Announcements

Weekend Wonders Integrative Playgroup Saturday, July 26th or Saturday, August 23. 9-10:30 am  Foothills Community Park800 Cherry Dr., Boulder. This is a FREE playgroup through City of Boulder Parks & Recreation EXPAND Program.  This playgroup is open to all parents and caregivers with children birth to 5 with or without disabilities.  Parent supervision is required.  For More Information:  Call Jen Heilveil, CTRS 303-413-7474 heilveilj@bouldercolorado.gov

UPCOMING INFORMATION SESSIONS!

We hope to offer the following two Hanen classes in Fall, 2008:

• More Than Words – The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other social communication difficulties. [A diagnosis of ASD is not necessary in order to benefit from this class.]:  September-November 2008 in Gunbarrel.

• It Takes Two to Talk – The Hanen Program® for Parents of young children who have a language or developmental delay.

To learn more and to enroll in classes,
please contact Sheila Goetz
at (303) 709-3500 or s2goetz@indra.com
also visit The Hanen Centre website, www.hanen.org

Free introductory session on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
Upcoming dates:   August 6, 2008;  September 3, 2008; October 1, 2008 at:
The Association for Community Living
5744 N. 71st Street
Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado
RSVP to Sheila Goetz at (303) 709-3500

Free introductory sessions will be held 7/2 and 8/6 at 6:30p at the Association for Community Living  5744 N. 71st Street Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado RSVP to Sheila Goetz at (303) 709-3500.

Free GRASP Network Meeting Meet the 4th Saturday of the month: August 23rd, September 27th, October 25th , 10:00 - 12:00 noon at ACL 5744 N. 71st St., Longmont. GRASP is happy to announce the first Northern Colorado Network. The Northern Colorado Network facilitator is Nathan Johansen.  Please RSVP at 303-456-5425 or by e-mail at nathan@npj.com

GRASP: the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership is an educational and advocacy organization serving individuals on the the autism spectrum You can find GRASP online at www.grasp.org_________________________________________________________________________

The Autism Society of Colorado and Towers Behavior Services LLC present

In-Home Interventions for Children with Autism
This class is designed for parents and others who wish to provide in-home educational and behavioral interventions to children with autism.
Research has demonstrated that intensive intervention for children with autism yields very strong positive results throughout the child’s entire
lifetime. Parents and in-home services providers can be an essential part of making a dramatic, lifelong difference in the lives of children with
autism. This course will provide the participants with the training necessary to provide these interventions under the guidance of a professional well skilled in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) interventions for children with autism.

Early in the training, each participant will be taught how to take direct observational data on behaviors. The participants will then be given the
opportunity to take data on a targeted behavior and bring the data back to class, where we will analyze the data and discuss possible interventions.

This class is scheduled to occur from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on October 4, October 11, November 1, November 8, and November 15, 2008, for a total of approximately 30 hours of instruction. It will occur in the Autism Society of Colorado's training room, which is in the basement (level 1) of the First Bank building at 550 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, CO. The cost of the class is $350 per person. Pre-registration is required and must occur no later than October 1, 2008.

You may register for this class by visiting www.towersbehavior.com and clicking on “Public Courses.” To learn more about this class may call Sam Towers at 303-803-0045 or e-mail him at sam@towersbehavior.com. Some scholarships are available through the Autism Society of Colorado. To apply for a scholarship, call the Autism Society of Colorado at (720) 214-0794 and ask for Bridget. You may also e-mail Bridget at bridget@autismcolorado.org. Scholarships are limited, so please apply early.

It is likely that 2 semester hours of either undergraduate or graduate credit will be available from Adams State College at an extra cost of $90. Payment for the credit will occur on the first day of the course. If obtaining credit will be an important factor in your decision to sign up for
this course, please call Sam Towers at 303-803-0045 to determine if credit will be available.