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CT FEAT Parent Training Scholarships
Parent Training Funds: Applications Being Accepted!
CT FEAT believes that well informed parents are their children’s most important
teachers and advocates. In order to support parental efforts to learn more about
best practices in autism treatment, CT FEAT has established a special fund to
help parents pay the costs of attending training workshops, conferences and
other educational events.
The Frank D. Craemer Memorial Parent Training Fund was established in
2008 with memorial contributions from the family and friends of Frank Daly
Craemer. Mr. Craemer was the father of CT FEAT board member Rosie Shea and a
loving grandfather, known as “Poppy,” to his grandchildren Jeremiah and Fiona
Shea.
To date, this special Parent Training Fund has paid out over $2,000 to
help parents defray the costs of attending educational events (e.g. lectures,
training workshops, conferences, courses) focused on interventions validated by
research. Parents learn about the most effective methods for teaching specific
skills and achieving positive behavioral changes.
With support from CT FEAT, parents have attended presentations by the River
Street Autism Program and the Connecticut Association for Behavior Analysis.
Monies from the Frank D. Craemer Memorial Parent Training Fund also were used to
underwrite the cost of the two-day 2009 Basics of ABA Conference
sponsored by CT FEAT and held at the University of Hartford.
Applications for funding can be submitted at any time. CT FEAT’s board of
directors reviews the applications on a quarterly basis and makes financial
awards based on a variety of considerations, including the merit of the proposed
activity, competing requests for funding, and the fund’s quarterly budget. The
scholarship may cover the entire cost of the activity or some portion thereof.
If you would like to be considered for a Parent Training Scholarship, please
provide us with the following information: 1) Your contact information (full
name, address, phone number and email); 2) Your child’s age and date of
diagnosis; 3) a description of the proposed educational activity (including
names and background of presenters, location, date, and cost); 4) how you heard
about the scholarship; and 5) a brief statement as to why you believe the
activity would be beneficial to you.
Please send your scholarship funding request to:
ctfeat1@ctfeat.org. Be sure to put “Parent Training Fund” in the subject
line of your email. CT FEAT’s board of directors typically act upon a request
within two weeks of receiving it.
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