THANK YOU so much to all of you who came out on Wednesday to help us complete changes to the board. It was fun! We'll be in touch soon about our next event.
Below is a list of updated board members:
Marziah Karch-President
Maria Brockman-Vice President
Louise Heinz-Secretary
Rebecca Kessler-Treasurer
Kris Matthews and Nancy Lett- General Board Members.
From Ann Klockau:
Communication, Autism, and Technology (CAT) is an innovative project that provides specialized training in the areas of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) to graduate students in speech-language pathology at the University of Kansas. Graduate students are paired with families of children with autism spectrum disorders who use AAC or are in the process of obtaining an AAC system. Families receive 20 hours of support from two graduate students each month. That support can occur in home and community settings and is based on the needs of the families. Collaboration between families, students and project staff provides the graduate students with opportunities to learn from families and families to receive support.
Participation in the project begins August 16, 2010 and lasts for at least one year, with the potential of participating for two years. The application deadline is Friday, July 30. If you are interested in applying for this project, please go to www2.ku.edu/~splh/Clinics/SchClinic/CAT.html which takes you to the announcement. Click at the bottom of the announcement on application form, print it, fill it out and mail it to:
CAT Project
1200 Sunnyside Ave.
2101 Haworth Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
If you're looking for area summer activities, check out the Scheifelbusch Communication Camp. The application is here. Fill it out in a hurry. Space is limited, and it does fill up. Kids with communication challenges get a significant discount.
Here's some area training you may be interested in:
Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training
2010 Spring Workshops
To Register go here:
http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/autism/
Friday, April 9th, 2010
Phil Strain, University of Colorado, Denver
Strategies for Achieving Maximum
Outcomes with Early Intervention for
Children with ASD.
This workshop will focus on five key strategies that
are associated with powerful outcomes for 2-5 year
olds with ASD. These strategies include: creating
preschool routines that maximize active
engagement, teaching peers to facilitate social and
communicative competence, programming for
generalization, creating preschool routines that are
comprehensible, and creating data systems that are
used to make program changes.
Workshops are from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at
KU Edwards Campus
Registration begins at 8:00 am
Cost: $60 per person,
LUNCH PROVIDED
Other upcoming K-CART Spring Workshops:
Thursday, May 6th
Howard Green and Jennifer McDonald
Virginia Commonwealth University
Job Coaching Strategies for Employing Persons with Autism
Tuesday, June 1st
Jeri Kendle, Interim President/COO, Vocational, Academy Director
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center
Business Partnerships for Employing Persons with Autism
Sean Swindler
Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training
Director of Community Program Development and Evaluation
Mail Stop 4003, 3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
PH 913-945-6840
FAX 913-588-5916
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Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training
2010 Spring Workshops
To Register go here:
http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/autism/
Friday, April 9th, 2010
Phil Strain, University of Colorado, Denver
Strategies for Achieving Maximum
Outcomes with Early Intervention for
Children with ASD.
This workshop will focus on five key strategies that
are associated with powerful outcomes for 2-5 year
olds with ASD. These strategies include: creating
preschool routines that maximize active
engagement, teaching peers to facilitate social and
communicative competence, programming for
generalization, creating preschool routines that are
comprehensible, and creating data systems that are
used to make program changes.
Workshops are from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at
KU Edwards Campus
Registration begins at 8:00 am
Cost: $60 per person,
LUNCH PROVIDED
Other upcoming K-CART Spring Workshops:
Thursday, May 6th
Howard Green and Jennifer McDonald
Virginia Commonwealth University
Job Coaching Strategies for Employing Persons with Autism
Tuesday, June 1st
Jeri Kendle, Interim President/COO, Vocational, Academy Director
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center
Business Partnerships for Employing Persons with Autism
For those interested in sports activities for your kids, you might check out the All Star Basketball League. Take a look at the attached information.
Hi ho, this is your friendly neighborhood webmaster. If you've tried to register in the past, go ahead and try again. I've made some changes that should both prevent spam and let everyone register. Hooray!
Remember that you do need a valid email address to register for an account. That's where your registration confirmation is sent. Without it, you can't log in. I only point this out because I've had a couple registration attempts that looked legit - and then their confirmation email bounced.
Welcome to the new website. If you're a member of LAS, you can request an account by clicking on the link over to the right. That wil let you make your own blog and see items in the library.
This camp is for 6-18 year olds and their families. I have no idea if there's still room, but here's the info. The kids go to camp while the parents receive training.
This is our new website. Ta da!
