA training at UNB College of Extended Learning (CEL). “We continue to refresh and repurpose our programming to meet the needs of training partners across the world.”
Université Blaise Pascale has been charged with the development of a countrywide education strategy to provide an online autism intervention program for existing licensed psychology professionals in France.
UNB has also achieved licensing recognition as a post secondary institution in France allowing UNB to provide education to students sponsored directly. This license was fostered through the partnership between UNB-CEL, l’Association Actions pour l’Autisme Aspergers France and the UNB-IRO.
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