2003 - SSAAM

SLAmant Centre
Centre St-Amant
St. Amant Centre
Committee Terms of Reference
Committee Name: Advisory Committee - ABA Program1
Purpose:
The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice and support to St. Amant Centre and Manitoba
Families For Effective Autism Treatment (MFEAT) concerning the development, implementation and evaluation
of an Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) program for Manitoba pre-school children with autism. The Committee
provides advice to help, ensure that the program is conducted and evaluated as intended and is integrated with
other services and supports presently available to children with autism and their families.
Principal Functions:
* To include major stakeholders in the development of the program to ensure program integrity and optimal
coordination with other related services and agencies.
* To assist in introducing and explaining the program to agencies and affiliates represented by or associated with
Advisory Committee members.
* To advise the program partners - St. Amant Centre and MFEAT - on all major program matters such as:
* The development, assessment and ongoing revision of policies and procedures during the
formative period of the program. This includes consideration of fundamental issues such as
eligibility, program objectives, program scope, program timelines, funding requirements, essential
partnerships, exit criteria, transition to school, evaluation purpose and methods, etc.
* Recruitment and training of program personnel.
* Structure of the program budget.
* Monitoring of the program's evaluation outcomes to ensure meaningful outcome measurement
and appropriate interpretation of outcome information.
* Communication and liaison needed with other agencies or the public about the program
* Changes needed in the size of the program in order to meet identified needs of eligible children
* To assist in determining how the program compares to other ABA programs in Canada and the United States
V To advise concerning best methods for transit!oning to school, including possible methods for extending ABA
therapy into children's school years when families wish this upon termination of their children's participation
in the preschool program
Responsible to: The Committee advises but is not responsible to the partnering agencies (St. Amant Centre and
MFEAT) for the ABA program. Committee members are responsible to the agency or association that they
represent.
Membership:
The committee is formed by invitation of the partner agencies. Existing committee members may recommend
additional members relevant to the program. The term of membership is indefinite.
Leanne Boyd, Healthy Child Manitoba
Jane Bow, Autism Program, Health Sciences Centre
Dale Brownlee, Manitoba Health _ ....-,-,
Eleanor Chornoboy, Children's Special Services
Darlene Dyck, St. Amant Centre, ABA Program Executive Committee
1 Operated In A Partnership With MFEAT
02/27/03