Staff, continued
Agnes Patton, continued
Although she started as a volunteer with our Saturday Program, she officially joined Elliott Institute in 1997 as a Speech Assistant and in July 2004 became the Director of the Educational Department.
Agnes currently conducts the Enhancement Program in the classes, designs and writes educational programs for three classes of children with autism, attends IEP’s as needed and provides speech therapy services after school under the supervision of Dr. Alicia A. Elliott, CCC/SLP.
Her training has been extensive and includes programs such as:
- Handwriting without Tears
- Links to Language I and II
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- How Should We Teach Them to Read?
- Childhood Communication Seminars
- Behavior Intervention Case Manager Training
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention training program
- What to Teach and How to Measure What They Have Learned
- Differentiating Instruction and Promoting Staff Implementation in the Era of High Standards
Eileen Tatevossian, continued
Eileen worked as a behavioral specialist at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute, administering behavioral assessments to patients as well as designing and implementing prescriptive programs for inpatients and outpatients with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. In New York City, Eileen worked at the behavioral schools Fred S. Keller and Bronxville Elementary where she implemented effective behavioral management techniques consistent with the literature in Applied Behavior Analysis. As a behavioral therapist at NYL Lifestart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital, Eileen worked with children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders in their homes, recognizing the importance of parent training.
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