Monterey Bay Forum

written by Psychologist Dr. Cameron Smith Jackson 831 688-6002
www.FreedomOK.net/wordpress

This is written to assist parents with a child age 3 to 4 year old with autistic spectrum issues:

#1: First, get an accurate assessment of the child’s profile. Children with autism and related disorders typically have substantial difficulties in 3 different areas: Social, Communication and Repetitive, stereotyped Movements.

#2: The child’s profile should guide treatment. The areas that the child is weakest in are the ones to focus treatment.

For children with most difficulty in Socialization work on a) improving eye contact.

Once there is good eye contact, work on: b) getting & improving “joint attention” (child looks at you and at the toy between you and the child). Make sure that the child is looking at you. Then you look and point at the toy or object for joint attention. Make it a fun game. Reinforce by saying, “Good __ …” whatever action you are teaching. (Good putting ON the chair…Good putting UNDER the chair …)

For children with most difficultly in Routinized Movements assist the child with activities that help the child become better coordinated and have more control over their body.

For example, horseback riding (Monterey Bay Horsemanship & Therapeutic Center (831 761-1142) helps some autistic children enormously.

Swimming can greatly assist to gain better control and relax. The Simkins Family Swim Center in Santa Cruz can help. And the water is warm! (www.scparks.com/simkins_home.html 831 545-7946).

For children with Communication difficulties Speech services from therapists trained to work with autistic children is crucial.

A normal 3+ child looks forward to their fourth birthday. Most autistic children may “get it” that they get gifts and others are simply not interested in other children sharing their special day.

Some children have only a handful of words by age 2. For severe delays in language development some behavioral techniques can “jump-start” speech. The Bay School in Santa Cruz and ABRITE use behavioral techniques. These techniques are particularly useful for children with out of control behavior issues.

Softer techniques that encourage fun, spontaneous interactions include FloorTime by Dr. Greenspan and P.L.A.Y. offered by Easter Seals in Santa Cruz. I like these approaches as they put the tools for change in the hands of parents. Encouraging fun interactions more than likely will enhance overall family life.

Some other Santa Cruz County resources for children with autistic spectrum issues include: Special Olympics (831 429-4258) Special Parent Information Network (SPIN) and Shared Adventures www.shared.adventures

What kind of a program works best? What your child can tolerate and enjoy. Every child is different. Sufficient to encourage your child to want to be “in your world”.

Hope this is helpful! Use the Reply box for your questions and comments.
DrCameronJackson@gmail.com www.FreedomOK.net/wordpress

Peter,

I noticed in the ballot draft that it was not stated that bump money was voluntary only and not a requirement. Anthea told me that she would pass along my observation to you.

You may recall that at the initial street meeting some would like bumps so long as they did not have to pay for them. Only you of the three on the ballot committee were present at that meeting so they would not know of the non pay concern.

I see that the ballot does not include a choice for bumps if no money is required. This omission unfairly skews the ballot against bumps, and as far as I can see invalidates the “election”. The pro and con section includes an add on which deals ambiguously and incompletely with the issue.

I cannot imagine why the appropriate bump option was absent; but as I said, its absence voids the election.

Jim Jackson jaj48@aol.com

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The info under Pros should include that:

The bumps are paid for.
Eight homes gave enough money to pay for 2bumps — one at either end of Florence Dr.

written by Cameron S. Jackson DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

Temple Beth El, Resurrection Catholic Community and St. John’s Episcopal are 3 faith organizations that are members of COPA in the Aptos, CA area. I believe that about 10+ faith organizations in Santa Cruz County came together about 4-5 years ago. I was at one of the original meetings.

Let’s work for “affordable housing” in Santa Cruz County was the way it was presented. We were all supposed to “tell our stories” so the community “could come to know how others live”.

Here’s a story about how people live in Santa Cruz County:

My hair stylist in Capitola is a Buddhist from Thailand. Her second husband was a Catholic American who brought her to America. She later had two more husbands and is currently divorced.

To save money she lives with her sister who is a cook in a Thai restaurant. The sister has a cheap (less than $200 a month) Housing Authority one bedroom apartment. Not supposed to house relatives but my hair stylist and her adult son live there. Or at times they sleep where they work. My hair stylist has paid off a $35,000 debt to the bank in Thailand and she goes back to visit Thailand most years for a month. She gets free food from her sister the cook.

My question about COPA: What entity maintains the books for the monies given by faith organizations to COPA? The money goes somewhere. Where?

Community Organizing through Places of Worship
Written by Freedom Advocates
Monday, 02 November 2009

“I have just learned that my Monterey Bay Area church has given large sums of money to a political Interfaith Network organization called COPA. COPA stands for Citizens Organized for Relational Power in Action.

“COPA is a member of Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) which was founded by Saul Alinsky in the 1940’s. Alinsky authored two books that are used as manuals by socialist and communist change agents – Reveille for Radicals in 1946 and Rules for Radicals in 1971.

“It is a serious concern that the money I’V been giving to my church is being used for political and radical ideological purposes without my knowledge or authorization. There are many Interfaith Networks operating under different names throughout the country and most of them like COPA, are members of IAF.

“In their own words,

Industrial Areas Foundation helps build broad-based, non-partisan organizations of dues-paying member congregations, schools, unions, business associations, and non-profits committed to building power for sustainable social and economic change.

Alinsky in his book writings puts it like this,

You do what you can with what you have and clothe it with moral garments. Make the enemy live up to his/her own book of rules. You can kill them with this. They can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.

Believing that the ends justify the means, Alinksy stated that,

In action, one does not always enjoy the luxury of a decision that is consistent both with one’s individual conscience and the good of mankind.

“So churches are being used for political purposes rather than for spiritual reasons. COPA affiliated churches use congregational capital to influence local politicians and intensely advocate for so-called “affordable housing” developments built by well paid so-called, “non-profit” developers.

“The reality is that our money is funding an undisclosed massive subsidy for building projects benefiting individuals who are very ineffective at cost containment. This should give pause to anyone thinking that COPA and IAF are organizations out to help the downtrodden. Those downtrodden are the means, the pawns, in COPA’s game plan.

Where was I when these political shenanigans were being discussed? Was it part of a sermon or simply handled as a financial transaction behind closed doors? It’s alarming that I and my fellow congregants missed the discussion about morphing my church into an instrument of socialist/fascist economic change. This is antithetical to what I believe in.

Your church may be doing this too. Go to the IAF Industrial Areas Foundation “affiliates” page. Click on your region on the left side of the page. In our area, COPA was formerly known as CCIS – Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors.

Congregations across the country find themselves attached to COPA-like organizations with names like Washington Interfaith Network (WIN), Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment (CHANGE), Tying Nashville Together (TNT) or Southeastern Wisconsin Common Ground.

Most of us never saw this happening. We trust our places of worship and attend in order to honor God and invigorate our spiritual beliefs. Now we discover that an outside political action group is working insidiously to infiltrate our church and undermine our ethical and spiritual structure.

COPA/IAF is clear that their mission is to train parishioners in community organizing tactics in order to achieve a political result through lobbying. Sound familiar? ACORN has been in the news recently for exploiting poor neighborhoods through the use of misleading promises used in community organizing and lobbying. ACORN targets neighborhoods. COPA and IAF target places of worship and unsuspecting parishioners. COPA/IAF are coming into our churches and synagogues, misleading many of our ministers and other leaders by having them support COPA and IAF politics.

Is your church or temple involved with an interfaith congregation network and IAF? If so, you need to ask:

Is my church a member of a network or organization that supports IAF? What is the organization called?

If yes, why did our church leadership decide to join?

What was the commitment made to the organization?

Has the pastor, minister, rabbi or other spiritual leader been informed about the true nature of Interfaith Networks and Congregation Based Community Organizations?

Has the congregation been informed?

Call to action – Let your church know how you feel about affiliations with political and ideological groups such as IAF and COPA.

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