AUTISM BUZZ
P.O. Box 1431
Jefferson City, MO 65102
missouri
The Department of Mental Health’s Division of DD funds five regional autism projects that collectively provide services annually to approximately 2500 families statewide. Individuals are referred to their autism projects through their regional office. The programs and services are designed to assist in skill development of individuals with ASD and provide needed training and support for families.
The first project was established in 1991 as a result of families in rural Missouri approaching legislators to ask for autism-specific family support. They requested needed services so that their family members could remain at home and receive supports close to home.
The five Missouri Autism Projects are overseen by the Missouri Advisory Committee on Autism and by Regional Parent Advisory Councils.
The Autism Projects serves individuals with ASD in:
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Central Missouri: Provides autism services through collaboration with Touchpoint Autism Center.
Southeast Missouri: Provides autism services through collaboration with Touchpoint Autism Center.
The SE Autism Project also funds the Collaborative Autism Intervention Project. CAIP facilitates the training of parents and students in methods of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a proven therapy that helps children with autism to learn social and behavioral skills.
Southwest Missouri: Provides autism services through collaboration with Touchpoint Autism Center, the Judevine Center, and other local agencies.
Northwest Missouri : The Northwest Autism Project provides support and services to families of children and adults who have autism or pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), and are clients of the Kansas City Regional Center, and who live in Bates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson (MO), Lafayette, Platte or Ray counties. The project also provides services to families in 12 additional counties in rural northwestern Missouri.
According to Code of State Regulations 9 CSR 45-3.060 Autism Project Services May Include:
The Missouri Advisory Committee on Autism is composed of two representatives and one alternate from each of the five parent advisory committees as set out in the Code of State Regulations 9 CSR 45-3.060. It includes one person with autism and one alternate, a person with autism, who are not members of a parent advisory committee. The committee is appointed by the division director from nominations by the local parent advisory committees. Members serve three year terms Members meet bi-monthly.
Missouri Advisory Committee Responsibilities
Next Meeting: TBA
Statewide Autism Advisory Committee for Missouri Autism Projects meeting
Place: Missouri Dept. of Mental Health
1706 E. Elm Street, Jefferson City
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SB 157 signed into law - Missouri's Autism Projects now in statute!
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P.O. Box 1431
Jefferson City, MO 65102
missouri