The government signed off on the regulatory framework late last week, amid a controversy over a therapy centre near Barrie, Ont.
Editor's note: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.
"The regulation of behaviour analysts is the culmination of years of collaboration between the College of Psychologists of Ontario, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services," it said. "The public will benefit from greater access to ABA services and assurance of safe, quality care when receiving services from Ontario’s Behaviour Analysts.
The controversy prompted a renewed call from the Ontario Autism Coalition for the government to move forward on its promise to regulate ABA therapy. The group's president, Alina Cameron, gave an interview with The Trillium blaming the government's handling of autism policy for allowing disreputable providers to spring up across the province while established ones have struggled financially in recent years.
She said the OAC hopes that regulation will prevent a dangerous situation from occurring again and reign in more common problems, such as families being overcharged. A spokesperson for Social Services Minister Michael Parsa said regulation will "support families in finding qualified ABA providers and making complaints about ABA providers, if necessary."
The same spokesperson had earlier blamed a failure of the justice system, not the government's handling of autism services, for the situation at the Beating the Odds centre.
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