Fwd: UM-NSU CARD: Week of January 12, 2009

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January 12, 2009

UM-NSU CARD: Broward Teen Time (Middle School)

(NSU

Satellite)

Facilitators: Roselione & Grana

Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

For more information please contact at: or lezonne@...

January 13, 2009

UM-NSU CARD: Broward Grupo de Apoyo

(NSU

Satellite)

Organizador: Grana

Hora: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

For more information please contact at: or lezonne@...

January 15, 2009

UM-NSU CARD: Broward Asperger Support Group for Families

(NSU

Satellite)

Facilitator: Roselione

Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

For more information please contact at: or lezonne@...

UM-NSU CARD: All About Special Gals Support Group

Facilitator: Mona Nasser and Dr. Terri Jennings

Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location: Vienna Coffee House, City Florida

For more information please contact at: or tjenn89112@...

Stay

informed about CARD news, community activities and events,

family and professional workshops and conferences,

and other important information.

http://www.umcard.org/files/Newsletter.pdf

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The

Autism Spectrum Assessment Clinic (ASAC),

located

in Coral Gables, Florida, provides comprehensive psychological evaluations to

children and adults to investigate the possibility of an autism spectrum disorder

(ASD). The purposes of the evaluation are to determine current level of

functioning, clarify diagnosis, and provide treatment recommendations. ASAC

includes a team of highly experienced professionals who specialize in

diagnosing or ruling out ASDs, including clinical and school psychologists,

doctoral level psychology students, behavior analysts, and consulting

clinicians from CARD who assist in the assessment process and who ensure that

individuals diagnosed with autism and their families are connected to CARD

services and supports. State-of-the-art assessment measures, such as the

ADOS

and ADI-R are used in ASAC evaluations.

For

more information or to schedule an appointment, call

(305)

284-6140 or visit our website at www.psy.miami.edu/asac

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2009

College Scholarships for Students with Parents with Disabilities Announcement

OAll

application materials must be completed and postmarked by Monday March 16,

2009.

Through the Looking Glass and its National Center for Parents with Disabilities

and their Families are pleased to announce new scholarships specifically for

high school seniors and college students who have parents with

disabilities. These scholarships are part of Through the Looking Glass'

new federal grant (New National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their

Families. Please note that these are new awards and have different

application procedures than in the past. There are two separate

scholarship awards, and each has separate eligibility requirements:

1.

High School Seniors.

To be eligible, a student must be a high school graduate (or graduating senior)

by Summer 2009, planning to attend college in Fall 2009 and have at least one parent

with a disability. Five separate $1000 awards will be given out in Fall

2009. Individuals may submit only one application per award period.

2.

College Students.

To be eligible, a student must be currently enrolled in a college or

university, be 21 years of age or younger as of March 16, 2009, and have

at least one parent with a disability. Five separate $1000 awards will

be given out in Fall 2009. Individuals may submit only one application per

award period. For more information go to www.lookingglass.org.

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Save the Date

Supported Training and

Employment Program for Special Needs - Summer STEPS 2009

Electronic applications will be available

online at

www.danmarinofoundation.org on

February 1, 2009

If

you are an individual or know an individual with a developmental, cognitive, hearing,

physical, or vision disability, we have 82 full-time (30 hours per week)

openings at worksites throughout Broward County.

Important Note: 

Due to the requirements of the grant, individuals with ONLY learning

disabilities, speech impairments, attention deficit disorders, or emotional

behavioral disorders are NOT eligible for this program. 

You must:

            Be a

Broward resident, ages 16 to 21

            Have a

confirmed disability as listed above

            Have

your own transportation

            Be

willing to improve employability skills

Able

to work 30 hours per week for 8 weeks

Be

available to work from June 15 to August 7, 2009

Attend

mandatory interview and orientation programs (scheduled before the program

begins)

You will:

            Have

the services of a job coach onsite

            Receive

minimum wage per hour and lots of training

            Learn

real world employability and social skills

Interested? 

Complete the online application.  We will be accepting applications until March

20, 2009.

Questions? Contact

Morantes at or email susan@.... 

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Dr. Bruce

Cohen will be speaking on

 

January 15,

2009 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Jagelman

Conference Center

(Rooms 1

& 2)

Cleveland

Clinic in Weston, FL

Mitochondrial

dysfunction in autism will be one of the topics discussed. 

RSVP

to

Melinda

O'Toole at melinda@...

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Autism Cry

Study

Institution:

Brown Center

for Children, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

Research Criteria: Children with Autism

Spectrum Disorder

Location:

Mail-in

participation, no geographic limitations

Principal Investigator: Sheinkopf, Ph.D.

Contact Information: le DeFusco (401)

276-7858

email: WHAutism@...

Dear Parent,

I am writing this letter to offer your family an opportunity to

participate in a research study at the Brown Center for Children. Researchers at the Brown Center for Children are investigating signs of autism

in early infancy. This study analyzes the sounds that babies make in the first

6 months of life. Researchers will analyze the cries of babies that

parents have recorded on home videotapes.

For this study, we are looking for families who:

• have a

child with an autism spectrum disorder;

• have videotapes of the

child when they were young infants (less than 6 months of age) that include

some episodes of crying or fussing; and

• are from any

part of the country! Since videotapes of the child are being used, you do

not need to live nearby the Brown Center for Children to participate.

Brown

Center for Children staff will work with families by phone and mail. Our staff

will assist families to identify appropriate videotapes and will provide

families with postage-paid mailers for study materials. Family participation in

this study will also involve the completion of questionnaires about the child

that will take approximately one hour.

Thank

you for taking the time to consider helping us with the study. It is our

hope your participation in this study will increase our knowledge of early

signs of autism spectrum disorders. Please call , or email WHAutism@..., if you are

interested in the study or would like to learn more about participation. We will

be happy to discuss this project with you in greater detail.

Sincerely,

Sheinkopf, Ph.D.

Brown Center for Children

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UM-NSU CARD is a state-funded resource and support program dedicated to

improving the lives of individuals with autism and related disabilities

including deaf-blindness and pervasive developmental disorders. UM-NSU CARD

does not endorse specific programs or points of view presented in this email.