Sharon Leon
NFAR Mom's Group - November
- 27 October 2019
- Mom's Group
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AUTISM MOM'S GROUP
November Meeting
November 20, 2019
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
**Filippi's Pizza Grotto
5353 Kearny Villa Rd
San Diego, CA 92123
Directions
Dinner: Pizza, Salad.
Dinner is provided
These meetings are for Moms to come together in a fun and relaxed setting. The group will meet the 3rd Wednesday of the month for dinner and guest speakers. It's an opportunity to share resources, experiences and enjoy being with other moms of individuals with autism.
November Topic: “The Comfort Cub - Weighted Support, and the Amazing Comfort it Provides"
Come learn more about the Comfort Cub, what it is and how it can be used to support your child. Interested Moms will be given a cub to take home!
"Hi! I am a therapeutic teddy bear called The Comfort Cub. A mom who wanted to share a little extra love and comfort invented me to be a hug that could last forever! My special weight helps you feel better when you hold me. Someone who cares about you has given me to you. We hope that in some small way I will bring a little bit of comfort to your arms."
Guest Speaker: Marcella Johnson, Inventor and Founder of The Comfort Cub
The Comfort Cub was created by President and Founder Marcella Johnson. Originally, the Comfort Cub was developed to provide comfort to those in grief but is being researched by Stanford University for the comfort this special weight brings to others, including those with autism spectrum disorders.
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NFAR Educational Workshop on Resources and Strategies for High School and Beyond
- 20 October 2019
- Workshops
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The Workshop is open to educators, families and professionals interested in learning more about the resources, tools, and interventions that can used for high-school and transition age youth to support peer-relations/social skills, reading comprehension, transition planning, and behavior.
The Workshop is free, but please register.
NFAR Mom's Group - October
- 30 September 2019
- Mom's Group
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AUTISM MOM'S GROUP
October Meeting
October 16, 2019
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
**Filippi's Pizza Grotto
5353 Kearny Villa Rd
San Diego, CA 92123
Directions
Dinner: Pizza, Salad.
Dinner is provided
These meetings are for Moms to come together in a fun and relaxed setting. The group will meet the 3rd Wednesday of the month for dinner and guest speakers. It's an opportunity to share resources, experiences and enjoy being with other moms of individuals with autism.
October Topic: "Effective Communication - Changing Your Trajectory One Keystroke at a Time"
How finding the right "type" of communication can change your world.
Guest Speaker: Otto Lana
Otto Lana is now fifteen years old. He lost his ability to speak at age two and was diagnosed with Autism at two and a half. By age six intellectual disability was added to the list. At seven he was no longer on a diploma bound academic track and landed in a life skills program. No one wanted to teach him the alphabet or numbers. No one wanted to discuss world events beyond the weather and the days of the week in circle time. History was confined to a "first this / then that" choice board and a visual schedule of daily events. This was his life because an IEP team in 2011 decided he did not have the capacity to learn. They decided he had no receptive language therefore anything other than a laminated card with a drawing, an icon representing an action or item, was beyond his reach, beyond his intellectual capacity. The list of diagnoses continued to grow and by the time he was twelve included Anxiety, Apraxia, and Seizure Disorder. But this list no longer defines his future, it simply assigns codes for medical billing purposes.
In 2014 Otto met Darlene Hanson SLP and his life changed. He, for the first time, had access to a mode of effective communication. Darlene taught Otto how to type. Now Otto is a freshman in high school. He can tell you the rest on October 16th!
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