The Report CARD

Volume1, Issue2
A Publication of the University of Central Florida Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
 June 1999
Important Contact Information:

Our Address:
UCF CARD
PO Box 162202
Orlando, FL  32816-2202

Our Phone #:
(407) 823-2176
(888) 558-1908

Our Fax #:
(407) 823-6180

Our Email Address:
ucfcard@mail.ucf.edu

Our Website:
http://grants.cohpa.
ucf.edu/card
(under construction)

Our Staff:
Chad Nye, PH.D.
Terri Daly, PH.D.
Marilee Emerson, M. ED.
Irene Mazloom, A.A.
Mayra Camacho, B.A.
Linda Tratechaud, M.A.
Jeanne Shepherd
Danny Downing
Lindsay Clark

Our Constituents:
UCF CARD Services
Individuals with Autism, PDD_NOS, Aspergers Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, CDD, Dual Sensory Impairment and Related Disabilities, their families, and professionals involved in their treatment and education.  For more information, contact CARD at the number above.

Meeting the Challenges of Central Florida

To date, 304 constituents have joined the CARD registry, and many have begun to take advantage of our services.  While we're sure all the families were there before the center opened, they are now very visible reminders of the need for additional staff to serve the area adequately.  Fortunately, we will soon be receiving additional funding that will enable us to hire more staff.

  While we have only two official staff, we currently have 3 undergraduate students who are assisting with our CARD Camps support program and office organization.  In addition, two educational professionals are assisting us with serving constituents, training, and materials preparation while school is out.

  Thanks to these efforts, we now are assisting 15 students in 9 summer camps, and have compiled a list of 14 additional students with autism.  We are also having the greater Orlando ASA resource booklet translated into Spanish.  Additionally, we are beginning to collaborate with Developmental Services to provide initial behavioral strategies to parents with newly diagnosed children.

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UCF CARD Website up and running

Please take a minute to check out our website.  We are very happy with the work Rebecca Anton and the ISAT team have done.  We have linked to other centers, and provided the listings of our lending library, as well as provided details of upcoming training activities in Central Florida.

    Let us know what you would like to see in the newsletter and on the website.

Mark your Calendar

Upcoming training dates:

July 20 - Reading Workshop for Parents.  7:00 pm UCF

Marilee Emerson, M.Ed., will speak about strategies to teach reading and build fluency with school-age children.  Parents will learn how to structure and implement a 30-minute daily tutorial session at home.

July 29 - Using Visual Supports to Promote Communication 7:00pm UCF.

Linda Tratechaud, M.A., CCCSLP will present practical strategies for use at home or school.

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The UCF CARD resource library can be accessed by families of constituents, or professionals serving them.  Now available are:

Teaching Children With Autism editing by Kathleen Quill

Preschool Education Programs for Children with Autism edited by Sandra Harris and Jan Handelman.

Views from Our Shoes: Growing up with a brother or sister with special needs by Donald Meyer

To arrange to view or borrow materials, please contact Irene for details.

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Did you know...This is our second newsletter?
If you did not receive our premiere issue, please call and ask for a copy to be sent to you.

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