Re: ELIJA FOUNDATION UPDATE

[Guest guest]

Ray Cepeda March 18th-19th

Date: March 18th OR 19th 2005 (Can Choose one of these days)

Presenter: Ray Cepeda B.A.

Description: " Early Intervention - Responsibilities of the Lead Teacher In

an ABA program "

Time:9-4

Cost:Elija Foundation Members$50/Non-Members $60/Walk-in Fee $75(after March

11)

(Lunch will be unavailable for walk-in’s) Cancel fee $25

Coffee and Bagels/Lunch/Afternoon coffee break will be provided and are

included in the registration fee

Location: _C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University Brookville, Room 119

Humanities Building_

(http://www.cwpost.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/location/directions.html)

Hosted by: Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council & The ELIJA

Foundation

*** Attendance is strongly recommended by the Nassau County Early

Intervention Program-Department of Health (Certificate of Attendence cannot be

picked

up until after 4PM)

Ray Cepeda is a behavioral consultant to many families in the New York, New

Jersey area, as well as across the United States. He is also workshop leader

for the Lovaas Institute for Early Intervention. He has had over 12 years of

experience, supervising, consulting, training and speaking on the topics of

behavioral interventions for children on the Autism Spectrum.

Topics:

-Responsibilities of the Lead Teacher

- Facilitating Working Relationships with Other Professionals and

collaboration on the childs’ ABA team

- Curriculum Development and Programming: What are the Main Goals in EI?

- Programming Options: Different Strategies to Teach the Same Skills

Limited seating

_www.elija.org_ (http://www.elija.org)

Minshew MD

Date: April 11th 2005

Presenter: J Minshew, M.D

Time:9-4

Location: _

Marriott Residence Inn Plainview - Media Center 3rd Floor_

(http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=NYCPL)

Cost:$100.00 Non Members - $75.00 For ELIJA Members - $125.00 For WALK

IN/LATE (after 4-4-05)

Description:New Developments in Autism and What they mean to you : New

research about how people with autism think and how that way of thinking leads

to

their social and emotional deficits, focus on details, and inflexibility.

Bio: J Minshew, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology

at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is a research neurologist

who has developed a model of the cognitive and neural deficits in autism. Her

analytic scientific work reflects insights regarding the clinical syndrome

won from years of working with hundreds of patients with autism and the

results of extensive data collected. Her research, conducted in collaboration

with

her extensive research team, has completed large-scale neuropsychologic

studies, eye movement and posturography studies, and structural and functional

imaging studies of high functioning autistic individuals. This research has

resulted in identification of deficits in complex cognitive abilities across

domains with reliance on intact simpler abilities and evidence of

under-development of connections of neocortical systems and reliance on the

activity of more

basic localized brain regions.

Register:

_www.elija.org_ (http://www.elija.org)