Emotional development workshop. April 30th ends pre registration

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Hello Listmates

Deb and I are ELATED and so excited to hear Dr Gutstein Speak as well as meet

will all of the wonderful listers that we have made internet buddies with...

We have received registrations from ALL Over.. From Canada, Pennsylvania, Rhode

Island, New Jersey, Washington,Connecticut, Massachussets..most of the Northeast

region and even some from Virgina and the Carolina's!

I wanted to share the info with some who may have missed the past posts.

We are close to maxing out.. but I would say we could fit another 30 people or

so..

SO PLEASE register NOW. I am not sure if registering at the door at this point

will be an option.

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> A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP WITH:

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> DR. STEVEN GUTSTEIN

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> TUESDAY MAY 21, 2002

> PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK,

> SEATING IS LIMITED

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> The Workshop

> Heroic parents, desperately search for a peer who will accept and play

with

> their son or daughter with Autism, Aspergers, PDD and NVLD. They dream

that

> an understanding friend will serve as the crucial relationship bridge,

> opening the social world for their child. Inevitably, they come

face-to-face

> with a sad truth. You cannot acquire friends as if they were objects or

> possessions. And you cannot place a child with severe social deficits in a

> normal setting and expect he will understand the subtle signals of

> friendship through osmosis.

>

> Until recently, there were few alternatives to the prayers and dreams of

> parents and family that somehow, someway, they would find an alternative

to

> the general medical expectations; that their child's condition would most

> likely result in a life apart from others.

>

> After years of clinical practice, teaching and research, Dr.

Gutstein

> and Dr. le Sheely were unwilling to accept these bleak predictions.

> They believed that people in the Autism spectrum could become true

partners

> in authentic relationships. But, only through an intervention program

> designed to fit their unique style of learning. Relationship Development

> Intervention, RDI, is the result of their persistent efforts to open the

> world of joy, excitement and unity found in authentic relationships, to

> persons in the Autism spectrum.* Through RDI, there is a path to

emotionally

> fulfilling lives for thousands of children, adolescents and adults facing

> lonely, isolated futures.

>

> Dr. Gutstein has described the theory and methods of RDI in his top

selling

> book, Autism/Aspergers: Solving the Relationship Puzzle. In the spring of

> 2002, Kingsley will publish Dr. Gutstein and Sheely's two-volume

> collection of over 300 activities and objectives for relationship

> development. Parents, educators and professionals throughout the world

will

> finally have the tools to design comprehensive relationship programs.

>

> Now, Dr. Steve Gutstein, in cooperation with

> The Elija Foundation

> will present

>

> an intensive one day workshop to introduce you to

> the Relationship Intervention Program.

>

>We are honored to have DR. BOBBY NEWMAN Ph.D.,BCBA OPENING the WORKSHOP

>

> Morning: starts at 9:00 a.m.

> Defining the Relationship Puzzle: Understanding the Unique Social and

> Emotional Deficits of Autism Typical Relationship Development: The RDI 6

> level Model Relationship Development in Autism Basic Principles of

> Relationship Development Intervention

>

> Afternoon: starts at 1:00 p.m.

> Relationship Development Assessment: Doing the RDA to Determine Where to

> Start Developing Relationship Intervention: Plans Developing a Social and

> Emotional IEP that is Meaningful:

> Using RDI with Different Age Groups, Populations and in Different Settings

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> Audience Questions

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> For Directions go to:

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> www.residenceinn.com

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> Residence Inn Plainview

> 9 Gerhard Road

> Plainview, NY 11803

> USA

> Phone: 1-516-433-6200

> Fax: 1-516-433-2569

>

> Parking will be limited so please try and carpool if possible. Please Use

> the parking facilities across from the gated entrance.

>

>

>

> Please refrain from the use of audio or video recording

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> PLEASE VISIT OUR WESITE FOR MORE INFORMATION

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> HTTP://ELIJAFOUNDATION.FREESERVERS.COM

75.00 Registration...Includes COFFEE AND BAGELS in the morning and lunch will be

on your own.

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> *This method also works for others who have neurological

> disorders that lead to similar social and emotional deficits.

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> For more information on Dr. Steve Gutstein, contact his website at:

>

> http://www.connectionscenter.com

>