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UAB Summer Treatment Program (Birmingham)Dates: June 16, 2008 - July 25, 2008
Age Group: 6 - 12 years
Cost: $2,600
Location: Redmont School
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Young Adult Social Outing to Nashville Tennessee
A special thank you to our many young adults and parents that joined us on our first Birmingham/Huntsville young adult social group trip to Nashville, Tennessee on December 28, 2008. We were so proud of everyone. It was a long and adventu...
An Enjoyable Evening of Fun and Food Galore!
Huntsville and Madison County students gathered with their parents for the 1st Annual Christmas Party for all of our groups in the North Alabama area. The young adults hosted the party and served in various capaciti...
Madison Students Get into the Spirit of Halloween
The Huntsville/Madison County Elementary boys meet the day before Halloween dressed in costume! A bingo vocabulary game had them engrossed in listening for definitions that would lead them to the word. In addition to playing a game, st...
An A-maze-ing Day
It was an a amazing day in the cornfield. We visited the cornfield in Madison County near Brownsboro. Eleven students and a few parents attended the event. Bill was the first one through the maze (20 mins) which beats the usual 40...
Writing Kids Off is Not An Option
WRITING KIDS OFF IS NOT AN OPTIONIf you're a parent or teacher or coach or youth leader, have you ever been tempted to write a child off? To expect little or nothing and put your efforts elsewhere? For an hour or a day or even per...
Bham High School Social Outing
ROLL TIDE! Kerry is taking high school social group to Tuscaloosa this Saturday for the Alabama vs. Tennessee game tailgating. This will be a cultural event for many. Everyone better wear crimson or white! Meet at Kerry'...
4th Annual Asperger Syndrome Workshop a Success!
Over 125 people attended the recent workshop on Asperger Syndrome in Birmingham. It was a tremendous success! We had a fabulous panel with a variety of ages and experiences to shed light on living with Asperger Syndrome. Thanks again to Joel a...
4th Annual Asperger Syndrome Workshop
WHERE: Birmingham, AlabamaWHAT: Annual Workshop on Asperger Syndrome
WHO: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Case Managers, SLPs, OTs, Administration, Aides. Parents, & Tutors
WHEN...
How Asperger Syndrome Affects Girls
Asperger's and Girls is a new book that provides up-to-date information about girls and women with Asperger Syndrome. Covering topics such as diagnoses, educatio...
Bowling and Ice Cream End of Summer Party
The young adult group met at Pin Palace on Monday, July 30th, from 2:00 - 4:30. The group had a great time bowling, laughing and sharing experiences. Several of the parents stayed to "cheer" us on to victory. I even manage...
Huntsville Social Skills to Begin Soon
It has been an exceptionally busy and productive summer for all of us. At present, we are taking a "breather", enjoying the last week of summer and getting ready for the school year ahead. Plans are in the works for groups to...
Birmingham AS Parent Support Group Meeting
Our monthly support group meeting for parents is starting back this Friday night. As always, we meet on the 1st Friday of each month. Our meeting will take...
Monday, June 11th, was our first social skills instructional session at our new meeting place. We met from 2 pm-3 pm at the Christian Life Center of First Baptist Church of Huntsville. We discussed our previous outing and practiced int...
We are up and running. Friday, June 8th, was scheduled to be a get acquainted picnic. The potential for rain forced us to move indoors. We lunched at Gibson's BBQ off South Memorial Parkway. The young adults practiced the t...
Courtney Dees King, MS, BCBA has been providing therapy and consultation services to children with autism since 1996. Upon graduation from the University of Alabama she moved to Birmingham, where she worked as the information and referral co...
A couple good links that I have come across lately are the article on Bill Gates and Asperger Syndrome - Would you have allowed Bill Gates to be born? (I really hope you will pull this site up) + Read More of This Journey » A few things I have learned about creating a homework routine: Here is an example of some of the amazing abilities of those on the autism spectrum. This young man can sketch accurate aerial views of cities after seeing them just one time. Here are just a couple of websites that you might want to visit before school starts back. I hope this is a smooth transition for all of you! If any parents have taken their child with Asperger Syndrome to Disneyworld. If you haven't gone before with your children, consider getting a note from your doctor to get a "pass" to get ahead of the lines. This pass has gre...
This is so good! I hope you can listen to it at some point in time. Michael John Carley is the executive director of GRASP, The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership. In 2000, he and his then 4-year-old son were diagnosed with Asperger...
Just in case you didn’t see this on CNN on February 9th, just wanted you to have the opportunity to see the clip if you wanted to. Huntsville Young Adult Social
Monday, June 25th was a marvelous day filled with new experiences, shared interests and instruction. The young adult group welcomed two new members. They practiced skills they have learned and some took on a functional group task: h...
Manic Monday
Friday's Afternoon Outing
Courtney Dees King New Program
Time Timers
Many students with Asperger Syndrome have poor time management skills as well as transition skills between activities. I have seen this help with getting homework done and transitioning off of video games. One way to improve their underst...
"Asperger Time"
Simple Strategies that Work! Helpful Hints for All Educators of Students with Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and Related Disabilities, by Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon, and Dena Gitlitz. Order online at www.asperger.net...
Theory of Mind - Is it or Isn't It?
Two big things to consider when deciding the impact of you or your child's theory of mind (ability to understand others' perspectives): (1) they are able to understand someone else's perspective when prompted, or (2) they...
Willing, Able -- and Unemployable
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Dr. Fred Volkmar in Birmingham, AL
If you have not heard of Dr. Fred Volkmar from Yale University, he is one to look up online. He presented here in Birmingham on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, and was fabulous! Yale and the Child Study Center is doing some incredible res...
Would You Have Allowed Bill Gates to Be Born?
Establishing Homework Routines
1. Don’t move around them while they are sitting trying to work on homework (it is very distracting if you are doing something different than they are).
Aerial Views of Cities - One Person's Abilities
This video clip was sent to us by a friend in Mobile.Websites for Starting School
Let me know if there is anything I can do for you,
Kerry
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AS and Disney World
Michael John Carley and GRASP - Great audio clip on AS
Video: Female and AS
Keep in mind that all with Asperger Syndrome affects each person a little differently. You may ...