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[vintagegirlnh]

Hi, I just joined this group and I am quite impressed and excited by it. Please forgive me if I sound like a complete moron as I'm still quite new...to a lot of things lol. I'm still in my undergrad at Cal State Fullerton and I'm pretty new to LJ so a lot of my questions may be ones you roll your eyes at but I'm still taking the chance :). Ok,

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[mooben]

hey-- my sister did a similar program at UCLA. she's an autistic therapist working in san francisco right now (that's out of undergrad). she does case management after about a year, and doing a master's in speech pathology at SF state soon. that would be a possible grad program to look into, very applicable to understanding autism.. unless you want something more computational, then look into neuroscience.. i would definitely suggest acquiring some experience in the field before applying to a grad program.

[vintagegirlnh]

Hi! Thanks for replying. I'm currently a behaviorist/discrete trial therapist for an Orange county school district. I've been emplyed in under this titel for two, now going on my third year so I'm definitely working on the experience. I do in clinic therapy and therapy in the children's homes.

[vintagegirlnh]

ooops, major typos there..."I've been employed under this title for two years, now going in to my third" thanks :)

[jaipur]

There's a huge amount of autism research going on at UCLA. Do a search for research assistant positions at UCLA and you'll find something that can give you some experience before you're off applying to grad school.

[vintagegirlnh]

Hi! Thank you for replying. I have two going on three years experience as an autism behaviorist for an Orange county school district as well as five years in general in special ed. I will definitely look into the UCLA program though, thank you :)

[jaipur]

Sounds like you're all set, then. Good luck!!