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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which Education and Library Boards use the Applied Behaviour Analysis Scheme for teaching autistic children; and how many children suffer from autism in each Education and Library Board. [120112] Jane Kennedy: The Education and Library Boards support pupils with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder using a range of methods. These will include aspects of ABA (Applied Behavioural Analysis), TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic Children and those with related Communications Handicaps) and PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System). All Educational Psychologists are trained in ABA techniques as part of their degree qualification. The Belfast Education and Library Board and the South-Eastern Education and Library Board are each currently funding four children on specific ABA Programmes. Figures for the number of children known to the Education and Library Boards to have an ASD are as follows*: * As of June 2001. Figures taken from the Task Group Report on Autism. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Education board Number of pupils North-Eastern 112 South-Eastern 276 Southern 242 Western 145 Belfast 194 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

120112; 407 c708W;407 c712W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Autism Finance Education Libraries Northern Ireland Local education authorities

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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