HONcode certificate: respect of the 8 HONcode principles by the health website

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Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode

The health Website
ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia
Web address: http://rsaffran.tripod.com/aba.html
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct734748
Date of initial review: 27 Aug 2004
Validity of certificate 16 Dec 2010 - Dec 2012
Date of last visit 16 Dec 2010
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This certificate confirms the revision of the site by the HONcode Team at the above date.
It respects and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode).

* 1. Authoritative 2. Complementarity 3. Privacy 4. Attribution 5. Justifiability 6. Transparency
7. Financial disclosure 8. Advertising policy

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The Health on the Net (HON) certificate serves as a guarantee that this website, at the date of its certification, complies with and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct as drawn up by the HON foundation.

The responsible of the certified site commits to keep the site in compliance with the HON code principles for the duration of the certification.

Although measures such as a complaint mechanism, the periodical review and the automatic surveillance mechanisms are put in place to guarantee the compliance of the certified website with the ethical principles of HON as much as possible, incidental inaccuracies cannot be completely excluded. In no event the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) can be held liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use HON certified websites nor can the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) be held liable for the content of these certified websites, including, but not limited to the information of third-parties or hyperlinks accessible via HON certified websites.

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You will find below the elements identified by the HONcode team at a precise date to justify the respect of the 8 ethical principles.

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1. Information must be authoritative

I have a child who has autism.
(16 Dec 2010) -

2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

This is a collection of Internet and other resources which parents of children with PDD, PDD-NOS, autism, Asperger's Syndrome, or hyperlexia may find useful. All the information concerns teaching methods that are a branch of applied behavior analysis (ABA) called behavioral intervention. One of the methods is discrete trial training. Some (inaccurately) use the term "Lovaas method."

We worked hard to get complete information, implement a program, and have our school system pay for it. My hope is to help spare other parents (and their children) some of the pain and wasted time we... (16 Dec 2010) -

Audience:

This is a collection of Internet and other resources which parents of children with PDD, PDD-NOS, autism, Asperger's Syndrome, or hyperlexia may find useful.
(16 Dec 2010) -

Purpose of the website

The information provided is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician or other service providers
(16 Dec 2010) -

3. Confidentiality

Personal information (including email and Web browser data)
None of the pages in this site asks for any personal information, except of course for the "Add listing" used by businesses and professionals.

I publish selected email messages with all identifying information removed, unless the author requests otherwise.

Email addresses (and any other information) are never sold or given to anyone.

This Web site's hosting service, lycos.com, keeps a log (text files) of all files requested from this site. The records contain the "Internet Protocol Address... (16 Dec 2010) -

4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

updated Wednesday, 24-Nov-2010 07:06:01 EST

(16 Dec 2010) -

5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

If you write, please tell me where you live. ABA in the subject field will ensure your message is not deleted as junk or spam.

(16 Dec 2010) -

7. Disclosure of funding sources

8. Advertising policy

All listings are free - no paid advertising
(14 Dec 2009) -

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