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- Upcoming programs on AutismONE Radio

- New Resources from Autism Aspergers Publishing Company

- Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI) will hold a townhall meeting in Athens, Ohio.

- Ohio Legal Rights Survey

- Resources shared by the Ohio State University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

- 1,2,3's of an IEP Presentation, Massilon, OH

- Resources Available from Alternative and Augmentative Communication

- Resources available from Pyramid Products

- Dr. DePolo PsyD. to speak on Discipline and Tantrum Management, Akron Children's Hospital

Have you purchased your Ohio Autism Awareness License Plate yet? To purchase yours, visit www.oplates.com and click on "Specialty Plates" or visit our website at www.autismohio.org for more information. Part of the proceeds of plates purchased in the next three months will benefit your local ASA chapter!Sincerely,Barbara C. YavorcikPresidentAutism Society of Ohio701 S. Main St.Akron, OH 44311(330) 376-0211fax: (330) 376-1226email: askASO@...home: byavorcik@...web: www.autismohio.org Please note: This is provided for information purposes only. The ASO does not endorse or recommend any providers, methodologies or services. Providing this information should not be construed as an endorsement by the ASO, either explicit or impiled.

A Unique Debut on Autism One Radiowww.autismone.org/radio Tuesday, August 14, 12:00 noon ET The Commotional Workshop Theater Program #1: Asperger’s in the Workplace We hope that you will join us for this truly well-done, entertaining, and informative debut from the Commotional Workshop Theater Players of the Summit Academy Schools staff. Summit Academy Schools is a group of 24 special-education schools specifically designed for children with Asperger’s Syndrome, high-functioning autism, severe ADHD, and related non-verbal learning conditions. http://www.summitacademies.com/ The show combines funny skits, music and other materials with useful, no-nonsense information and advice provided by an experienced clinical psychologist. Members of the show’s cast include individuals diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and related conditions, and the comedy bits are designed to be fun and informative - not only for people who are seeking information about living on the upper end of the spectrum, but also for members of the general public who need to recognize and understand these conditions.The featured psychologist, Dr. Kaplar, is Chief Clinical Director at Summit Academy Schools. A graduate of Amherst, Dr. Kaplar has decades of experience counseling students and parents in how to deal with learning disabilities. The other members of the cast, who are on the Summit Academy staff, are engaged in areas such as curriculum development, drama studies, and game development.The first program focuses on Asperger's in the workplace and looks at the most critical issues facing both individuals who have this condition and employers who may hire them. Also on August 14: Autism: Help, Hope, and Healing Teri Arranga interviews Dr. Harch, one of the world’s foremost experts on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), about his new book entitled “The Oxygen Revolution.†What is the history of HBOT? How does it help? Which conditions does it help? Join Teri and Dr. Harch as they discuss these questions and intriguing case studies. http://www.harchhyperbarics.com/oxygen-revolution.htm

New Resources from Autism Aspergers Publishing Company

The countdown is on to the first day of the 2007-2008 school year. Are you ready? More important, are your school-goers ready? As you are gathering school supplies, don't forget to stock up on resources that help students with autism spectrum disorders and related disorders function more successfully. A good place to start would be to add the following books and items to your list.

Zoos, museums, and theaters--the year promises to be packed with field trips and other outings. For students with ASD and other related disorders new environments and situations are often frightening. But it does not have to be that way. In Out and About Preparing Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Participate in Their Communities, authors Jill Hudson and Amy Bixler Coffin (both work for OCALI!) suggest tactics and tools that prepare our students for journeys into the community. The authors even explain how classmates can participate in preparation process. For more information on this book and how to purchase, visit: http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9991.htm

There are thousands of unwritten social rules. Discuss 365 of them with your students during the upcoming year. For the second successful year, we bring to you the 2008 Hidden Curriculum One-A-Day Calendar: Items for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations. The National Education Association commented that, "The 2007 Hidden Curriculum calendar was written with a specific audience in mind - children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) - but the content could be useful to any educator working with students who need additional coaching on how to behave around others."For more information on this book and how to purchase, visit: http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9986.htm

Here are a few other books that are great resources for preparing students for the upcoming school year ...

Asperger Syndrome and the Elementary School Experience: Practical Solutions for Academic & Social Difficultiesby Practices explained in this book uncover many effective methods to enhance students' daily experiences in the classroom. The author suggests that teachers leave information sheets for substitutes that explain challenging situations and unique behaviors of the student with the disorder. http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9911.htm

Playing it Right: Social Skills Activities for Parents and Teachers of Young Children with Aspergers, Autism and PDDby Bareket

This book is full of activities and worksheet that can be used to improve students' social skills. Activities include: Which Voice Do I Use and Spot the Emotion. http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9957.htm

S.O.S. - Social Skills in Our Schools: A Social Skills Program for Verbal Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Their Typical Peerssby A. Dunn, Ph.D.The author of this book uses practical applications and lessons to teach students lessons such as how to hold conversations, ask for help, and survive on the playground. http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9950.htm

Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI) will hold a townhall meeting in Athens, Ohio.

We invite:

Autistic individualsParents and extended familiesProfessionalsEducatorsAdministratorsGoverment officialsAnybody else interested in improving lives of SE Ohio families affected by autism!

This is a great opportunity for ALL stakeholders in Southeastern Ohio to share resources and to voice our concerns.

Date: September 13, 2007

Time: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Place: Walter Hall room 145 Ohio University Athens Campus

(click for directions http://www.ohiou.edu/athens/travel.html or parking map http://www.ohiou.edu/athens/parking/sports.html)

Note: Parking permit is NOT required after five when using the lot closest to Walter Hall (Lot 134) after 5 p.m.

Questions? contact info@...

Ohio Legal Rights Survey

Ohio Legal Rights (OLRS) has developed a brief survey for planning its future direction and legal advocacy priorities. The intent of the priority setting planning process is to assure fulfillment of the agency's mission, which is to protect and advocate, in partnership with people with disabilities, for their human, civil and legal rights. The survey includes questions about major issues that affect the lives of people with disabilities - issues like accessibility, housing, employment, health care, education, and transportation.

You can download a copy of the survey from the OLRS Web site:

http://olrs.ohio.gov/asp/OLRSPrioritiesSurvey.asp

You can type your answers directly onto the PDF form. When the survey is completed, you will have the option of e-mailing, faxing, or mailing the survey form to OLRS. For more information, contact Tom Hemmert by e-mail at themmert@... or by phone at 1-800-282-9181 (voice) or 1-800-858-3542 (TTY).

Note: To view and print PDF documents, you need to have AdobeR ReaderR, a free software program, installed on your computer. You can download AdobeR ReaderR at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Resources shared by the Ohio State University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

ADA

1. The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the Progress toward Achieving the Goals of the ADA

This NCD paper is a retrospective study and review of the impact the ADA has had on the lives of Americans with disabilities during the first sixteen years since its passage, with particular focus on the four major goals of the ADA—equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. Progress toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency appears to be the goal having the least success.

http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2007/implementation_07-26-07.htm

2. Implementation of the ADA: Challenges, Best Practices, and New Opportunities for Success

This NCD report highlights many strategies for ADA implementation that have been successful, as well as obstacles that are preventing ADA implementation. This report reflects the experiences and ideas of ADA stakeholders from around the country, including small and large businesses, employers, judges and legal professionals, governmental entities, and individuals with disabilities, concerning ADA implementation. Through this extensive stakeholder input, NCD learned of the many strategies for ADA implementation that have been successful, as well as obstacles that are preventing ADA implementation.

http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2007/implementation_07-26-07.htm

3. Reasonable Accommodation: Presentation, Articles and FAQ

How do you define reasonable accommodation? The process is about accommodating a qualified person with a disability; it is about problem resolution and is a key nondiscrimination requirement. Alaska MIG grantees put together a presentation to explain that not every employee with a disability is going to need an accommodation but, others are excluded because of unnecessary barriers in the workplace. Two articles are included that generate interest in the training plus a two-page FAQ fact sheet.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2004

ADRC

4. ADCR-TAE Fact Sheet: How to Secure Medicaid Federal Financial Participation (FFP) for ADRC Functions: The Basics

The federal government will match expenditures that it deems necessary to support the “efficient and effective†administration of the Medicaid program. This administrative federal financial participation (FFP) is typically 50% of the costs, but in certain cases, enhanced match of up to 90% is available. Medicaid administrative activities can include many of the ADRC functions.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1998

5. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): Montana’s Medicaid office and ADRC

This agreement represents a mutual understanding and establishes a partnership for meeting the goals of the State’s Aging and Disability Resource Center grant. The parties to this understanding are Senior and Long Term Care Division and its Aging Services Bureau and the Home and Community Services Division and their local contractors and offices in the areas that the ADRC is being implemented. The agreement outlines the background and the general responsibilities of each party.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1999

DIVERSITY

6. Reaching Out to Elderly Minorities, Immigrants, and Refugees

Iowa offered this web-based seminar to assist senior Medicare patrols in educating and reaching out to diverse older populations. There are three presentations which offer information on demographics and outreach. Certain specific populations are addressed including Asians, Eastern Europeans, East Africans, and Religious Communities, African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2001

EARLY INTERVENTION

7. Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of Head Start

The current issue of Social Policy Report includes a cost-benefit analysis of Head Start's impacts on participating children and on society as a whole.

http://www.srcd.org/documents/publications/spr/21-3_early_childhood_education.pdf

8. 2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book Available Online

Data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book are now available and can be searched in an online database that allows users to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles.

http://www.kidscount.org/sld/databook.jsp

9. 2007 KIDS COUNT Essay

This year's essay focuses on the 726,000 children who spend time in foster care each year and outlines steps that can be taken to ensure that every child has a genuine chance to be part of a lifelong family.

http://www.kidscount.org/sld/db_essay.jsp

10. State and Community Policy Roundup: Progress on Infant-Toddler Issues Across the United States

A new State Policy Roundup from the ZERO TO THREE Policy Network provides highlights of state and community policy activities during the first six months of 2007 and reviews progress states and communities are making in serving infants, toddlers and their families.

http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/PolicyRoundupJuly07.pdf?docID=3821

11. Literature Review - Developmental Problems and Early Intervention for Maltreated Children

This literature review from ZERO TO THREE and the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED) examines common developmental problems that occur as a result of maltreatment in infants and toddlers under the age of 3 and looks at the positive impact of early intervention for these vulnerable young children.

http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/07/Children-CPS/litrev/index.htm

IEP

12. Developing a Great IEP, with Mayerson

The latest in Autism Speaks' instructional video series, is now available. The free 12- minute video provides important information for parents who are encountering the IEP process for the first time, as well as tips for parents who have been through the process before.

http://www.autismspeaks.org/howtocope/iep_mayerson.php

EMPLOYMENT

13. Recruiting and Interviewing: Presentation and Quiz

What are the steps of the hiring process? According to a training presentation from the Alaska MIG program, the four step process includes recruitment, interviewing, selection and retention. The slides cover ways to overcoming perceived barriers and the hiring process. The presentation also included an exercise and quiz.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2005

14. Working Disabled Program - Marketing Material

The Arkansas MIG grantees developed a number of resources to spread the word about the ways that people with a disability or severe long-term illness can work. The program designed brochures, posters, newspaper ads, coffee mugs, t-shirts, magnets, and table displays all designed for agency workers, consumers, advocates.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2006

FAMILY CAREGIVING

15. Valuing the Invaluable: A New Look at the Economic Value of Family Caregiving

This AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Brief discusses the financial impact of caregiving on the caregivers themselves as well as the economic value of their contributions to society. It compares the economic value of family caregiving to other benchmarks in order to underscore the magnitude of these unpaid contributions, presents estimates of productivity losses to U.S. businesses, and highlights the critical role that family caregivers play in the nation's long-term care system.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2011

HOUSING

16. Affordable Clustered Housing-Care: A Viable Alternative for Long-Term Care in a Residential Setting?

For people who have disabilities and consequent difficulty living independently, living in the community requires not only medical and support services, but also housing. This paper explores one approach to merging the worlds of housing and long-term care clustered housing-care. Clustered housing-care arrangements make it possible for individuals to age in place in secure, comfortable, residential-like settings. The paper defines, discusses the impact and questions the futures of this concept.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1997

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

17. Gauging Growth: How to Judge No Child Left Behind?

Study published in Educational Researcher (June/July 2007) suggest that progress seen in the 1990s in narrowing achievement gaps has largely disappeared in the post-NCLB era.

http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Publications/Journals/Educational_Researcher/3605/07EDR07_268-278.pdf

PERSONAL ASSISTANCE

18. Personal Assistance in Sweden

Article in the Journal of Aging and Social Policy (Volume 19, Number 3) provides an overview of the Swedish personal assistance program for people with disabilities.

http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J031

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

19. Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization Program Value in Nursing Homes

Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are intended to improve the quality of care that Medicare beneficiaries receive from hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers. According to the cost-utility analysis conducted, the QIO nursing home quality improvement interventions cost $2,063 to $7,667 per "quality-adjusted life year" gained, which the researchers say is an excellent return on investment. A single quality-adjusted life year--a unit of measurement often used to evaluate the benefit of a medical intervention--is commonly valued at between $50,000 to $100,000.

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=512641 & #doc512641

SELF DETERMINATION

20. CPASS Handbooks and Orientation Material: Hawaii

These materials help case managers and stakeholders figure out where to get started. The Case Managers Handbook explains the roles and responsibilities, plus worksheets and evaluations. The Self-Advocate Handbook helps identify goals and create a person centered plan. The Community Support Guide and Orientation Presentation provide an overview of terms and ways to implement personal assistance programs. A one page handout on stakeholder values and vision plus the overview brochure are included.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2002

21. CPASS Hawaii Final Report(s) 2006

The CPASS Hawaii project identified stakeholders, particularly people with developmental disabilities and their families, willing to participate in collaborative efforts towards systems change. This report will elaborate on the accomplishments of the project related to their 5 goals including barriers and areas of success, as well as further recommendations. Also included are two matrixes summarizing accomplishments and training efforts, a demonstration report and an evaluation summary.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2003

22. Redesigning Case Management Services for People with Disabilities in Minnesota

Minnesota, like many states, faces the challenge of limited resources in the face of increasing consumer demand for more consumer control of services. This report includes recommendations for providing choice of case manager, streamlining administration, funding options, standardizing caseload size, regionalizing some county functions, standardizing performance measures across disability groups, and maximizing individualization. Innovations in case management in other states are also presented.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2010

TRANISTION

23. Moving from Place to Place: A Consumer Navigation Guide for Seniors Involved in Health Care Transitions

This guide was created to help serve as a resource for seniors and caregivers when making decisions about transitions. The guide can be used as a tool to help think about many important aspects of transitions from hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and community based living. The guide was written in collaboration between numerous organizations in Maine.

http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2000

1,2,3's of an IEP Presentation by: Judy Marks of Autism Advocates & Consultants LLC Friday, September 7th at Sippo Lake Park in Massillon, Ohio ( Township) East Entrance 5300 Tyner St. N.W. Massillon, Ohio 44708 a) 10:30-12:30am or b)6:30-8:30pm1. Learn how an IEP/SP is to be written and implemented in order to be in compliance with Ohio's State and Federal Laws.2. Learn the multiple steps of the IEP/SP.After attending the 1,2,3's of an IEP you will be able to utilize the presented material to make your child's or student's IEP/SP more effective.A copy of Ohio's IEP Cheat Sheet will be included with handouts.Reservations are to be made by calling 330-265-7931$25.00 registration fee is due on day of presentationLight snacks and beverages, copy of power point and Ohio's IEP Cheat Sheet with certificate of attendance will be included

Resources Available from Alternative and Augmentative Communication

http://www.augresources.com/vindex.html

Resources available from Pyramid Products

http://www.pyramidproducts.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25 & products_id=93 & osCsid=c94ced1d4026dfdfe088a6fe9bdcccf2

Dr. DePolo PsyD. to speak on Discipline and Tantrum Management

The SPARK parent support group meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 30will feature Dr. DePolo PsyD. Our topic will be Discipline andTantrum Management and also focus on physical issues as our children getbigger. Dr. DePolo is a licensed pediatric clinical psychologist and wellregarded in the autism community.Date: 8/30/07 -- ThursdayTime: 6-8 pmLocation: Akron Children's Hospital in the Considine ProfessionalBldg. 1stDirections http://akronchildrens.rtrk.com/coupon/?scid=315898 & cid=91451 & tc=07080916063

Hope to see you there!SPARK (Sharing Perspectives and Autism Resources for our Kids) is a parentsupport group for ASD families with children ages birth-5 years. This groupwas created by parents, for parents, as we have found other parents to beour greatest resource. We meet monthly to discuss topics of our choosingpertaining to child development in the ASD world within this age rangecovering new diagnosis, infant/toddler issues, early intervention, andpreschool. We are part of the Autism Society of America ~~ Greater AkronChapter. SPARK meets the last Thursday of every month from 6-8pm (unlessotherwise specified based on the speaker/topic). Please watch for locationinformation. Snacks are provided, however we ask families to chip in a fewdollars to help cover the costs. All donations are filtered 100% back intothe SPARK "bucket" for future meetings.Facilitators - Brogan email: leeseballtel (DOT) net / Tara Santilli email:tsantillialltel (DOT) net Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com.