Volunteer – Skill Acquisition

Families with children with autism have a tremendous challenge in finding people they can trust with their child. They often have very restricted lives because they can’t leave their child or because they have to spend so many hours providing practice of skills with their child. This is hard on marriage relationships and for siblings in the family.

Someone who has volunteered through the skill acquisition program at the BTTC would be trained sufficiently to provide practice of appropriate skills with a child with autism and to supervise/play with a child with autism without unintentionally reinforcing inappropriate behaviors.

The program requires a commitment of at least 2 hours every week of hands-on supervised practice with a child with autism. Instruction, reading materials, and direct feedback are provided during the volunteer experience. The BTTC documents the volunteer hours and can then be used as a reference.

For more information on skill acquisition volunteering contact Christie Enzinna at 281-239-1424 or Christie.enzinna@texanacenter.com

Volunteer – Assistance

There are many tasks that volunteers can be helpful with, including making training materials (coloring, cutting, laminating), shopping for training materials, repairing toys, cleaning of training materials, setting up and taking down training rooms. There is also a need for inputting data on the computer, copying video tapes, organizing and cataloging video tapes and books.

For more information on assistance volunteering contact Jennifer Ritchie at 281-239-1435 or jennifer.ritchie@texanacenter.com

Donations

Texana is a 501(c) 3, non-profit organization designated by the Internal Revenue Service and all contributions are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. A receipt for your donation will be provided for tax purposes.

If you would like to make a donation to the BTTC Day Treatment Program click here for a donation form and designate your gift accordingly.

Gifts-in-Kind

The BTTC Day Treatment Program always needs items such as edible snacks, toys (new or slightly used), videos, playground equipment, books, supplies, educational computer programs, Kleenex, cleaning supplies. If you would like to donate an item(s), click here for an in-kind-donation form.