F.E.A.T Families for Early Treatment of Alberta ~

Families for Effective Autism Treatments of Alberta (FEAT/AB) is a

non-profit organization dedicated to providing support, information,

education and guidance for parents, educators, and other

professionals involved with the Autism community, who believe in

the efficacy of Applied Behavior Analysis/Functional Analysis (ABA/FA)

intervention and ABA-based interventions.

CIGNA Health Care Coverage Position-Intensive Intervention Programs for Autism ~

Many CIGNA HealthCare benefit plans explicitly exclude behavioral

training and services, training, educational therapy or other non-

medical ancillary services for learning disabilities, developmental

delays, autism or mental retardation. In addition, this service may be

governed by state mandates. CIGNA HealthCare does not cover

intensive intervention programs for autism because they are

considered to be experimental, investigational, or unproven.

Autism Partnership ~ Autism Partnership will assist families in setting up

an intensive behavioral intervention program utilizing discrete trial teaching and Applied Behavior Analysis.

St. Amant ~ Their goal is to partner with families in providing the best

education for their children with autism, using Applied Behavior Analysis. They provide home based intensive early intervention for

preschool children with 36 hours of one-to-one teaching sessions

per week for a period of three years. They also provide school-age

services, with consultation to schools and families.

Schools Doing ABA in Alberta