series of seminars,one is on getting your toddler to sleep better

[Guest guest]

The Autism Society of Northwest Ohio

Practical Solutions to Everyday Challenges in Autism

A series of workshops designed to teach you strategies to cope with

some of the

difficult behaviors exhibited by people of any age with autism.

Workshop Titles: Toilet Training Your Child with Autism

How To Get Your Child with Autism to Sleep Better (So You Can Sleep

Better, Too!)

Presenter: Kim Renner MS, BCBA, LLP

Toilet Training: If you are planning to toilet train your child or

have tried to teach your child to use the toilet but have not been

successful, come learn how to evaluate why your child is having

difficulties and learn specific strategies to make your child

successful.

Sleep: If your child is difficult to put to bed, takes a long time

to fall asleep, wakes up during the night, can't sleep without you,

or sleeps at the wrong times, come to this workshop to learn how to

help your child to sleep better …you will sleep better too.

Kim Renner holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Behavioral Psychology

from Eastern Michigan University, a Limited License in Psychology in

the State of Michigan, and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

Kim has presented workshops and lectures on topics related to autism

such as basic behavioral teaching and strategies, management of

problem behaviors, ABA for children with autism, sleep problems,

toileting, behavioral strategies in the classroom, data collection

in the classroom, and generalization. She currently works as a

private ABA/autism consultant in SE Michigan and NW Ohio. She is

inspired by her teenage son with autism.

Workshop Title: Social Skills Training: What Can Parents Do?

Presenter: Judy Coucouvanis, MA, APRN, BC

Navigating the social environment of school or community is

especially challenging for people with ASD. Judy will present an

overview of specific methods and strategies that parents, teachers,

and other professionals can use in school and community settings to

teach social skills, including a description of " Super Skills, " a

social skills group program.

Judy Coucouvanis is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at the

University of Michigan Health Systems Department of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is a consultant to

several school districts in Michigan and has a small private

practice. Judy is known for her work with families in the treatment

of children with autism spectrum disorders. She has lectured

extensively on the topics of behavior intervention and social skills

training. She is the author of Super Skills: A Social Skills Group

Program for Children with Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism

and Related Challenges.

Workshop Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About IEP's But Didn't

Know to Ask

Presenter: Judy Marks

Parent advocate Judy Marks will give a brief overview of the special

education process, highlighting important information that every

parent needs to know. Also to be included are answers to the " Top 10

Questions parents frequently ask about their child's IEP. "

Judy L. Marks has been the chair of the Stark County Autism

Awareness Network (SCAAN) and is currently a board member of the

Greater Akron Chapter of ASA. She is involved with several parent

and ASD advocacy programs and is working on three local, state and

federal initiatives that will benefit children with ASD and their

families. Judy is the owner of Autism Advocate and

Consultants, LLC, which assists parents by providing: school

advocacy; developmental and autism screenings; Positive Behavioral

Support plans; and Autism 411. Judy is the parent of two children

with autism spectrum disorders.

Workshop Title: The Picky Eater

Presenters: Toledo Children's Hospital Total Rehab Staff

Does your child with ASD only eat three foods? Does he refuse new

foods? Eating problems are common in children with ASD. And did you

know that choking due to improper chewing and swallowing is common

in adults with ASD? This workshop will use a team approach to

introduce techniques and skills families can use to help them

understand and manage their child's feeding program.

A multi-disciplinary team panel including a Speech Language

Pathologist, an Occupational Therapist, a Behaviorist, a Dietician,

and medical staff will present.

Workshop Title: How to Write and Develop Social Stories

Presenter: Carol Gray

Carol is the inventor of Social Stories™! A Social Story™ is a

process and a product that shares accurate social information via a

special writing style and format that is consistent with the

learning characteristics of children, adolescents, and adults with

ASD. This is an introductory presentation for anyone wanting to

learn to write and develop a Social Story™ according to the new 10.0

defining criteria and guidelines, and it provides an excellent

review and update for anyone who may already be familiar with the

approach. Carol will also introduce her new Story Movies which help

find errors in Social Stories™.

Carol Gray is the Director of The Gray Center for Social Learning

and Understanding in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She recently completed

over 22 years of employment with Jenison Public Schools in Jenison,

Michigan, initially as a teacher of students with autism spectrum

disorders and in recent years as a consultant to students with ASD

in inclusive educational programs. In 1991, Carol

developed Social Stories™ and Comic Strip Conversations, strategies

that are used worldwide with children, adolescents, and adults with

ASD. She has published several resources on topics related to

children and adults with ASD, including articles on bullying, death

and dying, and how to teach social understanding.

Workshop Title: Making and Using Visuals to Enhance Communication

Presenter: Marti Buchholz, M.Ed., CCC-SLP

People with ASD are most often visual learners. Marti will show us

how to take advantage of this strength to create visual icons,

schedules, choice boards and more to help individuals with autism

communicate, tolerate transitions, make choices, prepare for events,

and learn skills. Take these ideas home and use them tomorrow!

Marti Buchholz is a speech language pathologist at the Autism MODEL

school. She also provides speech language therapy in addition

to " social thinking " groups to individuals with autism at

her " speech therapy house " in Waterville. Marti is the mother of

seven children.

These workshops are partially funded by grants from The Lucas County

Board of MR/DD and the Sylvania Southview High School

fundraiser, " Dance for a Chance. "

Registration Form

Practical Solutions to Everyday Challenges in Autism

Series 1

Please check all the sessions you will be attending. Include all

fees with registration. (Scholarships are available).

Date & Time Fee Title Facility

__ October 11, 2006 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5.00 Toilet Training Your Child

with Autism - Kim Renner Toledo Hospital

Croxton Memorial Auditorium

__ October 12, 2006 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00 Toilet Training Your Child

with Autism - Kim Renner Toledo Hospital

Croxton Memorial Auditorium

__ October 18, 2006 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5.00 Everything You Wanted to

Know About IEP's, But Didn't Toledo Hospital

Know to Ask - Judy Marks Croxton Memorial Auditorium

__ October 19, 2006 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00 Everything You Wanted to

Know About IEP's But Didn't Toledo Hospital

Know to Ask - Judy Marks Croxton Memorial Auditorium

__ October 25, 2006 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5.00 The Picky Eater - Toledo

Children's Hospital Total Rehab Staff UT Health Science Campus

Health Ed. Bldg., Room #110

__ October 26, 2006 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00 The Picky Eater - Toledo

Children's Hospital Total Rehab Staff Toledo Hospital

Croxton Memorial Auditorium

__ November 1, 2006 6:30-9:00 p.m. $25.00 How to Write and Develop

Social Stories - Carol Gray The Pinnacle

__ November 2, 2006 9:30-12:00 p.m. $25.00 How to Write and Develop

Social Stories - Carol Gray The Pinnacle

__ November 8, 2006 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5.00 Help Your Child with Autism

To Sleep Better - Kim Renner Toledo Hospital

Croxton Memorial Auditorium

__ November 9, 2006 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00 Help Your Child with

Autism To Sleep Better - Kim Renner Toledo Hospital

Education Center Auditorium

__ November 15, 2006 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5.00 Making and Using Visuals

to Enhance Communication Toledo Hospital

- Marti Buchholz, SLP Croxton Memorial Auditorium

__ November 16, 2006 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00 Making and Using Visuals

to Enhance Communication UT Health Science Campus

- Marti Buchholz, SLP Collier Bldg., Rm #2401-2403

Participant Information: (Please print)

Name:

_____________________________________________________________________

_________________

Please check all that apply: Parent ____ Family Member ____

Professional ____ Age of person with autism: ________

Address:

_____________________________________________________________________

_______________

City, State, Zip:

____________________________________________________County:__________

__________

Phone: (H)/(W)/©:

_____________________________________________________________________

______

Complete and mail this page with fees (checks may be made payable to

Autism Society of Northwest Ohio) to:

Workshop Series, Autism Society of Northwest Ohio, 4848 Dorr Street,

Ste. 1., Toledo, Ohio 43615.

If confirmation is required, please include a stamped, self-

addressed post card with this registration.

Questions? Call 419.578.2766.

Workshop Locations

1. The Croxton Memorial Auditorium and the Education Center

Auditorium are located at:

The Toledo Hospital

2142 N. Cove Boulevard

Toledo, OH 43606

The Croxton Memorial Auditorium is located near the front lobby area

of the main entrance.

Free parking is available in the front parking garage.

The Education Center Auditorium is located in the back of the

hospital (off Monroe Street)—between Jobst

and McIntosh Towers (first floor). Parking is on the basement

level.

For directions, go to:

http://www.promedica.org/dpage.aspx?

nspace=PHS.Home.Hospitals.Toledo.MapDirections .

2. The University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus (formerly Medical

University of Toledo) is located off

Arlington Avenue in Toledo.

Parking for the Collier Building is in Lot #4.

Parking for the Health Education building is in Lot #3.

Visit http://hsc.utoledo.edu/camp/gethere.html for directions to the

campus.

3. The Pinnacle is located in Arrowhead Park in Maumee, Ohio at 1772

Indian Wood Circle.

It is east of US 23 off the Salisbury Road Exit.

Visit http://www.mapquest.com/maps/ for directions.