The interrelationships between many of these factors and various treatment methods will be discussed. This session will describe the sensory needs of children and youth with Asperger s Syndrome and provide practical suggestions for interventions that can be implemented at home and school to help meet these complex needs. This Thing Called Transition - Linda Robbins and Bobbi Moseley Transition is a process that is very confusing. Visual supports can be incorporated into multiple settings and can be used to greatly benefit various students. Participants will be provided with an understanding of the advantages of utilizing visuals across settings and will have the opportunity to view multiple examples of various types of visual supports.
Most parents find the process and results rather bewildering.
Yet, for many of our children, this process has considerable influence on diagnosis, special education certification, and service delivery. This presentation will provide an overview of the autism spectrum from the experiences of individuals on the spectrum. The autism community that is forming on the Internet and outside has powerful parallels with the disability movement as a whole, but also some unique differences. Mr. Dekker will discuss his international e-mail support group and how hundreds of years of collective life experiences of real people with autism is a very valuable and reliable method of understanding people with autism. Each presenter will express his or her life experiences with autism.