In 1994 Drs. McEachin and Leaf formed Autism Partnership to meet
the tremendous need for comprehensive services for families with
children and adolescents diagnosed with autism. Based upon the
founders’ extensive and unique experiences of providing
behavioral treatment for children, adolescents, and adults, they
have developed the Autism Partnership Method, a progressive
approach to implementing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
treatment.
Autism Partnership was formed in 1994 to meet the tremendous need
for effective services to families with autistic children.
Based upon our founders’ extensive and unique experiences in
providing behavioral treatment to children, adolescents and
adults we have developed a comprehensive program that provides a
variety of services.
Our directors were intimately involved in the treatment program
developed at the UCLA Young Autism Project during the period of
1975-1987. Our current work incorporates the knowledge gained
from the University research clinic and combines it with our more
recent experience delivering services in community based
settings. As knowledge about effective behavioral treatments
continues to advance, we have also made innovations to increase
accessibility to greater numbers of children in a variety of
settings. We have extended the application of this specialized
teaching methodology to children who are older. While it is clear
that the optimal time to begin intervention is at the preschool
age, there are many older children who have greatly benefited
from intensive behavioral treatment.
