Asperger's and Girls, Thursday, 2/19 @ 6pm

January 17, 2012

Asperger's and Girls: Identifying, educating and supporting this elusive child

This lecture will consist of identifying the characteristics of the Asperger

profile in girls, how it varies from the male presentation, and what is

necessary to help and support the individual to improve outcomes and

performance.

DATE: Thursday, February 16, 2012

TIME: 6:00 pm – 7:30pm

LOCATION: ChildKind, Inc.

3107 Clairmont Road, Suite A, Atlanta, 30329

SPEAKER: Shelia Wagner, M. Ed.

SPACE is limited and the workshop is FREE! Register at www.asaga.com

Ms. Wagner is an Assistant Director of the Emory Autism Center and Monarch

School-age Program Manager. She earned her undergraduate education degree from

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and graduate degree from Georgia State

University. Ms. Wagner is a former special education teacher and teacher

consultant on educating students with autism for close to 30 years. Ms. Wagner

is a teacher and school consultant, national and international lecturer on

educating students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, project director for a

multi-county Inclusion Project affecting over 600 students with ASD, and is a

long-term member of an interdisciplinary diagnostic team. Ms. Wagner is an

award-winning author of four publications in the area of ASD, including

" Inclusive Programming for Elementary Students with Autism " (1999), " Inclusive

Programming for the Middle School Student with Autism and Asperger's syndrome "

(2001), Inclusive Programming for High School Students with Autism and

Asperger's (2009), and " Understanding Asperger's Syndrome: Fast Facts " (Future

Horizons, Inc., 2004). Both the elementary and high school books won the Autism

Society of America's Outstanding Literary Work of the year (2001 & 2010

respectively). She has also published a chapter on educating females with

Asperger's syndrome in T. Grandin and T. Attwood's book, Asperger's and Girls

(Future Horizons). Ms. Wagner contributes bi-weekly articles on ASD to NBC.Com's

popular television show Parenthood's website. She consults with school districts

and families throughout the State of Georgia and nation on school issues for

students with autism/AS and lives in the Atlanta area.

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