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Key role for La Trobe in new national autism children's centre program
- April 2009
La Trobe University has been chosen by the Federal Government as Victorian service provider under its new national Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centres (ASELCC) program.
In partnership with the Royal Children's Hospital, the University will receive $4 million over four years to develop an Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, which will be co-located with the Community Children's Centre on the University's main Melbourne campus at Bundoora.
The new Centre will provide 20 full-time places for children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Director of La Trobe's Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC), Associate Professor Cheryl Dissanayake, said the new facility will help with family-centred early intervention as well as day care for children of working families and those in need of respite.
It will also provide professional development and education for future clinicians and workers in the field of autism and serve as a community resource for children with autism, their families and carers.
For more information:
- Contact Dr Dissanayake - T: +61 (0)3 9479 2497, E: c.dissanayake@latrobe.edu
- Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC)
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