Speaker: Venus Navarro Kesner, registered nutritionist-dietician.

Click on image to enlarge, and view full details of this event.

This is information that you normally get from textbooks. Through this forum, it will also be a great venue for people involved in caring for children with special needs to share knowledge that may be helpful with other attendees. For any inquiries, contact Miss Grace or Nino Ybanez via phone numbers (032) 2320681 or 0917 321 0105 or via email at buildabilitiesinc@yahoo.com.

Speaker: Ms. Maria Yolanda Michelle A. Bautista

A. Vocational Training for Persons with Autism (9am-12nn)

The seminar will revolve on TLC’s (The Learning Center, Inc.) unique program for adolescents and adults with special needs focusing on its Vocational Skills Training and Life Skills Training Programs. It will highlight how theschool has been successful in this endeavor. It will likewise focus on the use of the Structured Teaching principle based on the acclaimed TEACCH approach and its role in the programs’ implementation.

B. ABCs of Job Coaching (1:30pm-4:30pm)

The seminar will revolve on TLC’s (The Learning Center, Inc.) On-the-Job Training Program as part of its work transition training in school-based and community-based settings. It will highlight the steps the school took to initiate a pioneering OJT Program in 2002 and include tips on how the school successfully established its continuing community-based OJT programs. The talk will likewise share the basic roles of a Job Coach in the Philippine setting as seen through the TLC Experience.

Seminar Fees
Single Seminar (Pre-registration until July 28)
Member: 400.00
Non-Member: 500.00

Onsite Registration
Member: 500.00
Non-Member: 600.00

Double Seminar (Pre-registration until July 28)
Member: 700.00
Non-Member: 800.00

Onsite Registration
Member: 800.00
Non-Member: 1,000.00

For further details on this event (and not on phentermine of course), please contact Autism Society Philippines at autismphil@pldtdsl.net or through telephone nos. 926 6941 / 929 8447.

Source: ASP

What & Where
18-20 August 2010
Marco Polo Hotel
Davao City, Philippines

Pre-convention workshops on 18 August 2010 include:

• Stroke Prevention in the Community (for barangay/rural health workers and midwives) – Venue: Southern Philippines Medical Center (formerly Davao Medical Center) with workshop directors Dr. Meldi Anuta and Dr. Arnold Pineda
• Nursing Care in Stroke (for nurses) by Liza Floresca,R.N,M.A.N. and Dr. Annabelle Lao – Venue: SPMC
• Emergency Medical Services in Acute Stroke” by Dr. Rene Lopez – Venue: SPMC
• Applying Current Neuroplasticity Principles into a Task and Context Specific Exercise Program by Dr Manolete Guerrero – Venue: San Pedro Hospital

Topics for Day 1 of the Convention (19 August 2010)

• “Acute Stroke Management” – Dr. Roy Barcinas
• “Secondary Stroke Prevention” – Dr. Vincent De Guzman
• “Advances in Stroke Neuro-imaging” – Dr. Anatole Garcia

Topics for Day 2 of the Convention (20 August 2010)

• Neurosurgery session on stroke in the elderly – panelists: Dr. Manuel Mariano, Dr. Peter Rivera and Dr. Rhoderick Casis.
• “New Definition for Cerebrovascular Diseases – Is it Ready for Implementation?” by Dr. Ester Bitanga
• “Recovery After Stroke” by Dr. Maricar Yumul
• “Evaluation of Stroke Patients for Clearance” – Dr. Arnold Pineda

Source: The Mindanao Daily Mirror

There certainly is a very interesting range of topics that is being covered for this event. It is great that a multidisciplinary approach to intervention strategies is being employed. And stroke can be prevented, given the right education on warning signs and precautionary lifestyle changes (including maybe the best weight loss product to assist with weight issues), which can definitely make all the difference.

Programme
I. Education about ADHD
II. Treatment Approaches and Interventions
III. Occupational Therapy Management

Click on the image above for further details.

Admission is free. To register, click here.

Topic — The Big Picture: Children CONNECTING to Life Experiences

How do we decide what behaviors or skills we need to teach? What do we do when a child is already exhibiting a behavior that may be inappropriate or inadequate?

Behaviorism is the examination of human and animal behavior using the principles of science: observation, reproduction, testing, objectivity, etc. Applied behavior analysis, then, is the application of this science of behavior to meet a certain end: to increase or decrease a particular behavior, to improve the quality of a behavior, to stop an old behavior, or teach a new.

Often, our goal isn’t only to teach a new behavior, but rather to replace a behavior that a child is already exhibiting, a behavior that is either inappropriate or inadequate in meeting the child’s needs. To do that, though, we need to analyze the current behavior to determine why the child is using that behavior. We do this through a functional behavior analysis.

This seminar-workshop aims to “connect” the participants’ knowledge and understanding of behavioral strategies to children and their life experiences.

Speakers
Ms. Anna Romualdez is the Program Director of A Child Can Foundation, Inc. She graduated from Boston College with a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree in Early Childhood and Special Education. She also received a second Masters Degree in Instructional Practice and Curriculum Theory and her doctorate in Administration and Supervision in Special Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Ms. Sharon May Marasigan is a Case Manager of A Child Can Foundation Inc. She graduated from St. Scholastica’s College with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. She earned her Masters Degree in SpecialEducation from Pamantasang Lungsod ng Maynila.

Ms. Marie Monica Lerma is a Case Manager of A Child Can Foundation, Inc. She graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. She obtained her Masters Degree in Developmental Psychology from Ateneo de Manila University.

Registration Fees
Pre-Registration until June 23:
Member – P800
Non-Member – P1,000

On-site:
Member – P1,000
Non-Member – P1,200

Seminar fee is inclusive of certificate, handouts and 2 snacks. For more details, please call Autism Society Philippines at (632) 9266941/9298447.

Source: ASP

Strategies for Building Stronger Connections
Instructor: Becca Colao
Date: Tuesday June 15, 2010
Time: 9:00 pm EDT (New York Time)

Safe and Productive Internet Use for Adults with ADD / ADHD
Date: Tuesday June 29, 2010
Time: 9:00 pm EDT (New York Time)

Early registration is encouraged. Click here to register for these events.

It’s Friday, people! We are urging you to relax (and maybe put on your best anti wrinkle cream) and enjoy your weekend!

Course Description
Many children with AD/HD have difficulties processing sensation from their body and the environment. This in turn results in difficulties with participation in school activities. This seminar will discuss the different sensory processing difficulties seen in children with AD/HD and their implications on participation in educational activities. It will outline different strategies for supporting the participation of these children in the classroom (from preschool to high school) and identify ways how teachers, parents and other service providers such as therapists can collaborate to manage sensory processing difficulties in the classroom and facilitate classroom participation of children with ADHD.

Limited slots are available so early registration is encouraged. Deadline for pre-registration is 5 July 2010. While you’re surfing for discount auto insurance, drop ADHD Society a line or two at adhdsociety@yahoo.com for further information on this event.

Speaker
Dr Martha Burns is an instructor of the Neuropathologies in Speech and Language doctoral program at the Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Adjunct Associate Professor at Northwestern University and the director of Scientific Learning Corp.’s (NASDAQ:SCIL) clinical specialist market. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Burns has received honors from Northwestern University, Evanston Hospital Corporation, the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation and St. Xavier University.

Workshop Outline
9:00 am – 10:45 am Introduction and review of Neuroscience:

• Organization of brain structure for auditory processing, speech and language production, and memory
• Update on neuro-imaging and Network theory
• Brain development and etiologies of speech, language and learning disorders
• Adolescent brain development

11:00 – 12:30 Auditory Processing Disorders – bottom-up processes

• Development of the cortical auditory processing machinery
• Abnormalities in development caused by chronic middle ear infections, noise exposure, and genetic predispositions
• Interventions – classroom amplification, metacognitive approaches, auditory training

1:30 – 3:00 Memory

• Type of memory: short term (working memory) vs. long-term
• Neurology of memory
• Functional approaches to memory treatment

3:15 – 4:45 TBI in children

• Neurological mechanisms of head injury
• Manifestations and progression
• Mild Traumatic brain injury and post concussion syndrome
• Interventions

4:45 – 5:00 Conclusion and question/answers

Deadline for registration is on 30 July 2010. For further information, click here. And while you’re surfing on the net, visit www.supplementing.com/supplements/colon-cleansers/ as well.

Topics

• Work placement options
• Functional communication programs
• Dealing with behavior and emotions in the workplace, home and community
• Social skills and community involvement program
• Physical fitness program and its importance
• Health and hygiene, independence and safety
• Financial preparation

Seminar Fee
ASP members – PhP 250
Non-members – PhP 350

For inquiries, please contact ASP Davao at 275 0051 (Ms Beth Birondo), 0917 970 2254 (Ms Mapet Cagas) or 0915 418 0506 (Mr Eric dela Costa).

Click on the above image to enlarge and learn more.

Source: ASP

Linda Hodgdon will be interviewing Marianne Bryant, her co-author for the NEW E-book, Practical Communication Tools for Autism: Using Visual Strategies for Lifelong Success. Marianne has lots of delightful stories to tell that really help you understand the power of visual strategies in her family. In this entertaining and informative program they will highlight:

1. Believe that visual strategies work.
2. Become a persistent detective.
3. Get proactive about anticipating what is going to happen.
4. Remember that our children/students may not understand what we think they understand.
5. Make visual tools to create order in the home.
6. Remember – success with visual strategies is often lots of “little things.”
7. Understand that visual tools can (and should) change & morph over time.
8. Use visual strategies to help students successfully handle new, unusual or unique situations without a meltdown or major trauma.

Click here to register for this free event.