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ASPEN's 27th Semi-Annual Conference

EFFECTIVE SCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010

TIME: 8:00AM-4:30PM

LOCATION: HILTON WOODBRIDGE 120 WOOD AVE. SOUTH, ISELIN, NJ

Keynote Presentation by Winner

Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME: Exploring the Perpective-Taking Spectrum

Persons with social-cognitive deficits, which includes those with diagnoses of Asperger Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, PDD-NOS, NLD and ADHD, often have difficulty efficiently considering and responding to the perspectives of those around them. Perspective-taking is referred to as "Theory of Mind."This keynote presentation will explore how central the skill of "perspective-taking" is to everyone's social contact and interpretation, whether it involves nonverbal or verbalcommunication. This presentation examines what it means to "take the perspective" of another person and how a deficit in this area hinders students in the most important environments in which

they participate: school, home, community, and work.

Afternoon Presentations

*Organizing Strategies for Doing Homework*Making Sense of Test Scores: What Do All Those Numbers Mean?*A Successful IEP: What Makes It, What Breaks It *Quirky Kids: How Sensory & Auditory Sensitivities Affect Behavior & What You Can Do To

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Sincerely,

Lori Shery

ASPEN®ASPerger syndrome Education Networkwww.aspennj.org