E-News
July 2004
Here
is your update on the TACA (TALK ABOUT CURING AUTISM) Group for
July 2004 - #1. As always, email your thoughts and/or questions.
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Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) provides general information of interest to the autism community. The information comes from a variety of sources and TACA does not independently verify any of it. The views expressed herein are not necessarily TACA?s. We focus on parent information and support, parent mentoring, dietary intervention, the latest in medical research, special education law, reviews of the latest treatments, and many other topics relating to Autism. Our main goal is to build our community so we can connect, share and support each other.
In
This Month's Edition of TACA e-news:
- Next
TACA Meeting Information
- Upcoming
TACA Costa Mesa schedule & other TACA meeting schedule info
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July 2004 – December 2004)
- General
News:
- Hit & Run
Driver Kills A Boy
- GREGG,
HARKIN INTRODUCE BILL TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
- Vaccine
News
- CA
ONE STEP CLOSER TO THIMEROSAL-FREE VACCINES
- Vaccine
Links To Autism?
- Locals
learn the dangers of vaccinations
- TACA
Announces – New Parent Seminar Series – Newly scheduled date
- Dr.
Jerry Kartzinel Medical Seminar AUDIO TAPES or CD’S
- Need
more support? MORE Coffee Talk!
- Social
Events
- Fundraisers
- Cure
Autism Now WALK NOW in Anaheim
- TACA
Picnic & Fundraiser at Irvine Regional Park
- Upcoming
Conferences & Seminars
- Personal
note
1. Next TACA Costa Mesa support group meeting
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Date:
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Saturday, July 10th
(always the 2nd Saturday of each month)
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Time:
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1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Topic:
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Neurology & Autism:
The latest findings in neurology and why genetics play
an important role Sara Spence M.D., Ph.D. – UCLA Pediatric
Neurology Director
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Place:
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VINEYARD NEWPORT CHURCH
- 102 East Baker Avenue - Costa Mesa
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(Please do not contact
the church for meeting details. They have graciously
offered use of their facility, but are not affiliated
with TACA.) And remember, we are still a non-faith based
group!
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Directions:
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405 FWY South, Exit Bristol
Right on Bristol
Left on Baker
Go under FREEWAY.
The Vineyard Church is
on the corner just after the freeway - turn left onto the freeway access
road, make FIRST right into the Vineyard's parking lot.
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2. UPCOMING TACA Costa Mesa Meeting Schedule
All meetings at
the Vineyard:
TACA Has Seven Southern California Meeting Locations:
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Costa Mesa: 2nd Saturday of each month (info in item #1
for meeting topics and details)
- West Hills (the Valley, man!): NEW location! 1st Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Location: Jumping
Genius – 22750 Roscoe Blvd., West Hills (the corner of
Roscoe Blvd. & Fallbrook
Ave.) ... -- info: Moira Giammatteo
- San Diego: 4th Tuesday evening – 6:30- 8:00 p.m. – info: Becky Estepp
July
27 - speaker
to be announced
August - NO
MEETING, GONE FISHIN’
September 28 –
Dr Kurt Woeller – DAN! Physician – The latest in
Autism Medical Intervention
- Corona: 3rd
Saturday – 1:30–4:30 pm - Corona Library. For more info: Christy
Crider at Contact us
July 17 – Greg Nicholson
– information on Brain Gym
August 21 – speaker to be announced
September -- speaker to be announced
October 16 -- Danelle Kern- Hippotherapy
(horseback riding) and Physical therapy
- Torrance: 3rd Monday of each month at Whole Foods
Market on PCH in
Torrance – 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. For more info: Contact us
- Visalia: (typically) 4th Wednesday
of each month at Visalia United Methodist Church – 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. For
more info: Lynne Arnold
July 21: Kay
Spencer, advocate, from the Office
Client Rights/Protection and Advocacy.
She'll be talking about how to deal
with the Regional Center.
August 18: speaker to be
announced
September
15:Deborah Swain from the Swain
Center re: Tomatis Listening Therapies
- Santa Rosa: (typically) 2nd Tuesday
of each month at Swain Center – 795
Farmers Lane, Suite 27, Santa Rosa
– 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. For more info: Contact us
ARTICLE A: Hit-run
driver kills boy, 4
The
youngster, from Anaheim, is hit as he steps into traffic
after seeing his father on the other side of the street.
By JOHN McDONALD - The Orange County Register
A 4-year-old autistic Anaheim boy was killed Monday night when
he was struck by a hit-run driver while crossing four-lane Whittier Boulevard, Whittier police said.
Christian Castillo had been with relatives at a restaurant near the intersection
of Whittier Boulevard and First Avenue when the accident took place at about 10:18 p.m., police said.
Investigators said it appeared the boy was leaving the restaurant with
family members when he saw his father on the opposite side of the street.
He stepped out into traffic and was hit by an older-model, dark-colored
Ford F-150 pickup. The driver did not stop and
was last seen headed west on Whittier Boulevard, police said.
A passerby drove the youngster and his father to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, where attempts to revive the child
failed. He was pronounced dead at 11 p.m.
Police are seeking the driver, and the truck, which is believed to have
front-end damage.
Anybody with information on the case is asked to call Whittier police at (562) 945-8255.
ARTICLE B: GREGG, HARKIN INTRODUCE BILL TO HELP INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES
WASHINGTON-Sen. Judd Gregg, Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
today introduced a bill to improve and extend federal programs that
help individuals with disabilities to access services and devices.
The Assistive Technology
Act Reauthorization would provide funds, improve access and foster
better systems for administering the program. Assistive technology
is generally defined as any kind of device or service that assists
persons with disabilities in performing day-to-day tasks and activities.
"This program
is a relatively small program, but to those who benefit, it can be
life-changing," Gregg said. "Individuals with a range of
disabilities - from hearing loss to motor skill impairment - can
with a small amount of individualized assistance, have the opportunity
to lead fuller, more productive lives. This bill improves access
to assistance by fostering public-private partnerships, improving
access to technology and stabilizing state funding streams so devices
and services are within reach of individuals with disabilities."
"Assistive technology
opens doors of opportunity for persons with disabilities and advances
the promise of the ADA," said Harkin. "This bill
will ensure that people with disabilities and older Americans know
about assistive technology and can use it on the job, in schools
and in their homes and communities. Our legislation invests in technology
and those who truly need it."
The Assistive Technology
Act of 2004:
- Strengthens the
existing successful state Assistive Technology programs.
- Authorizes additional
resources so each state will receive $500,000 minimum for the state
program and $50,000 minimum for protection and advocacy services.
- Ensures that technology will be available where people need it
- in schools, on the job and in the community - by refocusing training
and technical assistance and emphasizing the provision of assistive
technology devices and services.
- Requires programs
to provide device demonstration, equipment loan, device reutilization/recycling
and financing systems such as low interest loan programs.
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Focuses training and technical assistance to improve service planning
for individuals with disabilities and ensure that service providers
have information on assistive technology. - Requires states to focus
on one of three target populations: students with disabilities and
educators, adult service provider clients and providers, or employees
and employment providers. This aligns the AT Act with recent federal
priorities, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act, the Workforce Investment Act and the Americans with Disabilities
integration mandate in Olmstead. - Provides supplemental grants for
alternate finance programs and equipment loan programs. - Authorizes
projects of national significance to increase public awareness, encourage
research and development, and improve personnel preparation on assistive
technology issues. - Improves technical assistance, data collection,
and the public internet site. - Authorizes a comprehensive national
study of the assistive technology industry.
Article
A: CA ONE STEP CLOSER TO THIMEROSAL-FREE VACCINES
California Abolish Mercury from Vaccines
Bill Passes Committee 9-1 AB 2943
[Thanks to Marty Omoto]
Author: Assembly member Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills)
Status as of June 23: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee
with amendments 9-1
Vote Record - Senate Health & Human Services Committee June 23
[before vote add-ons/changes]:
Voting AYE (9): Ortiz (D), Chesbro (D), Escutia (D), Figueroa (D), Florez (D),
Kuehl (D), Romero (D),
Vasconcellos (D), Vincent (D)
Voting NO (1) : Ashburn (R)
Not Voting/Absent (3): Battin (R), Aanestad (R), Alarcon (D)
What the Bill Does:
Bans the administration of mercury-containing vaccines that contain
more than trace amounts of mercury (per the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration's definition), in pregnant women and children under
3 years of age. Would have an alternative available to families
as of July 2006.
ARTICLE
B: Vaccine Links To Autism?
June 22, 2004
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/22/eveningnews/main625458.shtml
(CBS) Because Alex Donnelly is autistic, he can't communicate normally
or lead a normal life.
Yet he has some amazing abilities. When asked what the capital cities
of Turkmenistan and Venezuela are, he can answer "Ashkerbad" and "Caracas" accurately.
His father claims Alex wasn't autistic - until he got certain vaccinations
containing a mercury preservative.
As kids got more and more vaccines over the years, more mercury
came with them - in amounts way over safety limits. The Center for
Disease Control and Prevention has long claimed it's not the cause
of autism or related disorders, and mercury is still in flu shots
recommended for babies this fall.
But now, a landmark study by Dr. Mady Hornig, from the Mailman School
Of Public Health, Columbia University, is adding to the mercury worries,
as CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson finds out.
Hornig injected a strain of mice with genetic tissues similar to
those found in children with mercury-laden vaccines equivalent to
what kids got in the 1990's. The mice developed profound brain problems.
So what types of behavior did Hornig see in the mice, and how does
that compare with what we call autism? Dr. Hornig answers, "All
sorts of strange behaviors that were repetitive in nature, where
animals would just keep repeating the same behavior in a very stereotyped
fashion."
It wasn't just repetition -- the mice withdrew from their surroundings
like autistic children. They resisted change and developed brain
abnormalities affecting emotion and thinking, also like autistic
children.
Alex's father, Jim Donnelly, says it only confirms what he's believed
all along: most kids aren't harmed by mercury in vaccines; they shed
it naturally, but some retain it, and it poisons their brains.
Says Donnelly, "When (Alex's) testing came back, he had mercury
levels that were 20 times the EPA safety margin residing in his body.
It was unbelievable."
Other scientists and the CDC dispute such a link. But if it's true,
hundreds of thousands of American kids could be living with the fallout.
And the results could be devastating to vaccine makers and federal
health officials who have steadfastly defended the use of mercury,
a potent neurotoxin, in childhood vaccines.
By Sharyl Attkisson ©MMIV, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
ARTICLE C: Locals learn the dangers of vaccinations – Arizona City News
By
the time a child is six months old, they are to be injected with
45 vaccines; at 18-months, 64; and at four to six years old, at
least 74 vaccines. Yet, there is no proof that vaccinated children
are healthier than non-vaccinated children. No major study has
ever compared groups of vaccinated and non-vaccinated children
to determine which is healthier. While millions of dollars are
spent each year testing shampoos and cosmetics for carcinogenicity
(before they are allowed to be sold to the public), vaccines are
not tested for their ability to cause cancer, mutations or developmental
malformations.
Startling evidence continues
to pile up each year which indicates that vaccines do more harm
than good. According to the US government's Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report, outbreaks have occurred in populations
that were 100 percent vaccinated. Furthermore, no less than 80
percent of cases of measles are contracted in vaccinated people.
But what is in a vaccine?
In addition to living and killed bacteria, viri and their toxins,
children are injected with some of the most lethal poisons known.
This includes formaldehyde, mercury, aluminum, phenol (carbolic
acid), borax (ant killer), ethylene glycol (antifreeze), dye, acetone,
latex, MSG, glycerol, polysorbate and sorbitol to name just a few.
Mercury, which is still
in use today, is one of the most poisonous substances known to
exist in nature. In recent years, children have received up to
125 times the safe limit of mercury set by the EPA, and the symptoms
of mercury toxicity resemble those of autism. Data from the CDC's
(Centers for Disease Control) own records indicates that the risk
of autism is 27 times greater if a child has been immunized with
thimerosal-containing vaccines.
A 2003 study from the
International Journal of Toxicology showed that hair samples among
a group 94 autistic children had mercury levels 1/8 that of a group
of 45 normal children. The lower the level of mercury, the worse
the autism. Autistic children cannot get rid of the mercury so
it may accumulate in their brains 18-month-old children.
More and more links are
being made between vaccinations and increased cases of SIDS (Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome), ADD, ADHD, autism, infantile seizures and
others. According to Doctor Harris L. Coulter, "'Crib death'
was so infrequent in the pre-vaccination era that it was not even
mentioned in the statistics, but it started to climb in the 1950s
with the spread of mass vaccination." Furthermore, the number
of 2 to 4-year-olds taking psychiatric drugs like Ritalin and Prozac
soared 50 percent between 1991 and 1995. These results are troubling
since the long-term safety and effects of these drugs on a child's
developing brain are largely unknown.
Nearly 90 percent of the
total decline in mortality rates (from scarlet fever, diphtheria,
whooping cough and measles) between 1860 and 1965 occurred before
the introduction of antibiotics and widespread immunization.
What are the Real Numbers?
By December 2002, VAERS
received 244,424 reports of possible reactions to vaccines. This
number includes 99,145 emergency room visits, 5149 life-threatening
reactions, 27, 925 hospitalizations, 5775 disabilities and 5309
deaths.
More parents are rejecting
vaccinations for their children, for a number of reasons. For increasingly
more logical reasons, many parents are beginning to consider the
vaccines more dangerous than the disease. Additionally, they prefer
natural rather than artificial immunity. A growing number of parents
have a vaccine-injured child. Furthermore, many parents have religious
or philosophical objections to vaccinations.
Arizona statutes allow a parent
to avoid vaccinating their child simply by signing a personal belief
exemption. (This absolutely allows children to attend all public
schools, etc.) A school nurse is required by law to provide the
exemption form at the parent's request. Forms are also available
at Arizona City Family Chiropractic.
5. TACA ANNOUNCES:
New Parent Seminar Series! Newly
Scheduled
Date: Saturday,
October 30, 2004
Goals of the Seminar:
After receiving the diagnosis of autism for a beloved child
(or children), parents typically struggle as they search through
various resources to locate information needed to help their child
the fastest. The goal of the one-day New Parent Orientation is
to provide parents and caretakers the “jump start” they need at
the beginning of their journey from parents who have “been there,
done that.” In addition to sage advice, parents who attend will
receive: an overview of beginning therapies and biomedical intervention,
where to go for what information, and recommended first steps.
The seminar will be given by experienced parents who volunteer
their time in providing the education new parents need.
Note: Seminars will be available via TACA on a quarterly
basis.
Who should Attend?
This one-day seminar is geared for parents and caretakers
of children affected by autism in Southern California. Content will be provided in an “overview” presentation with web and
book resource information for additional details. This seminar
is geared to parents and caretakers new to the autism journey (less
than 6 months) who have not yet started a behavioral/educational
program or biomedical testing and interventions.
Seminar Agenda
1. Introductions & review
of the agenda
2. What’s in a diagnosis?
3. Surviving the first year
4. Who pays for WHAT?!!
5. Biomedical (necessary tests and protocols)
6. Therapies (including: behavioral,
academic, play therapies, social skills, speech & more!)
7. Dietary Interventions
8. Legal issues
9. Organization & Planning 101
10. Questions and Answers
Seminar Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm (refreshments and light lunch
to be served)
Seminar Location: Location is in Costa Mesa, CA by South Coast Plaza. Location confirmation and address
will be sent once registration payment and information
is received.
Seminar Costs: PARENTS & CARETAKERS: $20
registration and materials fee required
Non Parents/Professional
registration: $50 registration and materials fee required
How to Register: Registration fee made payable
to TACA
Mail fee to TACA at PO Box 12409, Newport Beach CA 92658-2409
Registrants MUST INCLUDE: name,
email address, and address.
Available
spaces are LIMITED! Be sure to RSVP @ least 10 days before the
seminar!
Babysitting: Sorry, babysitting
and child care is NOT available at these seminars.
For more information: Please contact Lisa Ackerman at contact us or
949-640-4401 or www.tacanow.org
Seminar funding and assistance is
provided by TACA (Talk About Curing Autism) – Families helping
Families
6. Dr. Jerry Kartzinel Medical Seminar - Audio Tapes or CD’s Now Available
From the June 19th Medical Seminar – CD’s or audio
tapes are now available
Seminar includes the latest medical findings and treatments
for Autism.
Please make your check out
to ICDRC
COSTS: $25 (includes shipping
– available only in the US
Mail to: TACA – Dr Jerry Seminar
PO Box 12409 Newport Beach, CA 92658-2409
BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR
INFORMATION:
Name
Email address
Mailing Address, City,
State, ZIP Code
Phone Number
Format desired: CD or audio tape
Note:
Only
part of the question and answer period is available.
This is a 4 ˝ hour medical presentation including
protocol.
Notes from this conference can be found
on the TACA web site at: http://www.tacanow.com/notes.htm
Questions?? Contact us
7. Need more support? JOIN
US AT COFFEE TALK!
Coffee
Talk is going to be your hour (or so) once the kids are away
at school or busy working in therapy to chat with other families
affected by Autism. This is an unstructured, casual meeting
environment to chat and talk about what you want to talk about.
Date: Tuesday, July 13th
Time: 9:00
a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: Diedrich Coffee – Costa Mesa
1170 Baker Street (off the 405 freeway and Fairview Street)
NO need to RSVP, just join us
for a little coffee, a little talk, no big whoop!
TACA
FAMILY SOCIAL EVENT
Attention all
TACA members! Diane Gallant has worked hard with South Coast Plaza in arranging FREE CAROUSEL RIDES
for children with Autism and their siblings!!
Come join us
for a morning of fun and horse rides at South Coast Plaza!
Upcoming
Dates: Saturday July 24th
Times: 8:30
am-9:30 am (BEFORE
the mall opens)
Local: South Coast Plaza by the carousel (NOT the Crystal Court carousel!)
Costs: FREE!!!!!!!!!
Park: Park
by ZTejas Restaurant and the Bank of America ATM’s
off Bristol
Note: Kids
can ride as often as they would like and based on availability.
NO NEED TO RSVP! JUST
COME AND PLAY!!
TACA
PARENTS-ONLY SOCIAL EVENT
Super TACA Volunteer Mary Romaniec is relocating to the East
Coast with her family in late July. WE WILL MISS HER, THE ENERGY
AND HER EFFORTS. To help send her on her way. we will be doing
an informal going away party after the July 10th TACA
meeting.
Date: Saturday, July 10th
Time: 5-8pm
Location: Habana’s – 2930 Bristol Street, Suite A110 (In the ANTI MALL) Costa Mesa
Phone 714-556-0176
Note: This is a pay your own way,
informal dinner and drinks, without children.
9. Fundraisers
a. Cure
Autism Now Walk at the ANAHEIM POND
ORANGE COUNTY WALK NOW
On Sunday,
August 29, the Orange County Chapter of Cure Autism Now (CAN)
is hosting their first WALK NOW at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim. The proceeds are going to CAN for
research to find a cure and cause of autism. There is no fee
for the WALK, we just ask for donations supporting the WALK
Teams.
Consider walking
with your family, your child, your child’s therapists & paraprofessional
team. Fun activities such as bouncers, Autism Resource Fair,
and meeting families like yours will be there.
You can find
the information on the internet at www.walknow.org,
and click onto Orange County, or call us at 714-968-4667, or e-mail grandma.jo1015@verizon.net. You
can also contact CAN at 888-826-8476.
Thanks in advance
for your support
Harold and
Joanne Davies (Grandma Jo)
WALK NOW Co-Chairs
b.
TACA FAMILY PICNIC & FUNDRAISER
Save the date!
Date: Saturday,
September 25, 2004
Time: 10:00
am to 2:00 pm
Location: Irvine Regional Park – 1 Irvine Park Road Orange, CA 92869
Phone: (714) 973-6835
– Web: www.ocparks.com/irvinepark
Costs: $5 per person for
all over the age of 3
Activities
will include:
- Gluten
free / casein free BBQ with chicken and beef burgers with buns.
Other snacks, drinks, sides will also be provided.
- Bubbles
- Two
train bouncers
- Face
painting
- Traditional
games
- Play
with your TACA friends!
Additional
activities include (for an additional fee):
- Train
rides for an additional $2 per person
- Zoo
$1 per person
- Pony
Rides $3 per person
HOW TO RSVP? Check the www.tacanow.org web site main page for details!
10.
Upcoming Fee-based Conferences & Seminars
in Southern California
The Pfeiffer Treatment Center is offering a Free seminar - "Balancing Through Nutrients"
Learn the benefits of
Nutrient-Based therapy for chemical imbalances such as ADD/ADHD,
Autism, Behavior Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, and Schizophrenia
– JULY 7th in Tarzana
Speaker: William
Walsh, PhD, Chief Scientist - HRI Pfeiffer
Location: CARD
(Center for Autism Related Disorders)
19019 Ventura Blvd Tarzana, CA 91356
Please RSVP (TO RECEIVE
TIMES) 630-505-0300 ext 216 or email: pss@hriptc.org
Pfeiffer Treatment Center is a nonprofit medical
facility that specializes in the research, education, and nutrient-based
treatment of chemical imbalances. Patients come to us for an
analysis of their unique chemistry and an individualized nutrient
program.
Pfeiffer will be seeing patients in Garden Grove, Aug. 2
- 4
Please call 630-505-0300
for an appointment and TIMES www.hriptc.org
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Outreach Clinic - For Children with Autism, PDD, ADD/HD,
and Behavior Disorders – sponsored by Great Plains Labs.
Clinic
coming to El
Segundo - July 10-11, 2004.
Hosted by Great Plains Labs & Dr Kurt Woeller.
Please
contact Kris Davis for scheduling of appointments at: (909) 454-5747
or (859) 384-6554. Please email Kris at krisyd@juno.com if
you have any further questions.
Location: Residence
Inn – 2135 El Segundo Blvd El Segundo 90245, Hotel info phone
(310) 333-0888
Great
Plains Laboratory will be having an Autism Outreach Clinic in
El Segundo on July 10-11, 2004.
Dr.
Kurt Woeller (DAN! Physician) will be seeing patients on both
Saturday and Sunday from 8:30-6:45 pm.
NOTE:
Special lab pricing and consultation available. Please call :
(909) 454-5747 or (859) 384-6554 for more info.
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LA FEAT Meeting - Scott Cross from the Lovaas Institute will
be presenting an overview of research
related to Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), as well as a description of current ABA methodology. There
will be a question and answer period on ABA Programs & obtaining
services for an autistic child.
July 12 Manhattan Beach, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
First Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 1100 N. Poinsettia
Ave
1-866-4LAFEAT
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CareGiver(TM)
Seminar for Families - Positive Behavioral Supports, Stress
Management with Brain Gym(R), Client Rights, Health & Safety
issues, what can we expect from the Developmental Services System
and more! - Jul 13, 14, 16, 17 Rancho Cucamonga
5:30 - 9:30pm
FREE
to IRC families
The MENTOR Network - Greg Nicholson 909-737-8318 Greg4EduK1@aol.com
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Autism/Asperger's 2004
CEUs for ASHA & APA - Tony Attwood, Ph.D. offers
the second in his Asperger's Workshop series, going in-depth
on "Behavior & Anger Management, Challenges of Adolescence,
Pre-Teen & Teens, and New Perspectives on Turning Special
Interests into Positives."
8 am - 4:30 pm
July 31 - San Bernardino
Prof.$135
(group rate Prof $115- Student/Family Member $110 (Fam. group
rate $95) Person w/ ASD $75
Please
see web site for up-dates.
Future
Horizons 800-489-0727 www.FutureHorizons-autism.com and email: info@FutureHorizons-autism.com
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REED MARTIN, JD will be in Southern California for a two-day symposium
Friday and Saturday, August 20-21,
2004
The Claremont Inn Hotel and Conference Center, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA (Ontario/Pomona area at Indian Hill and Foothill Blvd.)
Reed Martin is an attorney with over 34 years experience in special
education law and recognized as one of the nation's leading experts
on eligibility, services and procedural safeguards in IDEA, 504,
ADA, FERPA, No Child Left Behind and more. Parents
and professionals who live, work with, or advocate for young
people of all ages who learn and behave differently, including
those with Autism, Learning Disabilities, ADHD, emotional problems
or other health impairments, are invited to take this opportunity
to meet legal expert REED MARTIN and get answers to your questions
on laws, advocacy and accommodations using No Child Left Behind,
the IDEA, Section 504 and the ADA to Help children with
disabilities get a free, appropriate public education, graduate
from school and successfully transition from school to adult
society. Saturday only, you can register your teen or young adult for a concurrent, FULL DAY WORKSHOP for transition
age youth, (14-24 years) (Participants must have ability
level and interests to participate independently in a full-day
program)
For more info: Pomona Valley Learning Disabilities Association
PO Box 1114, Claremont, CA. 91711, (909)
621-1494, PVLDA@aol.com
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Soma and Tito Mukhopadhyay
and the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)
Save
the Dates! Sept 18 and Oct 14-16 Full-day conference featuring
Soma and Tito Mukhopadhyay and the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)
will take place on Sept 18 in San Diego (open to all). Individual
RPM workshop sessions with Soma will still take place Oct 14
- 16 with the possibility for a limited number of participants
and observers.
These events are sponsored by The San Diego Chapter of the ASA, and HALO. More
information and details will be posted by the end of Jun.
Sept 18, San Diego
Chantal Sicile-Kira csicilek@pacbell.net Susan
Segal Wood seglfoto@napanet.net 707-255-3686
still take
place Oct 14 - 16 with the possibility for a limited number
of participants and observers.
These events are sponsored by The San Diego Chapter of the ASA, and HALO. More
information and details will be posted by the end of Jun.
Sep 18 San Diego Chantal Sicile-Kira csicilek@pacbell.net Susan
SegalWood seglfoto@napanet.net 707-255-3686
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DAN! (Defeat Autism NOW!) CONFERENCE UPDATE:
Fall
DAN! Los Angeles, CA - October 1-3
The DAN! Autism
Is Treatable Conference - Internationally recognized expert speakers
offering physician and nurse training, Parent panels. Westin
Hotel. www.danconference.com
NOTE: TACA will
have a booth at the DAN! Conference – we will see you there!
11. Personal Note
TACA is getting ready to prepare and request SPEAKER SURVEYS for 2005 preparation
planning. These survey forms will be available via the Internet
and at your local TACA meeting. These forms are extremely important
as we create and deliver topics that are relevant to the needs
of the group.
If you have any questions or suggestions for TOPICS for the TACA meetings –
contact us . We all hope you are having
a wonderful summer with your family!
Hugs, thanks, and be SAFE,
Lisa
A Jeff's mom
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