'Adventures in Autism' conference - University of North Texas

[Guest guest]

University of North Texas

to host

‘Adventures in

Autism’ conference Nov. 14 and 15

What:

A conference

featuring local and national autism experts for parents, teachers,

professionals and others interested in learning more about autism and effective

interventions for schools, homes, and other settings.

When:

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14

7:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15

Where:

First floor of the university’s Gateway Center, located at 801 North

Texas Blvd.

Cost:

Friday attendance costs $25. Saturday attendance, including a luncheon,

will cost $95 if participants register before Nov. 1, and $105 for late

registration.

Contact:

www.coe.unt.edu/autismprograms

or Debbie Farr, program coordinator, at Debbie.farr@...

or .

DENTON (UNT),

Texas – The University of North Texas special education program in

the College of Education will host its third annual “Adventures in

Autism” conference Nov. 14 - 15 (Friday and Saturday).

The conference

will be held on the first floor of the university’s Gateway Center,

located at 701 North Texas Blvd. It will run from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Friday and from 7:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Saturday.

The conference

will offer a variety of presentations and workshops by local and national

experts, and is intended for parents, teachers, professionals and others

interested in learning more about autism and effective interventions for

schools, homes, and other settings. Breakout sessions will address topics

such as “Pivotal Response Training,” “Social Skills,”

“Practical Classroom Strategies,” “Post-Secondary

Transition” and other topics designed to encourage and enlighten those

who live and work with children and young adults across the autism

spectrum.

Friday attendance

costs $25. Saturday attendance, including a luncheon, will cost $95 if

participants register before Nov. 1, and $105 for late registration.

Registration forms can be found at www.coe.unt.edu/autismprograms,

The conference, sponsored by the UNT Autism Intervention Program in the

Department of Educational Psychology, will also feature an opening keynote

address by Dr. , a professor at the University of Minnesota and

author of “Dr. ’s Straight Talk on Autism” and

“Making Sense of Autism.” The luncheon keynote address will

be given by consultant and Texas State University professor, Dr. Jo Webber.

Webber wrote “Autism: Teaching DOES Make a Difference” and

“Educating Students with Autism: A Quick Start Manual.”

“Autism research and practice are undergoing very rapid changes, with

findings for neuroscience and genetics being integrated with state of the art

behavioral intervention methods,” said. “I will be

discussing implications for these new advances for improving the lives of

children with autism and their families.”

The UNT Autism Intervention Program consists of a master’s degree in

special education with a specialization in autism, or a six-course Graduate

Academic Certificate in autism intervention. More than 130 students have

graduated from the program since its inception in 2002. The program

recently was awarded a new federal grant to provide online courses for those

who teach in rural school districts. The grant, known as Project DART,

Distributed Education for Autism Personnel in Rural Texas, will fund 25

students per year for four years to complete the master’s or certificate

program in autism intervention online.

The university also has announced plans to invest at least $25 million in six

interdisciplinary research clusters. One of the funded research clusters

is “autism spectrum disorders.” The cluster currently has 17

faculty members from four different colleges working together to develop

treatments and understanding for those affected by autism.

For additional information about UNT’s Adventures in Autism conference, please

contact Debbie Farr at debbie.farr@...

or .

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Special Education Advocate and Consultant

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Sugar Land, Texas 77496-17392

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