Abilities United champions people with development and physical disabilities and provides the education, training and support they need to lead the lives they choose.

Providing cutting edge Autism services: RDI, school consultations, crisis management, parent training, psychotherapy and professional training.

1:1 Tutoring to address math and reading deficits. Additional instruction in the areas of study habit development, organization skills and life lesson coaching.

Social Skills groups for children and young adults. Seminars and lectures available on social skills. Behavior modification also offered. Free parent support groups.

College Living Experience is a post-secondary program that provides intensive assistance with academic, independent living and social skills to college students with autism spectrum disorders as they transition to become independent, responsible adults.

DeeDee Spangler, M.S. (Masters in Special Education), Founder. DMS Consulting provides educational and behavioral consultation, home programming and supervision, school district programming/consultation/supervision, IEP coaching, and parent training, along with classroom and home staff training to include therapist and in home staff (i.e.-nanny).

I will provide respite care and treatment for kids and adults with autism. I am a professional who specializes in autism with 37 years of practical experience. I am willing to provide respite care for weekends or afternoon activities as well as provide nutritional diet and research along with my recent research. I am doing a study of candida albicans and the effects of older students with autism.

Licensed Educational Psychologist

Dr. Davidson conducts Comprehensive Psycho-Educational Evaluations that include:

1) Diagnoses

2) Pre-Academic and Academic Goals
based on the California standards

3) Social, Self-Help and Behavioral
Goals-based on Present Levels of
Performance (PLOPS)

4) Recommendation-solution based
action plans

To increase children's education and self-esteem.

-Program/Classroom Evaluation
-Nonpublic School Placements
-Educational Interventions
-Functional Analysis Assessment
(FAA)
-Independent Education Evaluation
(IEE)
-Expert Witness- Mediation, Hearings
-IEP Attendance and Expertise
-Discipline- Suspension, Expulsion
-Court Evaluations- Juvenile Hall
-Child Custody
-Regional Center Services
-Section 504 Plan

Licensed Educational Psychologist

Dr. Davidson conducts Comprehensive Psycho-Educational Evaluations to increase children's education and self-esteem that include:

1) Diagnoses

2) Pre-Academic and Academic Goals
based on the Present Levels of
Performance (PLOPS) and the
California standards

3) Social and Play, Self-Help,
Sensory, Behavioral Goals based
on PLOPS.

4) Recommendations and Solution-
based Action Plans

Other Services

-Program/Classroom Evaluation
-Nonpublic School Placements
-Educational Interventions
-Functional Analysis Assessment
(FAA)
-Independent Education Evaluation
(IEE)
-Expert Witness- Mediation, Hearings
-IEP Attendance and Expertise
-Discipline- Suspension, Expulsion
-Court Evaluations- Juvenile Hall
-Child Custody
-Regional Center Services
-Section 504 Plans

I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Life/Family coach with 10 years of experience working with children and adolescents with ASD (including Asperger),ADHD, Depression, delinquency etc.

OCASG provides support for people with Aspergers, HFA and PDD-NOS and their families through meetings, online communities, social events, education and advocacy.

Established in 1955, Speech and Language Development Center (SLDC) is a non-profit school and therapy center, serving more than 340 children and young adults who have neurologically-based difficulties in language, learning, and/or behavior. Students are referred to the Center by school districts in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, as well as by Regional Centers. SLDC serves students who have a variety of handicapping conditions, including autism, deaf or hard of hearing, visual impairment, Down Syndrome, learning handicap, and emotionally disturbed. On-site therapeutic services include Speech/Language Pathology, Adapted Physical Education, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Counseling and Audiology. The Center’s enrollment also includes non-handicapped students in Reverse Inclusion Classrooms for children ages three to twelve years. Some clinical services are available to non-students after regular school hours.

Tucci Learning Solutions, Inc. provides consultative and training services for educators and parents of birth to 3, pre-school, and school-age children with a diagnosis of autism, pervasive developmental disorders, other developmental disabilities, and challenging behavioral difficulties.

The Competent Learner Model� (CLM) is an intensive, individualized teaching program designed to build a bridge of cooperation and understanding, across the school and home programs.

Villa Esperanza Services is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the care and education of children, adults and seniors with disabilities. Founded in 1961 by a group of mothers who believed their developmentally disabled children deserved quality care and education, the program was named Villa Esperanza (“House of Hope”) in 1966.

Today, Villa serves children, adults and seniors each year ranging in age from 2-96 years old and include individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s, dementia, Down syndrome, mental retardation, and speech or communication difficulties. Villa serves individuals in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties by offering:

• A comprehensive school for children and youth to age 22, serving 24 school districts;
• An Occupational Therapy and a Speech and Language Center serving children, adults and seniors at Villa and in the surrounding communities;
• An integrated, community-based employment and work placement program;
• A center and community-based day program for adults;
• Eight adult residences in Pasadena and one in Thousand Oaks;
• An integrated Adult Day Program serving adults and seniors;
• An integrated Care Management Program serving adults and seniors in 41 cities;
• Independent Living Services program and a 6-unit independent living apartment in Pasadena.