UM-NSU CARD: Week of April 7, 2008

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Date: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:03 PMSubject: UM-NSU CARD: Week of April 7, 2008To: Muñoz NEXT WEEK AT April 8, 2008 UM-NSU CARD: "Transitioning from High School to College" (UM Campus) Presenter: Jill Rickel,

M.S. Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm To register or for more information please contact: or mlisdegasperi@... UM-NSU CARD: Support Group for Adults with Asperger's (UM Campus) Facilitators: Diane

Adreon & Deborah Chin Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (Day Meeting) Location: Room 302 For more information please contact: or mlisdegasperi@... April 9, 2008 UM-NSU CARD: Grupo de IEP (UM Campus) Hora: 10:30 am - 1:00 pm Room/Cuarto: 201 Para registrarse por favor comunicarse al: o mke@... UM-NSU CARD: Floortime™ Support & Information Group (UM Campus) Presenters: Cecilia Montero & Costa Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm For more information please

contact: or mke@... UM-NSU CARD: All About Special Gals *CANCELLED* (DMC Branch) Facilitators: Mona Nasser & Terri Jennings Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm For more

information please contact at: , or ynznasser@... or tjenn89112@... UM-NSU CARD: Asperger Support Group for Families (UM Campus) Facilitator:

Durocher Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm For more information please contact: or jstella@... April 10, 2008 UM-NSU CARD: "Behavior Management for

Children with Autism at Home" (UM Campus) Facilitator: Zonya , BCABA Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm To register or for more information please contact: or mlisdegasperi@... April 12, 2008 UM-NSU CARD: Sibrageous (moved from 4/26/08 to 4/12/08) (UM Campus) Facilitators: Zory , MSW & Morcate, M.S.Ed. Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Ages: 5-10 Location: UC Building, 1306 Stanford Drive, Room 245, Coral Gables 33146 For more information please contact: or zcsanchez@... ******************OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS****************** Seats still available for the 2nd Insync with Autism Concert! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meetings will be held monthly, first Thursdays of the month 9:30 AM -11:00 AM at UM-NSU CARD, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Second Floor, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Thursday, May 1, 2008 (Room 502) GUEST SPEAKER: Nottoli, M.A., CCC, BCABA What is P.A.L.S? "Parents Assisting and Lending Support" P.A.L.S was created through the joint efforts of UM-NSU CARD and family members of individuals with autism or other related disorders. These family members possess extensive experience navigating the broad spectrum of resources available in the local geographic area. They also recognize the great benefits that can be achieved when parents are able to share experiences and ideas, both one to one and in group settings. The purpose of P.A.L.S. is to provide individualized assistance to families and to serve as a connection to the local autism community. There is no charge for P.A.L.S. services. P.A.L.S members work directly with UM-NSU CARD clinicians to support families. These family members have undergone extensive training and continue on-going education in order to be well informed and aware of current available resources. How to Access P.A.L.S.? After each family has completed a CARD intake, a CARD clinician is designated. Families may request to speak with a P.A.L.S. family member through their CARD clinician or they may e-mail P.A.L.S. directly at: miamicardpals@... Las reuniones seran llevadas a cabo mensualmente los primeros jueves del mes de 9:30-11:00 de la mañana en UM-NSU CARD dentro del Fred and Helen Donn Flipse Building/Ponce de Leon Parking Garage, 5665 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Coral Gables, FL 33146 jueves, 1 de mayo, 2008 (cuarto 502) PRESENTADOR: Nottoli, M.A., CCC, BCABA Que es P.A.L.S.? "Padres Asistiendo y Prestando Apoyo" P.A.L.S. fue creado por el esfuerzo conjunto de UM-NSU CARD y miembros de familias de individuos con autismo y otros desordenes relacionados. Estos familiares poseen experiencia extensa navegando el amplio espectro de recursos disponible en el area

geografico local. Ellos tambien reconocen los grandes beneficios que se pueden lograr cuando los padres comparten sus experiencias e ideas individualmente y en grupos. El proposito de P.A.L.S. es proveer asistenica individual a familiares y servir como coneccion a la communidad de autistas y otros desordenes relacionados. Los miembros de P.A.L.S. trabajan directamente con clinicos de UM-NSU CARD para apoyar familias. Estos miembros de familia han pasado por un entrenamiento extenso y continuan educandose para estar bien informados y concientes de los recursos

disposibles. Como acceder a P.A.L.S.? Despues que cada familia ha terminado su consulta en CARD, se le designa un clinico de CARD. La familia puede pedir hablar con un miembro de P.A.L.S. por medio de su clinico de CARD o pueden enviar un correo electronico a P.A.L.S. directamente a: miamicardpals@.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I Only Had the $$$ Contest" 2008 Winners First Place - $2500 Sheree Schulson and Corrie Lohr submitted a proposal to support their project entitled "See How We Fit Together." Ms. Schulson and Ms. Lohr initially developed this program as part of their participation in DOE/CARD's Partnership for Effective Programming for Students with Autism (PEPSA). Their CARD partner is Sotelo-Bumberg. The purpose of their project is to design an inclusion classroom that combines typical 4th graders with special needs students from the autism cluster at Parkside Elementary School in Broward County. The project is a systematic effort to meaningfully engage students in inclusive opportunities (academic, social, and recreational) and, ultimately, to build friendships and relationships. The review committee was impressed with the fact that these teachers (one general education and one special education) have

developed a wonderful partnership that is clearly benefiting their students. Their inspired creativity and leadership in developing this program earned them the first place award of $2500 to support the continuation and expansion of this program. Second Place - $1500 Colleen Rowe submitted a proposal to support a project aimed at introducing video modeling and videotaped instructional methodologies to her prekindergarten students at Key Largo School in Monroe County. Ms. Rowe currently teaches 14 students in an inclusion program in her school. The review committee was impressed with Ms. Rowe's vision and with the fact that she has the support of her district administrator, her school administrators, and the technological support of other staff to implement this program. The videotaped lessons she will develop will ultimately be applied beyond her classroom and will include the entire

prekindergarten program, which has approximately 70 students in ESE, Head Start and VPK combined. Ms. Rowe's technology-inspired project earned our contest's second place award of $1500. Third Place - $500 Karyn M. Henry is a speech-language pathologist at Sheridan Park Elementary School in Broward County. Ms. Henry submitted a proposal to support her project aimed at integrating language and cooking within an autism cluster in her school. Ms. Henry has developed a model program that affords students with autism the opportunity to engage in weekly whole group cooking lessons. These lessons incorporate verbal, visual, motoric, auditory and kinesthetic instructional modalities within a highly functional learning context and allow the students to discover science (cause and effect, solids vs. liquids, hot vs. cold), math (units and measurement), and sensory (taste, texture)

experiences. Ms. Henry's innovative program earned our contest's third place prize of $500. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to our sponsors the event is now SOLD OUT You can still donate a silent auction item for Tropical Nights to benefit UM-NSU CARD and our families! Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 www.cardtropicalnights.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Miami Research for Young Children Is your child between 15 and 24 months? Are you concerned about a

language delay or social problem? If so we invite you to participate in the University of Miami's study: Building Social Communication Skills in Young Children As a result of current research with infant siblings, an increasing number of children at risk for ASD are being referred for early intervention. Currently, there is extremely limited data to inform families of appropriate intervention treatments,

particularly in the toddler period. For this reason, researchers at the University of Miami have established an urgent need to document effective treatments in this age range. We are seeking families with toddlers between 15 and 24 months of age who are at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to participate in a multi-site project evaluating Hanen's More than Words Program. More than Words is a parent-training intervention designed specifically for parents of very young children with ASD in order to enhance social communication in children as well as improve overall parenting communication

strategies. If you would like more information about this study please email Cardona at ccardona@... or call for more information. More information can also be located on our intervention study website: http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dmessinger/fp/building.htm.Our next group is scheduled to start next week! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supported Training Employment

Program for Youth with Special Needs Summer STEPS 2008 Electronic applications are available online at www.danmarinofoundation.org If you are an individual or know an individual with a developmental, cognitive, hearing, physical, or vision disability, we have 80 full-time (30 hours per week) openings at businesses, non-profit organizations, and government worksites throughout Broward County. You must: Be a Broward resident, ages 16 to 21 Have a confirmed disability as listed above Have your own transportation Be willing to improve employability skills Work 30 hours per week Be available to work from June 16 to August 8, 2008 Attend mandatory interview and orientation programs You will: Have the services

of a full-time job coach onsite Receive $6.79 per hour and lots of training Learn real world employability and social skills Interested? Complete the online application. We will be accepting applications until March 21, 2008. Questions? Contact Morantes at or email susan@.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *If you would like to be added to our email list or if you would like to be removed from our email list, please send an email to: jamunoz@... UM-NSU CARD is a state-funded resource and support program dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with autism and related disabilities including deaf-blindness and pervasive developmental disorders. UM-NSU CARD does not endorse specific programs or points of view presented in this email.-- ACE Chair

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