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Calendar notes archived - 2008
January 16th
Our regular monthly meeting at St. Martin in the Field Church. From 7 - 9 pm.
Our guest speaker this month is Laura Phipps, a
special education teacher from Anne Arundel county public schools
who serves as Social Skills Specialist for students with High
Functioning Autism/Asperger's in the
school system. The Building Bridges multidisciplinary autism awareness and
education program will be discussed.
February 20st
Our regular monthly meeting at St. Martin in the Field Church. From 7 - 9 pm.
March 19th
Our regular monthly meeting at
St. Martin in the Field Church. From 7 - 9 pm.
Guest speaker is Joe Dickson who will be discussing Behavior Support at home..
April 16th
Our regular monthly meeting at St. Martin in the Field Church. From 7 - 9 pm.
May 21st
Our regular monthly meeting at St. Martin in the
Field Church. From 7 - 9 pm.
Our guest speaker this month is Sharon Della-Rose, head of the Norbel
School in Elkridge, Maryland. She brings 25 years experience as an administrator,
teacher and parent of a special needs child. She will be speaking about successful
strategies for working with autistic students.
Note that this is our LAST MEETING BEFORE SUMMER BREAK. Our Monthly meetings will resume in September.
June 9 - Opening and Inaugural presentations at the Center for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders at Towson University.
The Center was established in February 2008 with
a generous donation from Therese and Douglas Erdman, in order
to form a link between the university and the community of adults
with autism. The goals of the Center are to facilitate outreach
and programming for adults on the spectrum; resources for professionals,
families, employers, and the general public; and education,
training, and research opportunities for students and community
professionals, in order to help adults on the autism spectrum
lead fulfilling and productive lives in the community.
You are invited to the Center's launch. The event will take place at Towson
University on Monday June 9th and will include a reception at 6:00 PM with
guest speakers Dr. Peter Gerhardt, President Organization for Autism Research
and Ari Ne’eman, President of The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, providing
presentations from 7:00-9:00 PM.
Official invitation to the event is here.
For more info contact Laura Hillman
Graduate Assistant
Towson Center for Adults with ASD
410-704-4486
caasd@towson.edu
June 12 - the Howard County Asperger Support Group will be hosting Katie Alexander from the Model Asperger Program at the Ivymount School. Katie will speak on Problem Solving and Flexible Thinking in the Classroom and Everyday Life. The talk will be held at the Faulkner Ridge Center, at 5098 Marble Faun Way in Columbia, MD 21044 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on June 12, 2008. Contact ruthmediates@yahoo.com if you have questions.
September 17
Our regular monthly meeting at St. Martin in the Field Church. From 7 - 9 pm. Due to a family emergency, our meeting leader was unable to come. We hear that there was a well attended impromptu meeting held out on the grass anyway.
October 15
Our regular monthly meeting at St. Martin in the Field Church. From 7 - 9 pm. We hope to have Claudine Knopf as our guest speaker. Claudine is an experienced Special Education teacher and skilled consultant and advocate for students with special needs and their families. As a mother of two children, she understands the benefits and challenges of the educational system from a parents’ perspective. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact Claudine Knopf at 703-606-0615 or claudineknopf@gmail.com. Click here for more information.
To see an archive of previous events from 2007, click here