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Parent urges USD 383 to keep in-class ABA services, says new visitor policy undermines inclusion
Summary
A Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 parent told the school board the district's new visitor policy and a move to restrict autism curriculum are threatening in-class applied behavior analysis (ABA) services that have supported her child.
Pamela Steinmetz, a parent of a student at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary, told the Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 board of education on July 16 that recent changes to district visitor policy and curriculum are harming access to classroom-based ABA services for her daughter.
"I am Pamela Steinmetz, mother of Elsie, an autistic child enrolled at Theodore Roosevelt," Steinmetz said during the board's public-comment period. She told the…
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