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Vol. 12 No. 13
Jun 26 - Jul 9, 2015
Including the Cultural Districts and Midtown: Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington, and Meridian St.
Touch a Truck 2015
The 20th annual Touch a Truck was held at Broad Ripple Park on June 19. It was dry for a bit before the rain started. The little ones didn’t seem to mind the rain as long as they got to sound the loud truck horns. Park manager Kathy Fitzgerald said this was the first time in her 19 years that the event saw rain.
Bierman ABA Autism Center is located at 1025 E. 54th Street.
photo by Mario Morone
Bierman ABA Autism Center - 54th & Monon By Mario Morone
mario@broadripplegazette.com
The Gazette witnessed five hardened criminals being briefed in the IMPD SWAT vehicle before being taken downtown for booking. No, wait, it is just Touch a Truck day!
Banner Artist of the issue Scott Shoemaker is the banner artist in this issue. Scott has been painting and drawing for over 30 years. He usually paints in acrylics, but also enjoys stippling in pen and ink. He is a wildlife enthusiast and works as the signage specialist for the Indianapolis Zoo. A few years ago a red back squirrel took up residence in Scott and his wife Cindy’s mini barn. The squirrel had already been displaced since the old tree he was living in had to be cut down. On the day of discovery Scott found that every container in his mini barn had been filled with walnuts. Flower pots, fertilizer spreader, lawn mower bag, buckets, walnuts were everywhere! Knowing that winter was coming soon, Scott built a two-story squirrel house complete with front porch behind the barn and moved the walnuts. The squirrel liked his house, but still chews his way back into the barn. indyshoe@aol.com
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To celebrate the 11th year of the Broad Ripple Gazette we started featuring a year of local artists by allowing them to interpret our banner, while incorporating the words “The Broad Ripple Gazette”. Contact us at info@broadripplegazette.com to inquire if any open issues remain. Still looking for cartoonist, tattoo artist, pen and ink, etc.
Bierman ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) Autism Center opened their third Central Indiana location at 1025 E. 54th Street in the South Broad Ripple area on May 4th. They also have Indiana locations in Westfield, Fort Wayne and Avon, in addition to offering services in Boston, Massachusetts. “Our newest location provides families living in mid-town Indy with access to quality ABA, Speech & (OT) occupational therapies,” said Bierman ABA Autism Center’s outreach director, Karla Webster. “In addition to these therapies, we provide the communities we work in with resources for their families, events and seminars about ABA and Autism and several annual family-oriented events!” According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 2014 research, 1 in 68 children in the United States have been identified with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The US Surgeon General and the American Academy of Pediatrics have endorsed ABA therapy as the best research-based treatment for children with autism. ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) is a neurological disorder which affects an individual’s ability to communicate effectively and interact with others. The Bierman ABA model of care provides intensive, 1:1 therapy to kids with autism through creative, personalized therapy programs. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA/ BCaBA) oversees the programs, in addition to providing ongoing training to the care teams working with the kids. ABA programs are designed to teach language skills, independent living skills, and appropriate play skills by blurring the lines between work and play. Bierman also works closely with families to provide parent training and support, working with children in all settings, such as home, school and in the community, teaching functional skills that will directly benefit the learner. The real power of a carefully designed ABA therapy program is that there aren’t ‘cookie cutter’ solutions - the personalized and intensive approach to therapy is as individualized as the diverse needs of the children and families served. What exactly ‘is’ ABA? Laura Grant, MA, BCBA describes it: “ABA is the application of the science of human behavior. Some components of that are evidence-based. The reason we are able to demonstrate this is because we are constantly collecting data to ensure our therapy is the most effective for our kids.” “Board Certified Behavior Analysts determine program goals for each child based on their individual skills and what we would like them to learn. We break the goals into smaller teaching targets so that we can increase each child’s communication daily living skills, appropriate 1025 E. 54th St. [OO24 on map] skills, play skills, social skills and more. ABA therapists are paired up one-on-one (317) 815-5501 with each child throughout the day to www.biermanaba.com teach these targets in a way that makes learning fun,” explains Holli Novinger, Director of Leadership & Organizational Development. Bierman ABA was founded by Courtney Bierman, MA, BCBA over a decade ago. In 2003, very few people had heard of ABA therapy as a treatment for Autism and there were only a handful of practitioners offering the types of services Bierman ABA set out to offer. Over the last decade, with the increased prevalence rate of autism in children, the need for these services has grown dramatically. When Bierman ABA’s original, small location in Carmel began to get requests for services from as far away as Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Muncie and
Bierman ABA Autism Center
See BIERMAN pg. 3
1 Banner Scott Shoemaker
4 Buzzing Around Town
8 ‘Round the Ripple
11 Frog’s Random Rippling
14 Gettin’ Ripped in Ripple
1 Touch a Truck 2015
5 BR Brewpub Quiz
9 BR Farmers Market
11 Random Rippling tacos
14 Random Rippling Vibes
1 Bierman ABA Autism Center
6 Classified Ads
9 Where in the Village?
11 Random Rippling IMPD
15 Directory
2 Random Rippling Alley Girls
6 Public Notices
9 Random Rippling Grant
12 Hidden History / Sudoku
16 Maps
2 Random Rippling Hayes
7 Wine Scene Jill A. Ditmire
10 2015 BRHS reunion
13 Historic Ad
19 Random Rippling Lava Lips
3 Calendar
7 Mistakes winner
11 Random Rippling lesson
13 Random Rippling BRMHS 19 Random Rippling spa
4 Poetic Thoughts
8 County Fair ticket winners 11 Random Rippling blueindy 13 Crossword
19 Right in my Own Backyard