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The schedule has been released for the 2013 Southeastern Autism Symposium, which will take place Friday, June 21, at Lee University’s Helen DeVos College of Education.

Registration for this year’s symposium, titled “Lights, Camera, Autism!,” will open at 7:30 a.m., followed by a general session and introductions at 8:30 a.m. The day’s sessions will begin at 10 a.m. and end by 6 p.m., with a break at 12:15 for lunch.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

7:30 a.m. Registration / Exhibits / Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome / Introductions

10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Concurrent Sessions A

Dr. Tammy Johnson – Reducing the Peter Pan Effect: You CAN Help Individuals on the Spectrum Age Gracefully
Rob & Shannon Jones – The Amazing Race: Keeping the Love Alive (Marriage Tips)
Michelle Mazzolini – Best Classroom Tips and Tricks: And the award goes to …
Marcus Perez – School’s out. What’s next?
Kristy Steil – “Happy Meals” for Problem Eaters
Mary M. Wilson – Act 1, Scene 1, Take 33 (Parenting a Child with Asperger’s)

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions B

Courtney Chandler – Adult Services & Autism –“Where’s the next page of my script?”
Rob & Shannon Jones – The Amazing Race: Keeping the Love Alive
Alex Sandoval – Oscar’s Stim: An Introduction to Autism
Dr. Michele Valadie – Are There Really Benefits to Inclusion?
Dr. John J. Wheeler & Karen Dotson-Wheeler – Designing and Implementing Effective Social Skill Interventions for Learners with ASD: Applying the Evidence to Practice
Mary M. Wilson – Act 1, Scene 1, Take 33 (Parenting a Child with Asperger’s)

 
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions C

Jerry Wade – An Unfinished Life (Life Lessons from an Adult with Asperger’s)
Sarah Mak & Beverly Nolan – Video Modeling and the iPad
Dr. Kim Moffett – Lots of Action: Dealing with Tantrums
Dr. Ken Pittman – What Treatments Get Two Thumbs Up? Spotlight on Evidence Based Treatments
Carrie Walls – No more “quiet” on the set – Creatively Using Motivation to Increase Communication
Dr. John J. Wheeler & Karen Dotson-Wheeler – Designing and Implementing Effective Social Skill Interventions for Learners with ASD: Applying the Evidence to Practice

 
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Concurrent Sessions D

Dr. Tammy Johnson – Reducing the Peter Pan Effect: You CAN Help Individuals on the Spectrum Age Gracefully
Michelle Mazzolini – Best Classroom Tips and Tricks: And the Award goes to …
Dr. Kim Moffett – Lots of Action: Dealing with Tantrums
Dr. Ken Pittman – What Treatments Get Two Thumbs Up? Spotlight on Evidence Based Treatments
Alex Sandoval – Oscar’s Stim: An Introduction to Autism
Carrie Walls – No more “quiet” on the set – Creatively Using Motivation to Increase Communication

4:30 p.m. – Keynote Presentation in Rose Lecture Hall

“The Shut Up Sisters” Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian

A closing dinner will be held at 6:15 p.m. in the Centenary Room of the Higginbotham Administrative Building.

The Southeastern Autism Symposium is sponsored by Elite Behavior, Lee University, Life Bridges, Orange Grove Center, and Signal Centers.

For more information contact Karen Brown at (423) 614-8192 or visit http://www.autismsymposiumse.com/.