We have had overwhelming interest in the 2012 Framework for Applying Structured Teaching Across the School Day workshop this year. The workshop filled up quickly, with a waiting list. For those of you who missed out this year, be sure to check back for next year's July workshop. If you still want to be on the waiting list, register using the registration page on the "Training Opportunities" link at the left.
Check back periodically for new training opportunities too!

California Insurance Funding for Autism Seminar
Saturday, July 28, 2012
10 am to 2 pm
4928 E. Clinton Way, Ste. 105
Fresno, CA 93727
RSVP: D.Plump@centerforautism.com
Telephone: (818) 345-2345 ext. 270




California Insurance Funding for Autism Seminar
Friday, August 3, 2012
6 pm to 8 pm
2945 Ramco Street, Ste. 160
Sacramento, CA 95691
RSVP: D.Plump@centerforautism.com
Telephone: (818) 345-2345 ext. 270



California Insurance Funding for Autism Seminar
Saturday, August 4, 2012
10 am to 12 pm
3738 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Ste. 200
Berkeley, CA 94549
RSVP: D.Plump@centerforautism.com
Telephone: (818) 345-2345 ext. 270




California Insurance Funding for Autism Seminar
Saturday, August 11, 2012
10 am to 12pm
12399 Lewis Street, Ste. 202
Garden Grove, CA 92840
RSVP: D.Plump@centerforautism.com
Telephone: (818) 345-2345 ext. 270




California Insurance Funding for Autism Seminar
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10 am to 12 pm
19019 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 300
Tarzana, CA 91356
RSVP: D.Plump@centerforautism.com
Telephone: (818) 345-2345 ext. 270



California Insurance Funding for Autism Seminar
Saturday, August 25, 2012
10 am to 12 pm
7297 Ronson Rd., Ste. H
San Diego, CA 92111
RSVP: D.Plump@centerforautism.com
Telephone: (818) 345-2345 ext. 270


DESCRIPTION:
As of July 1st , the new California Autism Insurance Mandate (SB 946) requires that most health plans cover treatment for children with autism and related disorders. CARD will host a series of workshops to educate parents on the new law and the most effective ways to access the coverage.

This FREE two-hour seminar will teach you:

· What insurance companies will and will not cover
· Types of plans and rules regarding coverage
· Effective strategies to maximize your benefits
· How to understand the complexities of different insurance carriers
· Which plans will have to comply with SB 946
· What to know during open enrollment


The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) treats individuals of all ages with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), with 23 treatment centers around the globe and a highly-trained staff of nearly 1,000. CARD was founded in 1990 by leading autism expert and clinical psychologist Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, BCBA-D. CARD treats autism using the principles and procedures of applied behavior analysis (ABA). ABA has been empirically proven to be the most effective method for treating individuals with autism and is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Surgeon General. For more information about CARD, visit www.centerforautism.com.

Save the Date:  A Framework for Applying Structured Teaching Across the School Day
When: July 12-14, 2012
 
Location: Oxbow Union High School, Bradford, VT
 
Presented by:  Practical Autism Resources (Christine Knippenberg, Linda Mulley, Kathryn Whitaker) with assistance from the Vt. Department of Education.

$375.00 per person if paid before May 30, 2012 and $395.00 per person thereafter.
 
Course Description: This workshop is an intensive training for teams working with students with autism. Participants will learn to use a planning framework tool and software (included) to analyze and design appropriate physical and visual structure across the school day using the foundation principles of structured teaching.  Each team will create a planning binder and starter materials for their target student. Discussion will also include designing comprehensive programs, short- and long-range planning for individuals with ASD, relevance and connection to the IEP, and instructional strategies.


Click here to register or get more information

Click on the file below to download the brochure

Getting to Know your iPad: Tips, Tricks and Exploration! October 12th 4:00-5:45
And
Great Apps for Special Education October 13th 4:00-6:00
At the following Vermont Interactive Television sites*:
Brattleboro, Johnson, Middlebury, Newport, St. Albans, White River Junction, Williston
( *Other locations, including broadcast by IP address may be added by request with adequate numbers.)
$35.00 for one or $65.00 for both

To Register:
http://www.practicalautismresources.com/Home/workshop-signup

NOTE: Please Email if interested in a Proloquo2Go Workshop!

Sponsored by Practical Autism Resources and Vermont Department of Education
July 6th, 7th and 8th- Colchester High School, Colchester Vermont
8:00-4:00
Cost: $395 per person. Limited number of partial scholarships available.
$20.00 discount if paid by May 10th


Click here to register or get more information
Click here to view the brochure

This workshop is an intensive, hands-on intermediate training for teams using principles of structured teaching as a framework for their programming for students with autism spectrum disorders. Participant teams will focus on one target student while completing a framework planning tools and planning binder, determining appropriate structure across learning settings, designing an array of learning tasks, as well as planning for efficient data collection and analysis.

Participants will leave with a binder specific to their student with autism, that includes planning forms and designs for structured teaching elements including schedules, visual structure, physical structure, work systems, task design, accommodations across the school day and more.

Open to teams of 2-4 individuals with at least one student on the autism spectrum*. Must have a special educator on the team, but team members may include parents, supplemental service providers, paraprofessionals, members of outside support agencies- anyone on the child's team.
*Teams wishing to apply structured teaching tools to the programs of students not on the spectrum may apply.

Sensory Processing in School, Home and Community: How to Make the Best of Every Moment
Presented by: REACH Therapy Services
Presenter: Winnie Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
October 13 and 14th, 2011 - Oakville, Ontario
Email: reachtherapy@bell.net
Phone: (905) 814-6329

Dr. Winnie Dunn will be presenting a 2-day workshop to help therapists, parents and educators better understand how to translate the sensory needs of children whose sensory processing patterns interfere with daily life into practical everyday plans in the home, school and community. Participants will be able to understand core sensory processing concepts and how to explain them to others; construct plans based on sensory patterns, and employ evidence-based strategies when caring for children with sensory processing challenges.

Winnie Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA is Professor and Chair of Occupational Therapy Education, School of Allied Health, University of Kansas. She has provided services in public schools for the last two decades using many innovative strategies. She has also conducted federal grants that investigate the service provision needs in educational settings. Dr. Dunn has provided many continuing education experiences to help service providers design effective services, and has been particularly active in working on integrated service provision and full inclusion programs. She has written extensively in the areas of service provision and the use of consultation as a viable service provision option. She was an author of both the School Systems and Early Intervention Guidelines from the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Dr. Dunn is Faculty Emeritus of Sensory Integration International, and taught many of the early courses in sensory integration theory, and test administration and interpretation. She is the author of the Sensory Profile, Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile, the Sensory Profile School Companion and co-author of the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile, which characterize children’s and adult’s responses to sensory events in everyday life. Dr. Dunn has recently published her new book, “Living Sensationally”.

This workshop will be of primary interest to occupational therapists, teachers, psychologists, behavioral therapists, speech language pathologists, educational assistants, and of course parents and guardians of children whose sensory processing patterns interfere with daily life. Other health care professionals who serve these children may also want to attend this workshop. Registrants may attend Thursday, or Friday or both days.

Please direct questions to REACH Therapy Services at :
Phone: (905) 814-6329
Fax: (416)-762-9374
Email: reachtherapy@bell.net

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