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Training First Responders! Some of you may know by now that the Autism Alliance of MetroWest, Inc. has created a video tape along with a curriculum to train first responders. What you may not know is how successful these trainings have been. To date we have trained Natick and Framingham's fire departments as well as Metro West EMTs and hospital staff. We have been repeatedly asked back to do additional trainings and have just recently been awarded a second grant from the Metro West Community Health Care Foundation to provide first responder trainings in all the fire and police departments in Metro West. We are looking forward to coming to your town and providing this training to your local fire and police departments. With our training we also provide first responders with our information notebook. The notebook contains contact information about autism, reading suggestions, and bio forms. Bio forms are forms for you and for your children. It is important for your local first responders to have good information about your children. Not only the color of their hair but the medicine that they may be on and where they might go if they wandered off. Many of you may think that your child is not at risk. If your child has autism, they are at risk and the higher functioning child is at even greatest risk. Not too long ago a parent told me that they didn't think they needed to fill out the bio form because their child was so high functioning, that they would never need the services of first responders. Then while her child was at school, his class went inside from recess. Her child decided on his own to go back out to the playground. No one noticed. This child was outside, alone for only 5 to 10 minutes. Luckily he didn't wander off. Will you and your child be so lucky? Of course we hope so, however the more information our first responders have about our children the better off everyone will be. So we urge you to please complete your bio forms and forward them to your local fire and police stations. They will be available on line as a down load as well as through our office if you should need another. To see if your town will be receiving our training check out the list on page four. If you would like more information regarding our trainings we will be hosting a mock training session for families and the general public. This session will be held Thursday, January 29th, from 7:00 to 8:30 at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. Everyone is welcome. We hope you will attend and you can experience the training that your local fire and police will be receiving.
If your town is listed above we urge you to please fill out the enclosed bio form for your special needs child and send it to your local fire and police. We will follow up with our first responders training project. If your town is not listed here but you are interested in having your local fire and police receive our training, please contact us at (508) 652-9900. New! The
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