 Edward
C., Fenske, M.A.T., Ed.S.,
is the Director of Education Programs. His experience in delivering
intervention to children with autism, support services to their
families, and training and supervision to professional staff spans 25
years. His published works address home programming, language
development, and early intervention.
He was
also a Contributor to
Making a Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism
(Book, Edited by
Catherine Maurice, Gina Green, and Richard M. Foxx, Pro-ed,
2001). This excellent book is a
follow-up to Behavioral
Intervention for Young Children With Autism and covers a variety of additional topics,
including: incidental teaching techniques to promote spontaneous
language, maximizing conversation skills, teaching social skills
(accompanied by curriculum), prompting and prompt-fading strategies,
dealing with food problems, treating problem behaviors, current
information on the nature of autism, and the political turmoil
surrounding autism treatment. There are 17 contributors to the volume,
including Deborah Fein, Patricia J. Krantz, Lynn E. McClannahan,
Edward C. Fenske, Bridget A. Taylor, and Richard M. Foxx. ISBN #
0-89079-871-0 |
Debbie Lignell, MA, LMFT
Marriage Family Therapist, Child Development Specialist
Debbie Lignell has consulted with
Discovery Toys for almost five years and has been in the field of
Early Childhood for over twenty years.
She received her Master's degree in
Clinical Psychology with a specialization in working with children and
families, a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development, and an Associates
Degree in Early Childhood Development.
Debbie is a Marriage, Child and
Family Therapist licensed in California and also works as a consultant
with First Five of Alameda County, working directly with child care
programs to improve their overall quality.
For over ten years, she worked in
child care centers as a teacher and director for children from birth
to 5 years old while she started and finished her college education.
She then worked for eight years with the Head Start Program in various
roles before beginning her consultation career.
Debbie's biggest and best role to
date is that of Mommy to her four year old son, Noah. |