By Elizabeth Roche | Director
With September upon us, our training schedule is picking up! We continue to travel across Massachusetts hosting trainings for police, fire and EMS. We will be branching out to school systems to also meet with security staff and educators to address emergency preparedness for people with autism in the event of an emergency in a school setting.
In Connecticut, they have passed legislation that will mandate training for police officers regarding autism spectrum disorders. One of our trainers will be working with the lead legislator that fought to get this mandate passed to discuss how ALEC can help be a part of this. We will keep you posted on the progress in expanding further into the state of Connecticut with our training program!
We will be formally evaluating our ALEC program this fall as well in conjunction with The University of New Haven, so we can begin to pursue corporate partnerships and sponsorships to bring our program even further. Our long-term goal is to show the effectiveness of the program through our formal evaluation and push to make ALEC the national model for training first responders on autism spectrum disorders.
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