Language and Attention Project

The Waisman Center needs your help!

We're trying to reach families of 8-11 year olds who have high functioning autism to see if they'll come to the Waisman Center for two visits lasting about two hours each. We're investigating the connection between language skills and executive functions so the kids will be asked to complete book-based tests of reasoning and language as well as computer-based tasks of attention, memory and impulse control.We offer breaks and small prizes to make the visits more fun as well as $150 for completing both visits.

For more information contact:

Heidi Sindberg, M.S., CCC-SLP
Language and Attention Project
(608) 263-3123
hasindbe@wisc.edu

Employment Strategies for Youth with ASD/DD

Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorder and

Other Developmental Disabilities (CoP ASD/DD) 

Discovering Work:  Employment Strategies for Youth with ASD/DD

      Tuesday, November 5, 2013
8:00am-3:30pm
{Registration and light breakfast buffet at 8:00.  Meeting begins at 8:35}

Fox Valley Technical College - Appleton Campus
1825 N. Bluemound Drive

Appleton, WI 54912-2277
Room E130 (off the Commons)
http://www.fvtc.edu/public/content.aspx?ID=1706&PID=1

Lunch will be provided.
Due to the generosity of our sponsors this will be a free event.

 for information and registration:
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/connections/future_meetings.php

Waisman Center Day with the Experts: Autism, 1/26/13

SAVE THE DATE:  Waisman Center Day with the Experts: Autism

To download a flyer about this event, go to www.waisman.wisc.edu/~palumbo/AutismDWE13.pdf
Hosted by the Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin and the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sponsored by the Friends of the Waisman Center

Waisman Center Day with the Experts: Autism Participants will learn about the latest advances in autism research, and will hear firsthand from a panel of experts-individual(s) diagnosed with ASD and their families.

Saturday, January 26, 2013
9:00 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
(Complimentary coffee & bagels at 8:30 a.m.) Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium
1500 Highland Avenue, Madison WI 53705

*9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.    Welcome and Introduction to the Waisman Center
Marsha Mailick, PhD, Director, Waisman Center

*9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.   Psychiatric Comorbidity in Children, Adolescents, and
Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Janet Lainhart, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry Depression, anxiety, inattention, and other neuropsychiatric conditions occur commonly in children, adolescents, and adults with autism. These conditions add substantial burden to affected individuals and their families and are challenging for researchers and clinicians. The conditions make it difficult for parents, schools, community service providers, and clinicians to improve the lives and outcomes of affected individuals. Lack of understanding of these conditions in ASD may also be a barrier to more complete elucidation of the causes of autism. This talk will address neuropsychiatric comorbidity: what it is, why it is frequent in individuals with ASD, how it can be treated, and the difference treatment can make.

* 10:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Update on Prevalence Trends and Risk Factors for Autism
Spectrum Disorder
Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPH, Professor, Departments of Population Health Sciences & Pediatrics This talk will provide an update on trends in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders.  Associations between autism and risk factors such as pregnancy complications, parental age, birth order, gene mutations, socioeconomic status and co-occurring disabilities will also be described. Local, national and international trends based on the most recent data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network and other sources will also be presented.

*11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.  What is the Autism Society?
Susannah Peterson, Executive Director, Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin

*11:15 p.m.-12:00 noon  LUNCH-Optional, $5 box lunches (Cousins Subs) available
for purchase. Gluten free options available.

*12:00 noon-12:45 p.m.  Community Support to People with Autism and Challenging
Behaviors
Paul White, MA, Director, Community TIES, Waisman Center The Waisman Center Community TIES program has provided outreach behavioral support to persons with psychological, behavioral and emotional challenges for more than 26 years. This presentation will offer an overview of practical strategies for families and their community support teams to consider in providing such support to people with autism.

*12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.   PANEL DISCUSSION-A panel of experts that includes
individuals with ASD and family members.

Capacity is limited, please pre-register to attend the event at the Waisman Center.

To register go to: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/events/experts/

For additional details call (608) 263-5837 or email to palumbo@waisman.wisc.edu