Southeaster Washington Autism Conference
August 6-7, 2009
Southeastern Washington Autism Conference
Description:
Presented by The Neurological Resource Center & Carson Kolzig Foundation.
http://www.neurologicalresourcecenter.org/AutismConference/
When:
August 6: 7:30am – 4:00pm
August 7: 7:30am – 3:00pm
Where:
Three Rivers Convention Center
7016 West Grandridge Blvd.
Kennewick, WA
Speakers
Michelle Garcia Winner, PhD
Dr. Winner, is a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) who specializes in students with social cognitive deficits. She runs a clinic; has authored numerous books and speaks internationally. Dr. Winner’s goal is to help educators and parents appreciate how social thinking and social skills is an integral part of students academic, vocational and community success. She was honored with a “Congressional Special Recognition Award” in 2008.
Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD
Dr. Prince-Hughes received her M.A. and Ph.D. in interdisciplinary anthropology from the Universität Herisau in Switzerland and has served as an adjunct professor of anthropology at Western Washington University. Currently writing full time, she is the author of Gorillas Among Us: A Primate Ethnographer’s Book of Days and the editor of Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism, as well as 5 other books in memoir and anthropology. She is on the advisory board of ApeNet, a nonprofit organization founded by Peter Gabriel.
Sessions
August 6, 2009
Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Define what “perspective taking” means.
Define three different levels of perspective taking deficits.
Define the term “thinking with your eyes” and apply use in educational situations.
State the four varied steps of developing social communication skills.
Describe a set of activities that can be done to work on each of the four steps of treatment.
“Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism”
Course Objectives
Dr. Prince-Hughes will share her arduous story that has a happy ending—something many people either on the spectrum or dealing with someone who is, rarely hear.
By sharing her earliest years (remembering learning to walk and talk), her perceptions, her school years (and what worked for her and what didn’t), as well as going from homelessness to a professorship, her presentations offer something for everyone.
People on the spectrum, their parents, educators, healthcare providers, and friends can gain a more liberating view of life on the spectrum, focusing on the many gifts that come from being a highly-sensitive person, rather than the deficit focus.
Her most important objective is to convey her experience that disability is context dependent and that any personal challenge has a great deal to do with what might be called a societal pathology in which people constantly try to be things they aren’t.
August 7, 2009
Implementing Social Thinking Concepts and Vocabulary into our School and Home Day: A Day to Develop Team Creativity
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Describe teaching of social thinking/related skills in everyday academic/social tasks.
Define five different social thinking vocabulary concepts.
Describe social thinking vocabulary concepts, facilitating in generalization across settings.
Create lesson plans to teach students they are part of a group.
Create lesson plans to teach students to be more aware of non-verbal/verbal communication.
Describe visual teaching strategies that reinforce teaching social thinking/related skills.
Location
Three Rivers Convention Center
7016 W. Grandridge Blvd.
Kennewick, WA 99336
509-737-3700 Directions
From West
East on I-82 to Clearwater Ave, Exit 109. Turn right onto
Clearwater Ave and follow to Columbia Center Blvd. Turn
left on Columbia Center Blvd and follow to Grandridge Blvd.
Turn right on Grandridge Blvd, follow until you reach center.
From North and East
South on Highway 395 to Highway 240 (cross the Blue
Bridge). Follow Highway 240 to the Columbia Center Blvd
exit, turn left on Columbia Center Blvd and follow to Grandridge
Blvd. Turn left on Grandridge Blvd, follow until you
reach the center.
From South
West on I-82 to Clearwater Ave, Exit 109. Turn right on
Clearwater Ave and follow to Columbia Center Blvd. Turn
left on Columbia Center Blvd and follow to Grandridge Blvd.
Turn right on Grandridge Blvd, follow until you reach the
center.
Registration
Through July 13
Professional, August 6-7: $150
Professional, August 6: $100
Professional, August 7: $100
July 13 - August 7
Professional, August 6-7: $175
Professional, August 6: $125
Professional, August 7: $125
Family Member*
August 6-7: $100
August 6: $75
August 7: $75
*If you are a parent with a child on the autism spectrum AND a professional, please check “professional” if your workplace is paying for you, or if you are getting reimbursed for the conference. We keep this fee at a low rate for families who may have tight budgets due to extra medical and/or therapy expenses.
Register online through Spectrum Training Systems, Inc.
Or print the linked registration form, complete and send with check to:
Spectrum Training Systems, Inc.,
2024 Jonathon Drive
Appleton, WI 54914
Link to registration form (PDF)
Link to full conference flyer (PDF)