Who am I?

Hi there!
My name is Sara and I live in Connecticut. I am an ABA Therapist. Prior to my current position, I was a Special Education Teacher's Assistant in the same school district that I work in now. I worked in a K-2 elementary school. Prior to that I was a Child Development Specialist at a residential facility for behaviorally challenged children ages 5 - 15 .

I am enrolled as a student at Antioch University New England in their Autism Spectrum Disorders Program. I am enrolled in a class called Introduction to Counseling Interventions taught by Larry Welkowitz. This blog is a requirement for the class. It is my first experience with blogging. So far, so good.

I first became interested in children with autism when I began to work as a Special Ed. Teacher's Asst. My first "one-to-one" was with a child with (unofficially) High Functioning Autism. I was fascinated by the fact that he was so intelligent but the way the information got into his brain was so incredibly different than other students. Since then, I have met several wonderful children ranging in severity. Each child presents their own set of strengths and weaknesses. I have enjoyed working with each of them. Each of them have taught me more than any undergraduate college course I had ever taken. They ignited a fire in me to find more information about Autism so that I could do the best I possibly could for them.

See you next time,
Sara