I was going through some of Terry Mauro’s articles on About.com Special Needs Children and saw this article:
Augmentative Communication on an iPhone or iPod Touch
If your Special Needs Family Member has trouble speaking this looks like a great tool. It is not only affordable but cool and your kids will appreciate that!
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Hey Everybody,
It’s getting to be that time again.. The Autism Awareness and Resource Fair. I am starting to put it together.. I have the date set for March 27th, 2010, at Pioneer Park in Santa Maria from 10:00-2:00. We would like the same type of fair as last year except fewer speakers. I thought maybe Dr. Will Staso, Dr. Sletten, someone to talk about typical speech and typical speech in autism- a speech therapist.. I thought Karyn Lutes and Teresa Pawl did a great presentation last year. I would like a nutritionist to speak and also someone to speak about inclusion. We want the mayor to do a proclamation and Autism Society,Santa Barbara Chapter to talk about what we do. Let me know about your ideas..
Again, Crystal is in charge of children’s activities and we are partnering with Special Olympics and the City of Santa Maria. Rudy Gutierrez with Special Olympics is working with Crystal and they will also have a booth.We have a kiddy pool and a slip and slide this year, complete with a course on water safety for the kids. We also have the kites this year courtesy of VTC and Joe Joe. I am also hoping for the airmen at Vandenberg to bring a parachute and facilitate play with the children. I am also hoping for the photographer from *Beach Day* named Brad Elliot, who does absolutely excellent work and we can browse and buy photos of the event and our families on- line. I am also hoping for Michael Karob for artwork. Allan Hancock College- Early Childhood Studies Dept. is bringing supplies for a craft table. Stephanie Foster is having a sensory table. Much to my happiness, Kiwanis of Orcutt, is going to help with the grilling again this year. They are donating food and their volunteer services. Also, Kiwanis Noontime is helping with the cost of food and maybe helping with volunteerism. Again the service committee of Altrusa will be collecting things for our silent auction and running it.
I am hoping that if any of you have a suggestion or a contact for a vendor I haven’t thought of, you will bring these ideas forward. I need someone to assist Jen Reed at check-in and also someone to help at the awareness product table. I also want someone to be in charge of the bake sale..
Last year we had 400 people and this year may be just as awesome.. The main objective is to provide our families with the resources that are available in our area and beyond. I am hoping that we will have enough volunteers that you may be able to get your ASD child a support person that will facilitate play and enjoy a day of activities so that you can check out the vendors, wander, network, eat, buy stuff and have fun. We still need volunteers and if we all do a little, we won’t have to work so hard. Please let me know if you would like to take on a certain position in planning or the day of the fair. If you have contacts for gift baskets, that is also helpful..
Thanks,
Candyce Estave
Autism Society, Santa Barbara Chapter
North County Coordinator
805-349-8031
Filed under: Fun Stuff!, Local Resources by Sandy | Social tagging: Advocacy > Autism > Autism Spectrum > Parenting Special Needs Kids > Pervasive Developmental Disorder
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Terry Mauro over on About.com - Parenting Special Needs does an excellent job of keeping her finger on the pulse of our world. She has put together three review articles exploring what was important, or at least talked about, last year and I think it’s definitely worth some time to explore.
Here are the links for you:
Top 10 Blog Posts
Top Ten Most Popular Parenting Special Needs Articles of 2009
The Year in Comments
What were the topics and issues that affected you and your Special Needs Family the most last year?
Filed under: In The News, Information Resources, Parenting Info, What do you think? by Sandy | Social tagging: Parenting Special Needs Kids > Special Needs
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I received an email from Caroline Gaibel of Parenting a Special Needs Child asking me to let you know about her video blog. I poked around it and I think you will find it very interesting.
There is an interesting video with Professor Feuerstein, a cognitive psychologist who has worked with children who have FAS, autism and other forms of brain damage and had some excellent results.
Matthew has been taking a dance PE class at his high school so I was particularly interested in the video about Dance and Movement.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
Filed under: Parenting Info by Sandy | Social tagging: Autism > Brain Damage > FAS > Fetal Alcohol Syndrome > Parenting Special Needs Kids > Special Needs
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I received this from Candyce and wanted to pass it along!
Hello,
I hope everybody had an excellent holiday! We sure did, but along with that we have been very busy. I just finished up two courses at Hancock and am anxious to get going again. I have been a bit lax with our get togethers because I have been busy and I assume all of you are too.. So, our next support group meeting is scheduled for the second Saturday in January because that is the most convenient for me.The day is January 9th, Sat. 3:00 at Starbuck’s at McCoy and Broadway. I have tentatively picked a date for the fair and am anxious to get going on this as well. Last year was a huge hit and again this year, we will have Crystal and Rec. and Parks helping us. If anybody would like to commit to a committee position, I would be thrilled to get your help and participation.
I hope to see you all at Starbuck’s and if you know of somebody that would like to come, they are also welcome. If you would like to help with the Autism Awareness and Resource Fair but can’t attend the next meeting, please call me and we will find a position for you.
Happy New Year,
Candyce Estave
805-349-8031
Autism Society, Santa Barbara
North County Coordinator
Filed under: Local Resources, Support Groups, Volunteer! by Sandy | Social tagging: Autism > Autism Society > Special Needs Support
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