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| Friday Sept. 26 8:45 Keynote: You're Going To Love This Kid: Teaching Students with Autism In Inclusive Schools – Paula Kluth, Ph.D. Participants will learn the how and why of supporting students with autism spectrum labels in general education classrooms. Topics that will be addressed include defining (and redefining) autism, listening to the voices of those with autism, differentiating instruction, and creating more active and responsive lessons. The session will focus on the importance of pushing beyond access and participation and asking schools to challenge students and to understand each learner as complex and capable. Dr. Paula Kluth is a special educator who has served as a classroom teacher, consulting teacher, and inclusion facilitator. She works with teachers and families to provide inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities and to create more responsive and engaging schooling experiences for all learners. She is the author of “You’re Going to Love This Kid: Teaching Students with Autism in Inclusive Classrooms” and the co-author of four other books on how to teach children with autism. ************************************************************************************ 7:30 Registration and coffee/juice 8:30 Welcome 8:45 Keynote – Paula Kluth, Ph.D. 10:15 Break/View Exhibits 10:45 Breakout Session – choose your favorite 1) Teaching Literacy to Students with Autism – Part I – Paula Kluth, Ph.D. 2a) Motion Potions: Yoga Techniques for Self-Regulation – Maria Kowch, BS, CYT 2b) Do the Turtle! Improving Emotion Regulation – Elena Dawes, M.A. 3a) Building and Maintaining Your ABA Program - Erica Babino, M.Ed., BCBA, Leighssa Pearson-Dobrosky, M.Ed., BCBA 3b) Developmental Disabilities Certificate Program at GCC – Susan Karpinski, M.A. 12:15 Lunch (on your own) 1:30 Breakout Session 1) Teaching Literacy to Students with Autism – Part II – Paula Kluth, Ph.D. 2a) Creating Functional Experiences for Children with Autism– Jean Brown, Ph.D., ASU 2b) ASU’s Friendship Groups – John Barton, Ph.D., ASU Psychology Dept. 3) Neurologic Music Therapy for Autism – Suzanne Oliver, MT-BC, NMT Fellow 3:00 Break/View Exhibits 3:30 Breakout Session 1) Using Fascinations to Teach & Support Students – Paula Kluth, Ph.D. 2) Relationship Development Intervention – Kim Isaac, RDI Consultant 3a) Environmental Health and Autism – Sharon McDonough-Means, M.D. 3b) Diagnosing and Treating Gut Problems in Children with Autism – Dana Ursea, MD 5:00 End ************************************************************************************ Three Special All-Day Workshops for professionals See www.autism-conferences.com for times & details on these all-day workshops! |
| Saturday Sept. 27 8:45 Keynote: The Social Impairment and Social Solutions in Autism Spectrum Disorders – Carol Gray The typical social brain organizes experience and comes to general conclusions that – in turn – help us negotiate through future situations and challenges. This works quite well for those who are typical – until they are faced with children and adults whose minds work in terms of details, facts, and face-value assessments. The “mismatch” often results in mistakes on all sides of the social equation that present a wonderful – and too often unrealized - opportunity for social learning, understanding, and success. This fun presentation is loaded with new ideas focused on improving the social equation in autism spectrum disorders. Carol Gray is the Director of The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding in Kentwood, Michigan. Carol has 22 years experience as a teacher, and later as a consultant, with students with autism spectrum disorders. In 1991, she developed the Social Story™ approach. Carol has written several resources, and is the recipient of the Barbara Lipinski Award for her international contribution to the education and welfare of students with ASD. 7:30 Registration and coffee/juice 8:30 Welcome 8:45 Keynote: Carol Gray 10:15 Break/View Exhibits 10:45 Breakout Session – choose your favorite
12:15 Lunch (on your own) 12:30 Lunchtime Discussion Groups: 1) Dads 2) Moms 3) Professionals 1:30 Breakout Session
3:00 Break/View Exhibits 3:30 Breakout Session
************************************************************************************ Three Special All-Day Workshops for professionals Parapro Workshop SLP Workshop Sensory Integration Workshop for OT’s & PT’s See www.autism-conferences.com for times & details on these all-day workshops! Continuing Education Credit: see www.autism-conferences.com for details Certificates of attendance also available (7 hours/day). NEW! Three Exciting Pre-Conference Workshops Thursday, September 25th from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at ASU West (Registration 7:30-8:30) 1. Workshop for ParaProfessionals: How to be a Para Pro for Students with Autism: Diane Twachtman-Cullen, Ph.D., CCC-SLP This workshop is based upon information contained within the book, How to be a Para Pro: A Comprehensive Training Manual for Paraprofessionals, written by the speaker. The central premise of this presentation is that students with ASD require informed educational support if they are to succeed. As such, using the features of ASD as the disability category, this workshop directly addresses the knowledge base, skills, and attitudes that paraprofessionals require to ensure classroom success, while at the same time it meets head-on the critical issues involved in coordinating support between teachers and paraprofessionals, and outlines the specific duties and responsibilities that para pros need to acquire and understand in order to meet their students’ needs. The following categories of educational supports will be discussed: peripheral / environmental; direct instruction / academic; social, play, and leisure; and behavioral supports. Several examples of each support category will be given. In addition, the para pro’s clerical and record-keeping responsibilities will be outlined, and examples will be given of how to streamline the process of recording important information and determine progress. Finally, a unique model for gauging the amount of support to provide will be presented as a means of providing the para pro with a method of avoiding prompt dependency in students. Hands-on activities will address problem behavior and will include practice in the actual application of the Blueprint for Troubleshooting Problem Situations. Learning Objectives Participants will be able to: describe the strengths, weaknesses, and unique characteristics of individuals with ASD describe the ways in which knowledge, skills, and attitude interact to affect caregiver behavior identify the key deficits in ASD that require accommodations and support, as well as the implications that they have for educational programming list the duties and responsibilities of paraprofessionals and the areas of overlap with teachers. list the different types of support that students with ASD require apply a formula for gauging the amount of support that students require to be successful “troubleshoot” regarding problem behaviors Dr. Diane Twachtman-Cullen is a licensed speech-language pathologist specializing in autism and related disorders. The editor-in-chief of Autism Spectrum Quarterly (www.ASQuarterly. com), Dr. Twachtman-Cullen is also co-chair of the Autism Society of America’s Panel of Professional Advisors, and the author of numerous articles and chapters. Her books include the following: How to be a Para Pro: A Comprehensive Training Manual for Paraprofessionals; Trevor Trevor (a children’s book for peer training); and How Well Does Your IEP Measure: Quality Indicators for Effective Service Delivery (co-authored with Jennifer Twachtman- Reilly). Dr. Twachtman-Cullen serves on several professional advisory boards, and provides training seminars internationally, through ADDCON Center, LLC in Higganum, Connecticut. ************************************************************************************ 2. Workshop for SLP’s: SLP’s & Autism: Practical & Effective Treatment Strategies: Teresa Cardon, M.A. CCC-SLP Session 1: Early Intervention and Communication – Defining the SLP’s Role! There is a mandate for family centered practice in early intervention. This session will focus on how to shift from traditional therapy to family based intervention while following ASHA guidelines and utilizing evidence based practices for children with autism. Learn how to coach and model techniques so that parents can become effective partners in intervention. This session will include video examples of intervention strategies. Session 2: Count Me In! Inclusive Practices for SLP’s and Educators Heard a lot about “inclusive classrooms”? What is inclusion and how can we really make it work for districts, teachers, speech therapists, students and families? This interactive session will have you working together to determine how inclusion can work for you! Learn practical ideas that will have you shouting – “Count me in!” Session 3: Social Skills Groups – Real Life Strategies and Models There are a number of social skills programs now available to support children with ASD. In fact, it is the growing number of social skills programs that makes remediation somewhat confusing and disjointed. There are strategies and techniques that can make social skills training effective and fun for everyone involved. This session will outline specific social strategies that can support children in small group sessions as well as in the classroom. Teresa Cardon, M.A. CCC-SLP has worked with individuals on the autism spectrum for over 14 years. She has helped many parents and teachers develop intervention strategies so they can increase social communication skills in the children, teens, and adults they work with. She has written many articles on communication strategies for autism. She is the author of two major books for ASD, "Initiations and Interactions" (2006), which discusses how to encourage social communication, and "Let's Talk Emotions (2004)", which discusses how to teach understanding and control of emotions. Teresa currently works as a Speech Language Pathologist for the Infant Child Research Programs at Arizona State University, with a primary focus on working with children with autism. Arizona State University is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for 0.6 CEUs Intermediate Level, Professional Area. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures. ************************************************************************************ 3. Workshop for Teachers, OT’s, and PT’s Sensory Integration in the Classroom: A Team Approach: Susan Golubock, M.Ed. Description: Because of the pervasive nature of the developmental delays and breath of diversity of the spectrum, autism is confusing to most everyone…parents, family, teachers and professionals alike. The neurological and biochemical differences in autism contribute to unique patterns of sensory processing that can significantly influence behaviors, learning, future development. Susan is an occupational therapist who has worked in school settings for over 25 years. Her special interests are in sensory integration and assistive technology. Susan is also an individual who grew up on the autism spectrum. Working with autistic individuals has been her only focus for the past 10 years. Susan will bring together current research with practical examples from her personal and professional experiences to hopefully make sense of autism for therapists and educators who are both striving to follow best practice standards in this growing, and very challenging, field. From Susan’s perspective, best practice can be achieved when both therapists and educators work together to achieve functional classroom goals. Therapists have the specialized knowledge of early development and the neurological foundation needed to influence that development. Educators, on the other hand, have the power of time in the child’s functional environment which can result in changes far faster than therapists ever can. You will not want to miss these highly informative and, in many ways, paradigm-changing sessions on what can be accomplished when therapists and educators focus on strengths, both theirs and the student’s. Workshop series objectives: Participants will… 1) Learn how neurological and biochemical differences influence how the autistic individual processes input through their senses which subsequently affect behavior, learning and future development. 2) Explore the strengths that therapists and educators, in both regular and special education, have in their training and opportunities, that, when brought together, can make noticeable changes in a student’s progress in as little as 2 weeks. 3) Learn how to work together within the IEP team to write realistic, strength-based goals and accommodations. 4) Learn effective strategies for working together (not one telling the other what to do) to provide the opportunities that autistic individuals need to better cope with the sensory processing challenges they experience that are impeding learning in the classroom and school environments. 5) Explore standardized tools that can be easily used by both therapists and educators to monitor progress in the acquisition of IEP goals in keeping with best practice requirements. |
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