Parents, Psychologists, Special Education Teachers, Social Workers, Speech and Language Professionals, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Service Providers, Support Staff, and Advocates should attend this conference. Presenta-tions will identify the most current methods of providing services to children and adolescents with autism, aspergers syndrome, learning disabilities, behavioral challenges, and other developmental disabilities.

Breakout Sessions will be presented by some of the most respected professionals in the special education and develop-mental disabilities community. There will be a total of 4 General Sessions and 16 Breakout Sessions to choose from. If you have any questions, please contact Francisco Valenzuela at: Savalenz@sarc.org. To register on-line visit: www.sarc.org

Children and Adolescents with Autism and Other

Developmental Disabilities Conference

Keynote Speaker

Eustacia CutlerAuthor of:

A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin’s Mother Tells the Family Story

May 9th & 10th 2008Holiday Inn - Mediterranean Room

1740 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA

Special Presentations By:

Michelle G. Winner of Center for Social Thinking Inc.

Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., of The M.I.N.D. Institute Presenting on: “The Role of the Environment”

Friday, May 9th 7:30 Registration will take place in the Mediterranean Room - A Continental Breakfast will be offered

8:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Santi J. Rogers

9:00 Keynote Speaker: Eustacia Cutler - The Family Story 10:45 New Research on Autism: The Role of the Environment - Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., of the M.I.N.D. Institute

12:15 Lunch - How to Navigate the Legislative Process and Advocate for Your Child - Rick Rollens 1:45 Breakout Session 1

1. A One on One Conversation with Eustacia Cutler - Author of: “A Thorn in My Pocket”. Eustaicai will explore the traits and lacks of autism. She will take questions from the audiance during this specail One on One Conversation.

2. Best Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Developmental Treatment Approaches with a Multidisciplinary Team (Ages 0 to 3) Over the past years, Autism Spectrum Disorders have been diagnosed at a much earlier age which helps lead to improved prognosis over time. Given this, all developmental milestones must be considered in the treatment process as well as utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to treatment. With this said, we will be presenting “best practices” that individualize treatment needs for the 0-3 age group which consists of the following: assessment approaches: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA); Greenspan (Floortime) approach; Incidental Teaching; TEACCH; Hanen, Integrated Play Dates/Groups; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy (where applicable); Speech Therapy; parent education and most importantly approaches to generalization. - Presented by Megan Hammerman-Murdock, LCSW, Allison Freccero, OTR/l, and Jacqueline Chapman M.S., CCP-SLP

3. Meeting the Dental Care Needs of Your Child - Will focus on the prevention of dental diseases, and how to apply this information in practical ways to improve oral health outcomes. The presentation will highlight how dental diseases, such as tooth decay and gum disease, are caused by bacteria which have been linked to systemic health conditions. Tools and techniques for prevention will be discussed, as well as a hands-on demonstration. - Presented by Deborah Narcisso, RDHAP

4. Legal Issues - Discussion of three types of conservatorship available - general, limited, and LPS conservatorship for the gravely disabled. Also: special needs trusts and their role as a management tool to ensure that special needs individuals maintain a high quality of life while still qualifying for social security and medi-cal benefits. - Presented by Allen Flieshman

3:30 Breakout Session 2

1. Evidence Based Approach to Supporting Parents with Children with Autism - One of the greatest challenges of being a parent with a child with autism is knowing how to reduce the behaviors that are causing stress, increasing your child’s communication, and find-ing effective ways to reduce your own stress. The benefits are numerous for the child with autism and the child’s family if their parents learn the skills mention above. Participants will also be trained and learn skills using an example directly from the program. - Presented by Jennifer Pham MSW and Glenn Thomas LCSW

2. Best Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Developmental Treatment Approaches with a Multidisciplinary Team (Ages 3 Plus) While the debate as to the efficacy of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) treatment models continues, we are seeing a movement towards more naturalistic, developmentally appropriate interventions. Due to the heterogeneous nature of ASD, no single approach or therapy is appropriate for all individuals. This session will present an approach to ASD treatment for children three years and older that enables clinicians and families to use multiple treatment methodologies simultaneously. Information will be presented through a review of treatment methodologies, application of best practice, presentation of model programs, and discussion of specific strategies for imple-mentation. - Presented by Matthew McAlear, M.Ed., and Andrew Shahan, M.A.

3. Meeting the Emotional Needs of Parents, Children and Infants - This workshop will look at types of emotional needs children and parents may have and how to address them. - Presented by Dr. Susan Detrick, Anna Fernandez MFT, and Hebe Estrella Schultz, MD

4. Social Recreation -From Segregated to Inclusive and Everything in Between! - This presentation will focus on building an aware-ness of social recreation opportunities and utilizing the right “tools” to create a successful experience for you, your child and the service provider. It’s important to remember that services for persons with disabilities are not a “one size fits all” situation. We want to help you to learn the right questions to ask and the right information to provide. - Presented by Donna Hepp, Sue Floethe, and Richard Frazier

Saturday, May 10th8:00 Registration will take place in the Mediterranean Room - A Continental Breakfast will be offered

8:45 Welcome Back and Opening Remarks: Santi J. Rogers

9:00 Autism’s Story: The Historic Mindfield of Blame - Eustacia Cutler

10:45 Introduction to Social Thinking: The ILAUGH Model - Michelle G. Winner

12:15 Lunch - A special presentation by Joey Travolta - Actors Camp for Children and Young Adults with Autism

1:45 Breakout Session 1

1. Practical Strategies to Help Students Develop Better Social Thinking and Related Social Skills. - Social thinking and related social skills requires adult educators to be highly aware of the dynamic nature of social development. This workshop will review how to help teach our students that the social rules change with age and make the implicit nature of the “hidden curriculum” more explicit. Furthermore, social thinking is highly related to people’s emotional responses; cognitive behavioral techniques such as Social Behavior Mapping help to clarify how to take abstract social concepts and teach them in more concrete ways. Workshop participants will come away with clear ideas of how to use strategies to help teach our students how to process these complex ideas more easily. - Presented by Michelle G. Winner and Dr. Pamela Crook

2. Bridging The Gap, Part 1 ( Ages 0 to 5) - A two part event with a moderated panel discussion in the morning and a hands-on workshop in the afternoon. Overall goal will be to develop effective strategies in serving the needs of children 5 and younger. The focus of both the panel and the workshop will be on building relationships that serve to support child and family needs through communication, collaboration, cooperation and coordination. - Presented by Dr. Carrie Molho, Rajni Madan, Michelle Oliver, Janice Battaglia, Margarita Gomez, and Howard Doi

3. Skills for Living - Skills that adolescents with disabilities need to learn in order to have as independent a life as possible. How to prioritize these skills and make them both meaningful and effective. - Presented by Shelley Davis

4. How to Keep Your Sanity and Survive a Picky Eater! - Participants will gain knowledge about the importance of nutrition in early childhood and what the components of successful feeding are. The Feeding Relationship will be defined and explored as it pertains to young picky eaters. General Feeding Guidelines and understanding growth trends will be reviewed for children birth to 5 years of age. Red flags for parents and caregivers will be defined, in addition to strategies to try at home and school. Target audience: parents, caregivers, early childhood educators of infants, toddlers and preschoolers. - Presented by Kathy Wahl, MA, RD, ECSE

3:30 Breakout Session 2

1. Stress Management for Families with Special Needs - We’ll review the sources of stress in families of children with special needs, and some of its physical, emotional, and behavioral signs. More than 50 strategies for managing stress effectively will be presented, and some will be demonstrated. Participants will take home personalized self-assessments and action plans. - Presented by Dr. Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne

2. Bridging the Gap, Part 2 - Hands-on Workshop : Building a Web of Support ( Ages 0 to 5) - Small group activities that demonstrate how we can build a web of support within the community using scenarios. Members of the previous panel will fa-cilitate this workshop.

3. He Did What!? - Changing Behavior in Your Child - In this workshop, we will spend some time looking at challenging behaviors. First we will learn how to do a functional analysis. After that, we will look at different kinds of interventions and strategies and how to make a decision about what to try and how to measure the effectiveness of the intervention. - Presented by Shelley Davis

4. Learning how to Advocate for Your Child as she/he Transitions into the School System - This panel will discuss the responsibilities of parents in understanding their child’s IEP/ IFSP. What to prepare for and how you and all the various organiza-tions providing support can work together to best serve your child’s needs. - Panelists: Joanna Jaeger, Jackie Campos, County of Office of Education and San Andreas Regional Center Staff

GUEST SPEAKERSEustacia Cutler, Ph.D. - Author of: A Thorn in My Pocket - Temple Grandin’s Mother Tells the Family Story. Her book describes the challenges of raising her famous daughter during the 1950’s. Eustacia was one of the first mothers to experience the challenges of raising a child with Autism during a time when society turned it’s back on persons with disabilities. Her inspiring words will move you. “When the “system” is not meeting the needs of your child, you must be creative and design your own program. Piece by piece, you and your child can develop a meaningful, interrelated reality.”

Michelle Garcia Winner - A speech language pathologist and specialist for persons with social thinking challenges, is internationally recognized as an innova-tive therapist, energetic and enthusiastic workshop presenter and author based in San Jose, California where she runs her private practice, Michelle G. Winner’s Center for Social Thinking, Incorporation. Michelle and her team specialize in developing further understanding and educational strategies for helping persons with social thinking/social communicative challenges. Michelle’s therapists have at least a master’s level education in a related field.

Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D. - Professor, is an internationally renowned environmental epidemiologist. During 12 years on the faculty at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and since her arrival at UC Davis in 2002, she has published widely on environmental exposures, including metals, pesticides, PCBs, and air pollution, and their effects on pregnancy and early child development. She is also a foremost expert in epidemiologic methods. Now in the UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences, she directs several large studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on environmental exposures and the hazards they pose to immune and neurobehavioral development in young children.

Rick Rollens - Legislative Advisor to the Association of Regional Center Agencies which provides services and support to over 200,000 californians with developmental disabilities, and autism. He is the co-founder of the M.I.N.D. Institute. In 1998, he was successful in securing the passage of legislation creating the M.I.N.D. Institute. Rick has been responsible for raising millions of dollars for autism, including ongoing funding, from state and private sources. He is the former Secretary of the California State Senate, a position he held for well over 24 years of distinguished service to the California State Senate.

PRESENTERSAllen Fleishman - Attorney, specializing in Limited Conservatorships and Special Needs Trusts

Allison Freccero - OTR/L, Director of Via Services First Step Early Intervention Program

Anna Fernandez - M.A., LFMT, Manager of Therapeutic Behavioral Services at HOPE Services Counseling Center

Andrew Shahan - Currently the Northern California Regional Autism Heath Educator for Kaiser Permanente

Debby Narcisso - RDHAP, Dental Coordinator for Unified Plan. Assist’s consumers with oral health care

Donna Hepp - Therapeutic Specialist, City of San Jose, PRNS

Dr. Carrie Molho - Clinical Psychologist and ASD Specialist for San Andreas Regional Center

Dr. Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne - Clinical Psychologist for over 20 years, serves families of children in special education, and works in education mass media

Dr. Susan Detrick - Director of Mental Health Services for HOPE Services Counseling Center

Glenn Thomas LCSW - Is a Lead Clinician and Co-creator of the “Children with Autism Parenting and Education Series” parenting class at KidScope

Hebe Estrella Schultz, MD - Family and Child Psychiatrist specializing in work with children with developmental disabilities/autism.

Howard Doi - Manager in Early Start Program for San Andreas Regional Center.

Jackie Campos - Parent / Advocate, City of San Jose, PRNS

Jacqueline Chapman - CCC-SLP, Assistant Director Via’s First Step Early Intervention Program - Via Services

Janice Battaglia - Manager Inclusion Collaborative, Santa Clara County Office of Education

Jennifer Pham - MSW, clinical social worker at KidScope, assessment clinic for developmental and behavioral health

Joanna Jaeger - Parent of child with Autism, 10 years experience as educational advocate, Board Chair of Parents Helping Parents

Joey Travolta - Actors Camp, A newly developed Filmmaker Camp for children and young adults with autism

Kathy Wahl - Pediatric Nutritionist for over 25 years. Early Childhood Special Ed. Teacher and Dietitian for Early Start Program, S.C.C.

Mathew J. McAlear - M.Ed, is the Director of Early Intervention Services at Easter Seals Bay Area

Margarita Gomez - MS, OTR/L-Program Director Kiddoland EJ Program

Megan Hammerman-Murdock - LCSW, Behavior Consultant for Stepping Stones Center for Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Michelle Oliver - MA, ECSE, Early Start Program Specialist and Early Start Inverventionist

Rajni Madan - San Andreas Regional Center

Richard Frazier - Director of Camp and Recreation Services - Via Services

Santi J. Rogers - Executive Director of San Andreas Regional Center. Over 30 years serving the D.D. Population

Shelley Davis - M.A., J.D., Has been involved with individuals with autistic spectrum disorders for over 25 years

Sue Floethe - APE / Recreation Leisure Specialist - Santa Clara County Office of Education

REGISTRATION FORM

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This conference will fill quickly so register early to ensure your spot. Registration cost for both days is $150.00. Registration cost includes materials, continental breakfast, and lunch for both days.

up is $200.00. Cost includes attendance to the conference, continental breakfast, and lunch for both days.

Directions to The Holiday Inn

FROM SAN FRANCISCO: Take 101 South (San Jose) to the Bro-kaw Road/First Street exit. Go straight through two lights.

FROM THE CUPERTINO: Take 280 South (San Jose) to 880 North (Oakland) to the First Street exit. Turn left at the light and go about a mile or so.

FROM SANTA CRUZ: Take 17/880 North (San Jose/Oakland) to the First Street exit. Turn left at the light and go about a mile or so.

FROM MORGAN HILL / GILROY: Take 101 North (San Jose) to the Brokaw Road/North First Street exit; make three consecutive lefts (Brokaw, North First Street, and Old Bayshore).

FROM OAKLAND: Take 880 South (San Jose) to the Brokaw Road exit. Turn right at the light and go straight about a mile or so. Stay

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San Andreas Regional CenterP.O. Box 50002

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Holiday Inn San Jose1740 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA

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Legislative Breakfastfor Santa Clara County

Friday, April 25th, 2008Program: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Holiday Inn1740 North First St., San Jose, Ca

Legislative Breakfastfor Southern Counties

Friday, April 18th, 2008Program: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Seascape Golf Club610 Clubhouse Dr., Aptos, Ca

You can register On-Line for the Legislative Breakfast or the CAADD Conference at: www.sarc.org

SAVE THE DATES

Co-sponsors of the “Children and Adolescents with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities Conference” are / Fiesta Educativa, Organization of Special Needs Families, Via Services, City of San Jose PRNS, Stepping Stones Center Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Inc., KidScope, HOPE Services, Easter Seals Bay Area, I Can Too Learning Center Inc., Housing Choices Coalition, Parents Helping Parents, Tracies Rainbow, The Autism Project Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County Office of Education, and San Andreas Regional Center.