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Posted on August 31, 2008

Effie Linares is 11 years old like my son Charlie. Effie lives in Modesto, California and is mainstreamed in a fifth-grade class; today s Modesto Bee reports on how far Effie s come from the time he was 3 years old and started doing intensive ABA under the Lovaas Institute. At 5, at the suggestion of the founder of the institute, psychologist Dr. Ivar Lovaas, the BBC filmed Effie for a 2002 program. There s a photo of Effie and three friends accompanying the Modesto Bee s story, and it s noted that he s not only mainstreamed, but also plays sports at church, is learning sign lan...

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