Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Wed., Sep. 10, 2008—Fri., Sep. 13, 2008

Early Intervention for Children with Developmental Delays and Disorders

presented by:
Karyn Lewis Searcy, M.A. CCC/slp

Enhancing parent-child interaction and facilitating communication skills.

• Identify dynamics of parent-child relationships and the role communication plays in that process.


• Recognize how communication delays and disorders alter parent-child interaction.


• Examine perspective of parents dealing with their children's diagnoses directly from video interviews.


• Discuss early intervention techniques to enhance communication and interaction between parents and children.


• Recognize the importance of increasing parental competency and guiding them to facilitate communication skills in their children.

Program Dates:

• Columbus , OH - Wed., Sep. 11, 2008


• Cincinnati , OH - Thurs., Sep. 12, 2008


• Indianapolis , IN - Fri., Sep. 13, 2008

Attendees may register online at express.CrossCountryEducation.com
(use express number 92142) or call (800) 397-0180.

For more information, please visit
my information page,

www.CrossCountryEducation.com or

download our PDF.  

Cross Country Education

 

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
6:30-8:00 P.M.

presented by:
Bruce Fleming

See the latest speech devices offered by DynaVox Technologies and visual support tools from Mayer-Johnson, Inc. Bruce Fleming, the local Sales Consultant for DynaVox and Mayer-Johnson, has worked in the Assistive Technology field for 16 years and been our local DynaVox resource for almost 6 years.

He is a long-time advocate, product specialist, and resource to parents and speech therapists considering augmentative and alternative communication devices and strategies for adults and children. Bruce has also provided direct support to Crimson Center’s AAC language group this summer.  

 

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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
2 hours per week

Runs from July 1 to July 31, 2008

Download the registration form.

We are accepting registration for our summer communication program, which will run from July 1-31, 2008. Children who struggle with speech and language related interaction will engage in stimulating group activities with peers matched according to age and level of functioning.

Adult to child ratio will be approximately 1:4, and each group will meet for two hours, one time per week for a total of 5 sessions (10 hours) in our Miramar office. An internet blog will be established to inform parents about activities, goals and materials of each day, and parents are encouraged to observe through our one-way mirrors.

• Augmentative Communication Groups
  
  This program is designed to enhance the functional and recreational use of both high and low tech communication systems, facilitated by Eric Sailers, M.A., CCC, Speech-Language Pathologist and Assistive Technology Specialist.


• Sea Lions: ages 5-9 on Wednesdays from 1-3 p.m.


• Sharks: ages 10-14 on Wednesdays from 3-5 p.m.




• Speech & Language Socialization Groups
  
  This program is designed to maximize social language skills for verbal children. Activities will incorporate social stories adapted from Carol Grey, and Michelle Garcia Winner’s social thinking curriculum. Skills highlighted include: language processing with peers, repairing communication breakdowns, establishing joint attention, understanding body language, initiating and maintaining play/conversations, perspective taking, expressing emotions, and problem solving.



• Minnows: ages 3-5 on Thursdays time TBA


• Dolphins: ages 5-9 on Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m.


• Whales: ages 10-14 on Tuesdays from 3-5 p.m.




• Fees & Registration
  
  Summer camps are $300 for a total of 10 hours scheduled within the month of July 2008. A $150 deposit is required to register, with the remainder for the camp fee due on the 1st day of camp. Registration forms must be received by June 27, 2008 to guarantee enrollment. Please contact Crimson Center at 858-695-9415 or email Karyn Lewis Searcy at karynls2@aol.com for more information.

 

 

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

presented by:
Deanna M. Hughes, Ph.D.

Executive function (EF) is a broad term that refers to a related set of skills necessary to achieve goals. Skills such as working memory and planning/organization comprise EF abilities, and are critical for academic and social success. They develop throughout adolescence and into early adulthood, and play a crucial role in helping a child manage increased academic demands, especially during school transitions.

Presented by
Deanna M. Hughes, Ph.D.

Speech Language Pathologist/Researcher
Clinical Faculty, San Diego State University

Discussion Topics:

• Definition of executive function


• Development of executive function and language skills in adolescence


• How executive function can impact academic and social success


• How these skills can be fostered in students

 

 

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Friday, May 23, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Same Story, Different Ending - A 25 minute video documentation of seven families and their journey toward change and renewed hope

presented by:
Felicia R. Solito, Esq

A group discussion will follow this video presentation, facilitated by Felicia R. Solito, Esq., and parent.

"The parents are the true heroes in this story. They are such an inspiration, and while the kids were the ones who were transformed, the tears in my eyes the whole video were for the white-knuckled guts and bravery and perseverance of the parents. I am always grateful when I learn something new, or see a glimpse through a window I never even knew existed in the world." Teacher

"The whole experience has elevated my mundane week and really brought it to such a higher level in terms of possibility and hope and courage and faith." Teacher

"The video proved the therapists and doctors were wrong. Every kid looked like they could change the world." 11-year-old child

Seating is limited so please call 858 695 9415 to reserve free seating.
Sorry—No childcare is available.
 

 

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
6:30-8:00 PM

¿Qué es un neuropsicologo y cómo puede ayudarme con mi niños con Autismo?

presented by:
Roger Perez, Ph.D.

CA License PSB 33358

Psychological Assistant/Postdoctoral Fellow
Advanced Neurobehavioral Health of Southern California
San Diego and Orange County

at

Crimson Center for Speech & Language

9606 Tierra Grande #107
San Diego, CA 92126
Miramar Area

Please call 858 695 9415 to reserve free seating

Sorry No childcare is available.  

 

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Saturday, April 12, 2008
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Handlery Hotel, San Diego, CA
950 Hotel Circle No., San Diego CA

KEYNOTE ADDRESS/ORADOR PRINCIPAL
Thomas Hehir
Nationally renowned advocate for children with disabilities in education systems.
Abogado por niños con discapacidades en sistemas educativos reconocido nationalmente.

RSVP at 858-695-9415 to confirm dates, times and locations.

Download the registration form (PDF) here.  

www.iepday.org

 

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Friday, April 11, 2008
2:30-5:30 PM

presented by:
Karyn Lewis Searcy, M.A., CCC-SLP

California Speech and Hearing 2008 Convention, Monterey, CA

presented by:

Karyn Lewis Searcy, M.A., CCC-SLP
Director, Crimson Center for Speech & Language

Aubyn Stahmer, Ph.D.
Research Psychologist, Rady Children’s Hospital & UCSD

Cherri A. Cary, Psy.D.,
Parent/Psychotherapist  

 

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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
6:30-8:00 P.M.

presented by:
Aubyn C. Stahmer, Ph.D.

PRT is a behavioral treatment intervention that focuses on increasing a child’s motivation by including choice, turn-taking, and reinforcing interactive and communicative attempts. It has been used to target language skills, play skills and social behaviors in children with autism, and is a child directed, naturalistic approach, which maximizes parent participation.

Aubyn C. Stahmer, Ph.D.
Research Psychologist
Rady Children's Hospital & Health Center
University of California, San Diego Psychology Department
Children's Autism Intervention Center

• examines practice patterns for children with autism in community settings
  
• reviews evidence-based practices used in early intervention programs for children with autism
  
• performs experimental analysis of the use of parent training to promote language and play skills for children with ASD
  
• developed an integrated toddler program for children with ASD and assessment of outcome
  
• provides and supervises individualized treatment for children with ASD
  
• studies play and language development in toddlers
  

 

 

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

presented by:
Rady Children’s Autism Intervention Center

Come to an eight-week interactive, supportive, and educational group program that
introduces strategies to help you understand autism spectrum disorders, community
resources and intervention systems, effectively communicate with your young child
and encourage the development of language and social skills.

Each session is comprised of parent education and support. Sessions will include
topics of behavioral principles and practical techniques to decrease problem
behaviors. We will explore frequently used therapeutic approaches and provide
information to assist you in the development of an effective Individual Education Plan
(IEP). You will meet other families of children with ASD.

Download the Flyer  

Autism Intervention Center

 

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
4:00 - 8:00pm

Celebrating its 1-year anniversary!

The San Diego Treatment Network is celebrating its 1-year anniversary. Join us for an OPEN HOUSE and fun-filled evening.

The Open House is located at 9606 Tierra Grande, Suites 102, 103, & 107
San Diego CA 92126.

RSVP by email to info@sdtreatment.com.  

San Diego Treatment Network

 

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Yoga and Infant Massage for Children with Special Needs

presented by:
Stephanie White, Recreation Therapist * ACES, Inc

As early identification of children with disabilities expands, the scope and efficacy of innovative treatments continues to rise. Recreation Therapy is designed to enhance independence and quality of life by providing individualized and meaningful leisure activities. By addressing social, cognitive, emotional, physical, and leisure domains, Recreation Therapy offers programmatic interventions, and has become a growing trend in public recreation associations, hospitals, group homes and allied health agencies. This presentation will define methodology and describe children who may benefit from these interventions.

Stephanie earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Therapeutic Recreation from Ithaca College. She worked as a Recreation Therapy assistant throughout college for an agency that provided recreation programming for children, teens and adults with disabilities. Stephanie became trained and certified in Yoga for the Special Child in 2003, and completed her internship in Recreation Therapy at the VA Medical Center-Spinal Cord Injury Unit, where she implemented community-reintegration and leisure education designed to enhance the quality of life of veterans with spinal cord injuries and paralysis. She became certified in infant massage in 2007 through the International Loving Touch Foundation. Her current position as a Recreation Therapist enables her to design and implement purposeful recreation programs for infants, children and teens with moderate to severe autism and related disabilities.

 

 

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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CEU for SLPs, OTs, Case Mgrs, Teachers

presented by:
Karyn Lewis Searcy, M.A.,CCC-slp

Delays in development, including those associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder, auditory processing deficits, motor speech disorders, and sensory integration disorders, have a profound impact on parent-child interaction. Families often feel fragile and helpless as they are told to wait until their child is over the age of two before seeking intervention. Floundering in failed attempts to interact, parents become either overly indulgent when they cannot anticipate their child's needs, or withdraw from the unfulfilling task of engaging with a non-responsive child. Professionals are equally lost trying to recognize and effectively deal with parental grief.

This one-day course will examine parent-child interaction and offer videotaped examples of how parents react to the reality of a child's diagnosis. Participants will learn how to establish treatment programs that jump-start the communication process in communicatively delayed children, strengthen the parent-child bond, and teach parents to persevere through structured play with resistant children. Videotaped samples will illustrate the engagement of parents in a small, group training program with their children. Methods for generalization of skills in peer relationships as well as pre- and post-testing methodology and data collection to establish efficacy of treatment will be addressed. Therapists, educators and other professionals working in early intervention can immediately apply the skills and techniques presented for more effective treatment of children with communication disorders.
 

Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas in April 2007

 

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Thursday, March 22, 2007
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

presented by:
Carol J. Atkins, M.A. CCC

Carol Atkins is a clinical audiologist with a private practice in Orange County California. In the field for over 30 years, she specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of central auditory processing disorders, as well as treating other audiological and processing disabilities.

Ms. Atkins works with both families and school districts to develop strategies for maximizing overall communication competency within the home and in the classroom. She incorporates many programs in her work with children presenting with a variety of disorders, including language delays, autism spectrum disorder, and learning disabilities.

 

 

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
7:00-8:30 P.M.

Tina Waters, B.A.

presented by:
Executive Program Director of CCCKids

Families of children ages 5-18 and on the autism spectrum, frequently search for after school, weekend, and summer programs. Community Coaching Center (CCCKids) is a non-profit corporation that provides a unique community participation and social skills coaching program to meet those needs. Tina Waters, founder and director of CCCKids, and her staff, will discuss the importance of helping special needs children experience a variety of environments that can provide "real life" opportunities to practice appropriate social interactions and behaviors. Methods of encouraging pro-social behaviors to replace non-interactive, self-stimulating behaviors, and maximizing social skill generalization will be addressed.


February 27, 2007
 

 

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Friday, February 02, 2007
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

A new perspective on a major health issue

presented by:
Lars Perner, Ph. D.

Lars discusses his experiences with life on the autism spectrum. He begins with a brief background on autism, emphasizing the perplexing assortment of symptoms possible, other conditions often associated with it, and a visual illustration of the its causes and effects. Lars also discusses his experiences going through the educational system, life before and after the diagnosis, sensory and social issues, and adaptations he has learned over the years.

Lars Perner is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Marketing at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and Executive Director of the Autism Education Foundation (http://www.AutismLessons.org ). He holds a Ph.D. in marketing, an M.B.A., and a B.A. in political science and psychology, and is one of the few "aspies" who actually get paid for talking at length about their obsessive interests. Lars has writes on autistic thinking and life planning for persons on the autism spectrum, and maintains several web sites on autism, including http://www.AspergersSyndrome.org and http://www.Intro2Autism.com  

This is a good link

 

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Helping Children Master the Building Blocks of Relating, Communicating, and Thinking

presented by:
Joshua D. Feder, M.D.

Helping children master the building blocks of relating, communicating & thinking . . . and whatever else you want to discuss . . .

Dr. Feder will be here to offer information from medication to Floortime and other topics in developmental medicine and mental health.

Among his extensive education, Dr. Feder received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics Magna Cum Laude in 1982. Through a military scholarship, he earned his Doctor of Medicine Cum Laude in 1986 with the John M. Murray Prize in Clinical Psychiatry. While at Boston University, Dr. Feder worked with children and adults with autism and other developmental disorders, along with other areas of study.

In his current, San Diego practice, Dr. Feder treats children, adults, and families, specializing in neurobehavioral medicine and the treatment of developmental disorders. In 1999, he was named a United Way Health Hero of the Year. Dr. Feder serves on the Ethics Committee of the San Diego Psychiatry Society, the local chapter of the American Psychiatric Association, and teaches psychiatric ethics to residents as a voluntary clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He teaches management of autism spectrum disorders in schools, and runs support groups in the San Diego area for professionals and families of persons with developmental and learning disorders.  

 

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Thursday, January 04, 2007
6:30 PM - 8:30PM

Empowerment Strategies for Parents

presented by:
Chantal Sicile-Kira

This workshop provides parents the opportunity to explore feelings inherent to having a child with an autism spectrum disorder, and gives practical and positive strategies for attitude adjustment. Areas explored include:

• challenging the notion of a 'grief cycle' and the loss of expectations
  
• personal beliefs about disability and society's tendency to strive for perfection
  
• knowing what battles to pick and overcoming the fear factor
  
• how to develop positive relationships with service providers and school districts without lowering your expectations
  

Chantal has over 20 years experience with autism spectrum disorders, as a professional and a parent. She is a national speaker on ASDs, and the author of Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: A Parent's Guide to the Cognitive, Social, Physical, and Transition Needs of Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Chantal's first book, Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and other ASD's, received the 2005 Autism Society of America's Outstanding Literary Work of the Year. She hosts a weekly radio show, 'The Real World of Autism,' on Autism One Radio, and is active in other non-profit organizations. She is the Executive Director of Autism Making a Difference, Inc, which provides consultation and coaching services to parents and service providers.
 

 

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
6:30 PM

(AMPDD and TriWest Consumers)

AMPDD is a newly formed organization of families established to advocate for military dependents and a resource for TriCare recipients.

This meeting will be an informational session organized by parents who are working toward maximizing TriWest coverage for families needing a variety of services for their children.
 

 

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

And how can they assist in my child's care?

presented by:
Robert Gray, Ph.D.

Dr. Gray has held academic and clinical positions at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. He is now in private practice, providing neuropsychological consultation and evaluation services throughout Southern California (CA License PSY 20705).

This presentation will address the roles and services of the pediatric neuropsychologist, how neuropsychological evaluation results enhance the understanding of a child's strengths and weaknesses, how test results can impact special education planning, and how a neuropsychological evaluation differs from a school or educational assessment.
 

 

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

presented by:
Susan Daniel, O.D.

Dr. Daniel obtained her Bachelors of Science degree from the University of California at Davis and Doctor of Optometry degree at the Southern California College of Optometry. In her private practice in Carlsbad, she specializes in developmental vision evaluations and therapy for children and adults, and visual rehabilitation for brain injured and stroke patients, children with special needs, and autism. In 2004, Dr. Daniel opened the Sensory Learning Center in Encinitas, which offers a multi-sensory therapy to help integrate auditory, vestibular and visual input. She is also the mother of a child with autism.

This lecture will provide information on common signs and symptoms of visual delays in children with autism. Video examples of vision therapy and testing methods for non-verbal children will be presented.
 

 

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Thursday, November 17, 2005
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

presented by:
V. Diane Niles

Public Information/Training/Volunteer Coordinator
San Diego Regional Center
858-576-2966

Diane founded the National Williams Syndrome Association in 1982, and has presented at state and national conferences since 1985 on several topics, including "Parents Developmental Growth Toward Collaboration."

Diane has worked at San Diego Regional Center since 1986, as public information coordinator, Early Intervention Coordinator, and Intake Counselor. She is also the Parent Liaison for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Studies.
 

 

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