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Teaching Functional Communication: Sign, PECS and Voice Output

Center for Spectrum Services - Ellenville Location 4 Yankee Place, Ellenville, NY

Spectrum Services Student RJ uses his iPad and PECS to communicate with teachers and family. This seminar is at full capacity, and no longer accepting registrations. Stay tuned for more offerings like this! Do your students have a solid communication system with targets and strategies in place? No? Are they demonstrating significant problem behavior? Yes?...

$75.00

Caregivers of Dependents with Special Needs: Making the Future More Secure

Center For Spectrum Studies - Kingston Location 70 Kukuk Lane, Kingston, NY

Tuesday, March 12th from 6:30 – 8:00pm at our Kingston School Planning for the future is always challenging, but when you are parenting a child with special needs there are many additional things to consider. For example, did you know that you are not your child’s legal guardian after they turn 18?  If your child...

The Sound of Music Therapy!

Center for Spectrum Services - Ellenville Location 4 Yankee Place, Ellenville, NY

Tuesday, March 14th from 12:30 – 2pm at Our Ellenville School RSVP Required Music is an important tool for children with Autism and can be used to improve attention, communication, social interaction, and group collaboration. We will explore music through a fun, interactive approach where participants will have the opportunity to have hands-on experiences and begin to...

Free

Parent’s Discussion Group – Sibling Discussion Group

Center For Spectrum Studies - Kingston Location 70 Kukuk Lane, Kingston, NY

Our parent discussion group offers caregivers the chance to share parenting experiences, educational and management strategies, community resources, upcoming conferences and new research.  We can also offer support to one another in an informal and comfortable setting.  Our special sibling discussion group is for Spectrum Services students and their siblings, ages 5-12, and provides an...

Free

Recharge Your Own Batteries

Center for Spectrum Services - Ellenville Location 4 Yankee Place, Ellenville, NY

Presented by Sandra Brownsey, Ellenville Program Coordinator and Elizabeth Forte, Family Services Coordinator Dead batteries don’t work until you charge them. The same applies to parents. Self-care is often talked about as an essential piece of being our best self but is often so hard to do or find the time to fit into our busy...

Parent’s Discussion Group – Sibling Discussion Group

Center For Spectrum Studies - Kingston Location 70 Kukuk Lane, Kingston, NY

Our parent discussion group offers caregivers the chance to share parenting experiences, educational and management strategies, community resources, upcoming conferences and new research.  We can also offer support to one another in an informal and comfortable setting.  Our special sibling discussion group is for Spectrum Services students and their siblings, ages 5-12, and provides an...

Free

A Taste of Spain Dinner & Wine Pairing

The Chateau 240 Boulevard, Kingston, NY 12401, Kingston, NY

An Autism Awareness Event Friday, April 12th - From 7-11pm at The Chateau, in Kingston Bienvenido a España! Join us for a celebration of Spanish cuisine and wine, as we take a gastronomic tour of select vintages and cuisines. We'll start the evening in Madrid, and a wonderful cocktail hour with stunning tapas and hors...

$100.00

 Using Music, Video, and Interests to Encourage Food Tolerance

Center For Spectrum Studies - Kingston Location 70 Kukuk Lane, Kingston, NY

Presented by Lindsay Welch, MS, CCC-SLP and Nancy Uttendorfer, MS, CCC-SLP Many of our children with Autism exhibit food selectivity and limited diets. This workshop will present ways to gently encourage children to interact with different foods in a non-threatening way, gradually increasing tolerance to a wider variety of foods. Groups are free of charge for...

Summer Autism Training Institute 2019: Autism Beyond the Basics

This 4-part workshop series is designed to provide teachers, therapist, and other educational professionals with an understanding of Applied Behavior Analysis/Verbal Behavior, visual supports, and language development strategies. We will discuss and demonstrate the application of key behavioral principles and how they play out into increasing positive behaviors. Hands-on activities and video examples will add...

Benefits of Creating and Using Visual Supports

Center For Spectrum Studies - Kingston Location 70 Kukuk Lane, Kingston, NY

Part of our Spring Workshop Series These series of workshops, offered twice a year, provide parents and caretakers a more academic look at the multi-faceted issues surrounding autism. This is why these workshops are also offered to professional and paraprofessional educators in the area who wish to better understand their own students with autism. They...

Addressing Challenging Behaviors Pt 1: Focusing on Positive Behavior Supports

Center For Spectrum Studies - Kingston Location 70 Kukuk Lane, Kingston, NY

Part of our Spring Workshop Series These workshops provide parents and caretakers a more academic look at the multi-faceted issues surrounding autism. This is why these workshops are also offered to professional and paraprofessional educators in the area who wish to better understand their own students with autism. They are offered free for family members...

Play: Why is it Important

Center For Spectrum Studies - Kingston Location 70 Kukuk Lane, Kingston, NY

This workshop will focus on learning the developmental levels of play. We will explore the significance of play, and how it teaches social communication skills, emotional self-regulation, and perspective taking through joint attention. This workshop is designed for active participation. Expect to share your own experiences of playing with your child, brainstorm strategies with others...