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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.
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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.
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Happy New Year! Check
out our Upcoming Training and Parent Education Seminars
Our February calendar of free parent meetings
and educational seminars is taking shape. Dates are set, but some locations
are still to be decided. Register by calling Irene at the Center
(407) 823-2176, at least one week in advance.
1/25/00 Introduction to the Hanen
Program: An Early Intervention Parent-Child Interaction Program Dr.
Jamie Schwartz. 7:00-8:30 pm, UCF Main Campus
Dr. Schwartz, Visiting Professor, Communicative
Disorders Department at UCF will present on the Hanen Center, an innovative
parent-child interaction program designed to increase communication of
young children. Please call Irene to register and receive room location.
2/5/00 Understanding Educational
Law and Parental Rights. Mark Kamleiter, Esq. Orlando, location TBA.
Call Irene to register.
Mr. Kamleiter is an attorney with STAND
(Statewide Advocacy Network on Disabilities). STAND is a non-profit organization
with a commitment to individuals with disabilities and those concerned
with their needs. He will present on educational law and issues pertaining
to IDEA.
2/9/00 Structured Teaching. Kim
Carper, M.A. 7:00pm, Child and Family Consultants, West Melbourne. Call
Irene to register.
Kim Carper, M.A., will present an overview
of Structured Teaching and how it can be used in multiple settings. Participants
will be given an overview of the specific components of Structured Teaching,
which include: Physical Organization, Schedules, Individual Work Systems,
Visual Structure, Routines, and Teaching
Methods.
2/11/00 Regional Teacher Training.
Blinded By Their Strengths: Educating Children and Adolescents with
Aspergers and High Functioning Autism. Dr. Diane Twatchman-Cullen. 8:30-3:30,
UCF Orlando. See details later in this issue.
2/16/00 Potty Primer Terri Daly,
Ph.D. and Marilee Emerson, M.Ed. 7:00 pm, UCF Orlando. This will be a repeat
of the basic toilet training seminar. Please call to register.
2/24/00 Creating & Using Parent-developed
Student Portfolios to Drive Educational Planning. Marilee Emerson,
M.Ed. 7:00-9:00 pm, Galaxy Middle School, Deltona
Ms. Emerson will show parents how to
develop a student portfolio that can be used as a tool to ease transitions
to new grades schools, and as an aide for IEP planning. Materials will
be provided.
3/1/00 Personal Outcome Measures.
Eileen Wray, B.A. UCF Main Campus. 7:00 pm.
Call Irene to register.
Ms. Wray will present an interactive
presentation on how to discover what individuals have, and want, in their
lives. Participants will learn how to conduct a personal outcome interview
for the purpose of quality of life planning and supports. This strategy
may be used for program evaluation as well.
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