The California Autism Center at Fresno State is making a difference for 25 students enrolled in the program. Each student receives one on one treatment. Amanda Adams is the clinical director. "The younger the brain the more impact we can have in the development and shift the development trajectory of a child, but even having said that the older children can still learn. There's never a stop to the learning."
Erin Pachelbel is a speech pathology major at Fresno State. She's also in her first semester as a student clinician. "We're working on just making sure those sounds are accurate. We've got some "r" sounds and "l" sounds and things like that.
Parents can observe nearby and listen in. All of the technology involved in the daily training doesn't come cheap. Families for Effective Autism Treatment or F.E.A.T. has raised thousands of dollars to make life easier for patients and parents. Paul Lambert is President of the group. "For the parents sitting outside that window to be able to hear what's going on in that room was always something you could take home and work not just the house you're hear a week or two hours a week or whenever you're here."
With 25 students and a long waiting list the need for technology and treatment space never goes away. On May 2nd F.E.A.T. is holding its annual car showin northeast Fresno behind Applebee's on Friant Road. Over the past decade Cam Twisters has raised more than one-quarter of a million dollars. KMPH Fox 26 is a proud sponsor of Cam Twisters.
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Autism Center At Fresno State Making A Difference For Patients And Parents