Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin is an HBO film based on the life of a woman with autism. The movie depicts her early years, struggling with a disorder that was relatively unknown at the time, through adulthood. Special features include the making of the movie and audio commentary with Dr. Temple Grandin.

Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title. Or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Social skills and frustration

Dr. Jed Baker is director of the Social Skills Training Project in New Jersey and presents lectures all over the world on social skills training. The DVD, Social Skills Training and Frustration Management, brings his many years of expertise in the subject together in a 2 1/2 hour disc. The film was created for family members and professionals alike, or for anyone working with individuals with autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit disorders, learning disabilities, mood and anxiety disorders, and other issues that impact social-emotional functioning. Learn how to help build an individual's social skills in crucial areas such as:

• conversation
• conflict resolution
• emotion management
• employment
• dating, and more!

Interested? Email us! Those outside of Indiana can use worldcat.org to find this title in a nearby library.

Families with special needs and worship

Looking for a resource designed to meet the spiritual needs of families with special needs? Don't feel comfortable in a traditional religious setting? The curriculum, Rhythms of grace: Worship and faith formation for children and families with special needs may be just what you're looking for. The program, designed specifically to support children on the spectrum, is a once-monthly gospel-based program for any child with special needs. It is centered around the Eucharist and was developed in an Episcopal church but is appropriate for everyone.

Interested in checking out this title? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu, or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Conference: Redefining Autism

The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders will be hosting the 14th Annual International Conference called Redefining Autism. The conference will take place from November 5th through the 7th in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

On Friday November 5th, Cathy Lord, Ph.D., Connie Kasari, Ph.D., Jim Stieben, Ph.D. and Devin Casenhiser, Ph.D. will share their studies that redefine research in Autism. On Saturday November 6th Lucy Miller, Ph.D., Stewart Mostofski, M.D. and Ricki Robinson, M.D. will join Cathy Lord,Ph.D. and Connie Kasari,Ph.D. in discussing the proposed changes to the new DSM V, and how autism will or could be redefined by the new research. Sunday November 7th will include two panels: 1) Redefining Education, with Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Stuart Shanker, Phil.D., and Richard Lodish, Ph.D., and 2) New Approaches to Adress the Needs and Wants of Adolescents and Adults with Austim, featuring Margaret Bauman, MD, Deborah Flaschen, MBA, Dave Nelson, MBA, MS, LPC, and Josh Sparrow, MD.

The conference will end with a personal tribute from Dr. Brazelton to Dr. Greenspan.

For more information and to register, go to: http://www.icdl.com/

Cooking with kids with ASD

Want to get your child with autism spectrum disorder involved in the kitchen? Cooking with kids helps to ground their learning through the use of fractions, addition and subtraction, and measuring. Check out "Let's Cook!" a fun website that uses multimedia (videos, slides, images and text) to show how kids with autism can learn life skills through making foods they love. The site even offers outtakes to demonstrate this teacher's use of redirection when issues with the child arises.

http://www.mywire.com/pubs/Lets-Cook

What’s So Funny About Asperger Syndrome?

Dan Coulter, of coultervideo.com, writes:

I’ve heard many parents of children with Asperger Syndrome talk about their kids’ sense of humor. This may be because a lot of humor comes from seeing things from a different perspective. Both my son, Drew, and I have Asperger Syndrome, so my wife and daughter have years of experience dealing with our intentional and unintentional comedy.

When Drew was little, Sesame Street often taught Spanish words along with English words. On a visit to see Drew’s grandparents, his proper Southern grandmother (who has the grandkids call her “Mimi”) asked in a delicate way if he needed to go to the bathroom, “Drew, do you need to go tee tee before you go to bed?”

Drew looked up at her seriously, “Mimi, is that Spanish for pee pee?”

Want to read the entire article? You can find it at http://www.coultervideo.com/whatssofunnyaboutasessay.htm

New webinar

THE ROLE OF DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS FOR PERSONS WITH AUTISM

A Webinar with Dr. Sally Burton-Hoyle

November 4, 2010

10:00-12:00 Pacific

Q & A time following the webinar

Families Together is pleased to have Dr. Sally Burton Hoyle present this important information to direct care providers who are working with adults with autism and parents of young adults with autism who are transitioning from school to community life.

Dr. Burton Hoyle grew up helping her brother with autism and, as an adult, she helped him have a meaningful life where he lived in his own apartment close to her family. She will discuss the critical role of direct care staff in supporting self-determination for persons with autism.
Autism is a lifelong neurological disorder that impacts socialization, communication, and behavior. Direct Care Providers need to understand how persons with autism may use their behavior as communication. Dr. Burton will discuss how to support persons with autism, and how they experience the world through their sensory systems. This discussion will include addressing the need to use visual supports such as checklists, pictures, objects and technology in supporting persons with autism.

To register, go to:

https://familiestogether.webex.com/mw0306lb/mywebex/default.do?service=7&nomenu=true&main_url=%2Ftc0505lb%2Ftrainingcenter%2FLoading.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dfamiliestogether%26rnd%3D9652942507%26servicename%3DTC%26RT%3DMiM0%26FM%3D1%26ED%3D140189177%26UID%3D1140813577%26needFilter%3Dfalse&siteurl=familiestogether