Parents Endorsements
"My daughter, Alexandra,
has been receiving services from CARD in San Diego for over 2 years
now. She is now 6 1/2 and attending first grade in a fully
included class in Oceanside. She has made tremendous growth
and development during the past few years and I know much of that
is a direct result of the hard and competent work of your dedicated
therapists and supervisors. One, in particular, Emelia, has
been amazing. Literally, I do not know what I would have done
without her. The therapy provided by your office has changed
our lives for the better, namely the life of my daughter.
She is now a happy, socially engaging, involved, young girl, which
was not the case when we first came to CARD. We now have what
in all intents and purposes can be described as a 'normal' family
life. There really are no words to describe what that means
to us."
(Mr. & Mrs. A.)
"...It amazes us
how Theresa is able to tailor our son's program so specifically.
It continues to amaze us each day to see him wanting to be in our
world. We owe this entirely to his CARD program and the fact
that we refuse to have it any other way.
How do we properly thank
someone for believing with us that our little boy was capable of
being pulled from a special ed. Preschool against our District's
advice? Once he was included in a typical classroom, he started
to blossom, thanks to his very determined CARD aide at that time.
We know it was a lot of hard work on the CARD therapist's part.
We will always remember when we walked into my son's preschool class
and he was actually sitting in circle time with the class.
This was something the Disctrict said couldn't be accomplished,
and one very proud moment for us. Eacy day this agency gives
us something to celebrate. We are so grateful. Each
night when our son includes his CARD therapists in his prayers we
know he must realize something, and then he says '... and God bless
Miss Theresa, because she's nice to me.'"
(Mr. & Mrs. W.)
"The result of her
intensive intervention and dedication to his welfare is that he
has surpassed what most professionals said was possible. He has
been fully included in a regular classroom since kindergarten. He
currently works at the same second grade level as his classmates
in most subjects. Socially, he is really blooming. He has four good
friends who include him in parties and invite him to their homes
to play. As a mother, this is a dream come true."
(Mrs. R.)
"The program CARD
offered saved my daughter from spending her life in an institution."
(Mr. T.)
"As professionals,
we recognize that good education, training and experience can and
does make a difference. When we met with Dr. Granpeesheh, we were
impressed by her obvious expertise and the wealth of information
that she provided. We also met with another provider of behavior
modification, but we felt very strongly that CARD would not only
better accommodate us, but would also provide us with additional
information and resources to assist us with our son."
(Mr. H.)
"My son has been
receiving therapy from CARD since April 29, 1994. To say that I
am happy with the therapy is a monumental understatement. Since
therapy began, although difficult for my son at first, he has progressed
and made astounding progress. Two years ago I could not have imagined
how high functioning he would be and now at age 4 years 11 months,
if he continues to soak up the skills that his therapists provide
him with, he may be so close to normal that his Autism will be indistinguishable
to the general public."
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Professional Endorsements…
"During her years at UCLA, Dr. Granpeesheh received extensive
training in the application of behavior modification techniques
with children with Autism."
(O. Ivar Lovaas, Ph.D.)
Director, UCLA Clinic for the Behavioral Treatment of Children
"I find C.A.R.D. to be a strong and solid organization which
provides very beneficial therapeutic services for children with
Autism and I recommend Dr. Granpeesheh's work."
(Michael Goldberg, M.D.)
"Dr. Granpeesheh is a highly qualified, widely respected and
nationally recognized authority on early intensive behavioral intervention.
I have no qualms in recommending her. Early intensive behavioral
intervention has clearly been established as the preferred modality
for enhancing the development of autistic and autistic type ("PDD")
children."
(Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.)
Director, Autism Research Institute
"I have known Dr. Granpeesheh for several years. A program
of early intensive behavioral intervention such as that provided
by Dr. Granpeesheh's Center for Autism and Related Disorders, has
clearly been established as the preferred modality for enhancing
the development of autistic children."
(Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.)
Director, Autism Research Institute
"We chose Doreen Granpeesheh to sit on our Honorary Board
at CAN, the Cure Autism Now foundation, because we feel that Dr.
Granpeesheh has provided desperately needed behavioral intervention
treatment, and with it hope for the future to hundreds of autistic
children and their families in the Southern California area."
(Portia Iversen & Jonathan Shestack)
Co-founders of CAN the Cure Autism Now foundation
"I have found the therapists working at C.A.R.D. to be well
trained and knowledgeable. Dr. Granpeesheh provides them with excellent
supervision and teaches them to work in a diligent and professional
manner."
(Edward R. Ritvo, M.D.)
Professor, UCLA Medical School
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