"What Do I Do Now?" Conference 2010
For Parents and Educators of Asperger’s/High Functioning Autistic/Similar Students
Back to school time is stressful for our families and our teachers. Our kids are working hard to adjust to new classes and new teachers, and our teachers are working hard to adjust to our kids. Parents are trying to keep their kids happy and the teachers happy and to keep their own heads from exploding. Everyone has lots of questions and not enough answers. It's the perfect time to sit down with a bunch of autism experts and figure out where to go from there.
Designed specifically to address the difficulties our children have in the classroom and at home, our conference offers classes for parents of newly diagnosed children, more experienced parents, general education teachers and speech professionals for elementary, junior high and high school levels. Based on our highly successful monthly presentations, our conference will give participants knowledge they need to help our children succeed now and in the future.
Speakers will include Program Specialists from West End SELPA, experienced teachers from our local schools, Cassie Zupke and Edith Naranjo of Open Doors Now. (SELPAs are part of the state education system. They're consultants to parents and school districts regarding the education of special needs children.)
Special Keynote speaker: Author Barbara Hambly has touched pretty much all the bases in genre fiction, including mainstream historical fiction, historical murder mysteries, fantasy, science fiction, comic books, graphic novels, the occult romance novella “Someone Else’s Shadow”, and scripts for Saturday morning cartoon shows. She continues to write both fantasy and historical fiction: her upcoming vampire novel will be BLOOD MAIDENS (Severn House, 2011) and her most recent historical whodunnit, DEAD & BURIED, continues the well-reviewed Benjamin January series. She writes historical mysteries under her own name and that of Barbara Hamilton (THE NINTH DAUGHTER, and its upcoming sequel A MARKED MAN). She currently teaches History part-time at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, and if you’re interested in her views on the weather, her cats, World of Warcraft, and sometimes writing, you can read her blog at barbara_hambly@livejournal.com. Hambly's interests include historical research, dance, hiking, costuming, Japanese, and videogames.
| When: | Saturday, October 16, 2010 |
| Registration: 8:15 am -- 9:00 am | |
| Conference: 9:00 am -- 2:30 pm | |
| Barbara Hambly keynote address: 9:00 am | |
| Where: | Upland High School |
| 565 W. 11th Street, Upland, Ca 91786 | |
| Cost: | $25 per attendee; Boxed lunch included |
| $40 per couple; Boxed lunch included | |
| $10 to attend Barbara Hambly's keynote address only | |
| Scholarships are available. For more information contact czupke@opendoorsnow.org |
Sessions: (Anyone can attend any session.)
- What is Asperger's/High Functioning Autism?
- Parenting Special Needs Kids
- Dads -- What You Need to Know to Help Your Child
- Keeping Your Family Healthy: How to Help Your Other Children, Your Spouse, and Yourself
- Arman Khodaei: Viewpoints From an Adult with Asperger's
- Teaching Emotion Control
- Teachers' Workshop: How to Include Special Needs Students in Your Classroom
- Teacher's Panel: Including Special Needs Students in Your Classroom
- Teacher's Workshop: Handling Extreme Behaviors
- Teacher's Workshop: Teaching Social Skills for Elementary Students
- Teacher's Panel: Teaching Social Skills for Elementary School Students
- Teacher's Workshop: Teaching Social Skills for Jr. High and High School Students
- Teacher's Panel: Teaching Social Skills for Jr. High and High School Students
- Challenges Asp/HFA Young Adults Face
Proceeds of this conference will fund our programs for the upcoming year.
Please check out our wonderful sponsors!
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