Description:
Achieving Reading Comprehension for Autism and Other Disabilities, with Marion Blank, Ph.D.
Effective reading comprehension has proven to be one of the most elusive skills for children with language problems. Even when decoding is not an issue, difficulties in understanding what has been read persist, affecting the child’s chances for both academic and life success. Using insights from linguistics and cognitive psychology, the workshop will demonstrate innovative programs that use new materials and techniques to steadily guide children to significant levels of comprehension. The approach also provides a comprehensive framework that parents and practitioners can use for more effective communication in a variety of settings.

Transition from School to Post-School: Best Practices, with Patrick Schwarz, Ph.D.
Longitudinal transitional practices from school to post-school are presented in this workshop. Definitions, key players, when to start transition planning and other important information pieces are covered. Real-life learner examples are illustrated and participants are guided into creating a plan for an individual they represent for an authentic and meaningful application that can be utilized immediately.

Learning Objectives:
-Increase knowledge of the underpinnings of effective comprehension
-Increase awareness of the problems raised by many commonly used materials
-Implement instruments to assess children’s functioning
-Implement programs to enhance their functioning
-Increase awareness of ways to interpret language issues in a variety of settings
-Develop ways to apply the concepts to a variety of communicative situations

-Identify the essential players in a school to post-school transition
-Identify important planning areas in transition including higher education, living, work and play
-Describe key milestones in school and the curriculum that contribute to effective transition
-Learn to facilitate future planning processes such as MAPS (McGill Action Planning System)
-Learn the importance of teaching and supporting key life skills at times they actually occur
-Engage in action planning and prioritizing for transition

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CEUs
Reading Comprehension and Transition for Students on the Autism Spectrum is approved for up to 1.2 CEUs.

To register for CEUs, click on the link below to download the Session Attendance Report Form, complete the form, and save the file using this file name model:

2008-Autism-Atlanta-Lastname-Firstname.xls.

Then send the file as an email attachment to ceus@aacinstitute.org. This is a spreadsheet file (.xls). If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format.

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Evaluation and Learning Assessment
Please take a moment to download, complete, and return the Evaluation and Learning Outcomes Form. After completing the form, save it, attach it to an email message, and send it to ceus@aacinstitute.org.

Download Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form now.

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CEU Certificates will be sent to those submitting all forms.