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“Supernanny” Teams With Acclaimed Autism Expert to Help Child with Autism


Tuesday, October 25, 2005


Show to Air Friday, November 4


ABC Media Relations:


Patrick Preblick (212) 456-7819


Supernanny Jo Frost teams with world-renowned autism expert Lynn Koegel,


Ph.D., to tackle the parenting issues faced by a family whose three-year-old


son is an outsider in his own home. This episode of “Supernanny” airs on


Friday, November 4 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) on the ABC Television Network.


Deirdre and Trae Facente don’t know how to integrate their autistic son


Tristin into their daily life with their twins, Kayla and Marlana (4).


Tristin is completely non-verbal, caught up in his own world of spinning,


jumping, swinging, and, often, taking off his clothes. The only time he


spends with his family is sitting at the dinner table.


Enter Koegel and Supernanny Jo. Together they refine the classic


“Supernanny” methods and teach all the Facentes about Koegel’s inclusion and


communication techniques to help engage Tristin. In just a week, silent


Tristin goes from zero words to speaking hundreds of times using over 20 new


words. He is bursting with requests to play a favorite game, be tickled, or


eat a treat.


Step-by-step, Jo and Koegel help the parents keep Tristin from his


disruptive behaviors by including him in family chores and activities. These


efforts culminate in the boy helping his dad set the table, a seemingly


mundane task that is so miraculous for Tristin, it brings tears to Trae’s


eyes.


Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., is one of the world’s foremost experts on the


treatment of autism. She and her husband, Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., founded


the renowned Koegel Autism Center at the Graduate School of Education at the


University of California, Santa Barbara. She co-wrote the bestselling book


on autism, Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope that


can Transform a Child’s Life, and also co-authored with her husband the new


book, Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism.



 

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