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The  importance of good social skills cannot be underestimated!


As  many as 90% of students with autism spectrum disorders report being  bullied in school, often with disastrous outcomes long after the  event itself. According to a recent study, students who were bullied  were more likely to attempt suicide than those who were not bullied.  And the bullies don't fare well in the long run either. They, too,  are more likely to attempt suicide than peers. The keys to stop  the cycle of bullying include recognizing bullying, bully-proofing  strategies, and social skills and social understanding.


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The  Social Times <http://www.asperger.net/social_times/> is a new innovative magazine edited by Kari  Dunn Buron that offers powerful tools to foster and enhance social  skills and social understanding.


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Even  a cursory glance at this well-researched publication shows a profound  knowledge of what makes students with social cognitive deficits  click and how to relate to them. From their visual learning style  to their fascination with facts and trivia, it's all here-in addition  to discussions of topics they can all relate to-friendships, anxiety,  feelings, explosive behavior, knowing what to say when, etc.


Each  issue offers critical information all the while making lessons entertaining  and directly applicable to the lives and concerns of today's students.


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Autism,  Vaccines and the CDC: The Wrong Side of  History

Liability for Exercising Personal Belief  Exemptions from Vaccination

PUBLIC HEALTH
Much High  Fructose Corn Syrup Contaminated With Mercury

Mercury  Study Outdated; Based on Discontinued Technology

TREATMENT
Message Therapy  for Autism

ADVOCACY
Autism Groups  Protest Federal Autism Committee's Deceitful Reversal on  Vaccine-Autism Research

EVENTS
Pope Invoke’s God’s  Blessings on Autism Community for Autism Sunday

'All  Ages and Abilities' - Anaheim Autism/ Asperger  Conference

2009 Regional Autism and Asperger Conference  in New Jersey

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Autism, Vaccines and the CDC:
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       By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby on  huffingtonpost.com.  is.gd/hsVn <http://is.gd/hsVn>

       Even as the evidence connecting America's autism epidemic to  vaccines mounts, dead-enders at the Centers for Disease Control  (CDC) -- many of whom promoted the current vaccine schedule and  others with strong ties to the vaccine industry -- are trying to  delay the day of reckoning by creating questionable studies designed  to discredit any potential vaccine-autism link and by derailing  authentic studies.
      On January 12,  a cadre of mid-level health bureaucrats left over from the Bush  administration ignored Federal requirements for advance notice in  order to vote to quietly strip vaccine research studies from funding  allocated by Congress in the Combating Autism Act (CAA) of 2006.  Members of Congress had said that this money should be used to study  the vaccine-autism connection.
       These rogue bureaucrats -- members of the Interagency Autism  Coordinating Committee -- held an unannounced vote to remove  previously approved vaccine studies from funding under the CAA.  Nearly all of the "Federal" members of the panel voted to remove the  two studies, whose estimated cost was $16 million - or 1.6% of the  billion dollars authorized by Congress for autism. The panel's  civilian members, in contrast, voted nearly unanimously to retain  the funding.
      IACC's action to halt  vaccine-autism research flies in the face of congressional intent.  The bill's authors clearly stated that vaccine research should be  funded. Even the esteemed Institute of Medicine has condemned CDC's  methods. In 2005, an IOM panel condemned CDC for its "lack of  transparency" in vaccine-autism  research.
      The bureaucrats  responsible for this scandal are on the wrong side of history and  it's hard to not attribute an obstructionist motive to their act  since vaccine-autism research has already entered the realm of  mainstream science. Serious scientists (except those tied to the  vaccine industry) no longer debate whether vaccine-autism research  should be done, but rather how it should be done, and by  whom.
      And Congress concurs: "I  want to be clear that ... no research avenue should be eliminated,  including biomedical research examining potential links between  vaccines, vaccine components, and autism,pronounced Sen. Mike Enzi  (R-WY), Chairman of the H.E.L.P. Committee at the bill's passage.  Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) said the bill should fund "environmental  research examining potential links between vaccines, vaccine  components and autism. And last week, Dodd called the potentially  illegal maneuver to shut down vaccine research, "contrary to the  spirit of the bill."
      These days,  being opposed to vaccine-autism research puts one outside of the  "mainstream" (and let's be clear, supporting such research in no way  makes one "anti-vaccine" -- that charge is a tired, diversionary  charade -- an ugly lie perpetrated by vaccine industry allies and  their blind supporters.) Recognizing this fact, the vaccine industry  and its CDC allies have continued to fund a series of deceptive and  badly flawed studies designed to dispute the connection between  vaccines and the epidemic of pediatric neurological disorders. The  latest of these is the controversial Italian study released this  week intended to allow Thimerosal's defenders to argue that the  preservative is safe.  

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Study Adds To  Evidence of Safety of Mercury And Vaccines

Chromosome  15 Region Linked With Common Form of Epilepsy

PEOPLE
Autistic Hacks US  Military Defense Systems, Won't Be Extradited

Giving  Their All, Twice Family Adjusts To Life With Two Autistic  Daughters

Georgia Family Sells Everything on eBay To  Support Special Needs Kids

ADVOCACY
Autism United  Coalition Meeting for NY Agenda

RESOURCES
Easter Seals to  Offer Dog Therapy

Stimulant Drug Helps Mothers With  ADHD

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       By Carla  K. Johnson for heraldnet.com. Associated Press tiny.pl/vdbh <http://tiny.pl/vdbh>

       A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a  mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn't hurt  children, offering more reassurance to  parents.
      In the early 1990s,  thousands of healthy Italian babies in a study of whooping cough  vaccines got two different amounts of the preservative thimerosal  from all their routine shots.
      Ten  years later, 1,403 of those children took a battery of brain  function tests. Researchers found small differences in only two of  24 measurements and those "might be attributable to chance," they  wrote in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics, which was  being released Monday.
      Only one  case of autism was found, and that was in the group that got the  lower level of thimerosal.
      Autism  is a complex disorder featuring repetitive behaviors and poor social  interaction and communication skills. Scientists generally believe  genetics plays a role in causing the disorder; a theory that  thimerosal is to blame has been repeatedly discounted in scientific  studies.
      "Put together with the  evidence of all the other studies, this tells us there is no reason  to worry about the effect of thimerosal in vaccines," said the new  study's lead author, Dr. Alberto Tozzi of Bambino Gesu Hospital in  Rome.
      The debate over thimerosal  and autism has been much stronger in the United States than in  Italy, Tozzi said. But the researchers recognized a chance to  examine the issue by going back to the children who had taken part  in the 1990s whooping cough  research.
      Randomization sets the  new study apart. The random assignment of children rules out the  chance that factors other than thimerosal, such as education or  poverty, caused the results.
       Thimerosal, used in some vaccines to prevent the growth of bacteria  and fungus, hasn't been in U.S. childhood vaccines since 2001,  except for certain flu shots. Italy and other European nations began  removing it in 1999. U.S. health officials recommended the removal  of thimerosal as a precaution and to reduce the overall exposure of  children to mercury.
      Safety  regulations still require multidose vials of vaccines to contain  some type of preservative to prevent the spread of infection from  contaminated vials.
      The study,  funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drew  praise from outside experts.
      "It's  yet another well done, peer-reviewed research study that has  demonstrated there is no risk of any neurodevelopmental outcomes  associated with thimerosal in vaccines," said epidemiologist  Jennifer Pinto-Martin of the University of  Pennsylvania.
      "This becomes the  fourth study to look for subtle signs of mercury toxicity and show  the answer was 'no,"' said Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious  diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the author of a  book on autism research and the co-inventor of a rotavirus  vaccine.
      Tozzi said comparing  children with no exposure to thimerosal could have improved the  study. "However, if thimerosal were a cause of harm, it is  l

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Empowering Parents to Take On the Special Education System
New Book Helps Parents of Kids with Special Needs Build Positive Relationships with Schools

“In May, a story was disseminated widely in the media of a kindergarten student in Florida who was having difficulty in his class related to his disability—Asperger’s Syndrome,” writes Matthew Cohen in the preface to his book, A Guide to Special Education Advocacy: What Parents, Clinicians and Advocates Need to Know. “According to the media reports, the kindergarten teacher had invited the other students in the (regular education) kindergarten class to express their feelings about the student in front of him and then had the students vote as to whether they wanted him to remain in the class, a vote that, tragically, was for the child to be excluded from the class.”
While this story seems extreme, and may not completely reflect what transpired, it highlights the struggles of many children with disabilities—with stigma, with exclusion, with scapegoating and hostility from other students, and with insensitivity and intolerance from staff. Disability law can be complex and intimidating, so how can concerned parents use it to ensure their child with a disability receives the appropriate education to which they are legally entitled?   
A Guide to Special Education Advocacy [February 2009, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 304 pages, hardback, 978-1-84310-893-1, $28.95] gives strategies for advocating for better provision of special education in schools. Despite the many services and accommodations that have been made for students with disabilities, such as the use of Braille or providing specialized education in a regular or special classroom, many children with disabilities do not get the services they need and are not placed in appropriate programs or settings. Because of this, the perception of disability often remains unchanged.
Cohen’s insightful manual gives a practical vision of how a parent or a professional can become an advocate to achieve a more inclusive and rewarding education for the child with a disability. “As an attorney and as a parent still traveling through the system, I recognize that there are many excellent educators of good will,” writes Cohen. “But I also recognize that the system is enormously stressful, frustrating, and overwhelming for many parents. This book is my effort to assist parents so that the process is more manageable and their efforts to make a positive difference in their child’s educational experience can be as effective as possible.”
This book provides parents, people with disabilities, professionals and clinicians thinking about special education advocacy with an overview of current disability law and how it works, identifying practical ways for building positive and effective relationships with schools. Writes Cohen, “However the law changes, much of the practical information and strategies discussed here will remain relevant. The empowerment of parents to act on behalf of their individual children will hopefully translate into broader advocacy in support of systemic improvement in special education, both locally and nationally.”

Matthew Cohen is Adjunct Professor at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, where he teaches Mental Health Law. He is a partner at Monahan and Cohen Law Firm in Chicago, Illinois and has extensive experience of working one-on-one with children and their families who have been let down by current special education policies.
 

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New National  Children's Study Seeks Environmental Causes of Autism, Asthma,  ADHD

Key Developmental Mechanisms of The Amygdale  Uncovered
  
Police Check Possible Threats to UC  Davis Researchers

Autism-Mitochondrial Study:  Participants Needed

PUBLIC HEALTH
Olmsted on  Autism: Autism Explosion Followed Big Change in MMR Shot  

SSI Recipient Counts For 2002 –  2006

Long-Running MMR Case Resumed  Monday

Confidential MMR Vaccine Files Should Be Opened  In The Public Interest
Watchdog rules

TREATMENT
Chiropractor  forms American Chiropractic Autism Board

PEOPLE
Caretaker Accused  of Sexually Abusing Autistic Child

ADVOCACY
Start the New  Year with New Knowledge

EVENTS
Autism Awareness  March: “Open Your Eyes To Autism"

MEDIA
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New National Children's Study Seeks  Environmental Causes of Autism, Asthma,  ADHD

      From US News and  World Report. tiny.pl/vm4n <http://tiny.pl/vm4n>

       Starting this week, pregnant women in Duplin County, N.C., and  Queens, N.Y., will be getting letters and phone calls asking them to  be part of the National Children's Study. This first-ever effort, 10  years in the making, will follow thousands of children from the womb  to age 20, with the goal of finding the causes of major health  problems like asthma, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity  disorder, low birth weight, birth defects, and premature birth. In  the months and years to come, 103 more areas of the country will be  included in this first large-scale, long-term study to investigate  environmental factors like pollution and pesticides as possible  causes.
      "We'll be able to amass  information on the environmental causes of these diseases within  three to five years," says Philip Landrigan, a principal  investigator for the study, based at the Mount Sinai School of  Medicine in New York. He pioneered research on the health effects of  air pollution on children, proving in the 1970s that children could  suffer IQ loss and other serious damage from exposure to low levels  of lead previously thought safe.
       Environmental factors clearly play a role in asthma and are  suspected in autism. This month, researchers at the University of  California-Davis reported in Epidemiology that autism rates in  California have increased from 6.2 of every 10,000 children born in  1990 to 42.5 in 2001, an increase that couldn't be explained by  better diagnosis or by migration. In the past few years, scientists  have focused largely on finding genetic causes of autism, but genes  don't change that much in 11 years. The National Children's Study  could finally shed some

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The American’s With Disabilities Act:  
Changes in the Statute and Regulations

March 5th 2009, 9:00-12:30  
The Dana Conference Center, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus
 

The New Disability: Determining Disability & Accommodations Under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Registration begins at 8:45 A.M. the workshop is from 9:00-12:15 P.M.  SHRM & CRC CEU’s pending

Pending ADA Regulations: Preparing for Change in 2009
Registration begins at 1:30; the session is from 1:45 – 5:00 P.M.  CRC and AIA CEU’s pending

Affordable Local Training on Critical Issues – Sponsored by The University of Toledo & The Ohio State University
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The New Disability: Determining Disability & Accommodations Under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
On January first 2009 the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) became effective as Public Law 110-335. The primary focus of the statute is to clarify the definition of disability in the ADA, extending its protections to more individuals. This workshop will provide an overview of the ADA as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 with an emphasis on changes that will effect policy and decision making surrounding the accommodation process.
 
A brief history provides a context for understanding the changes to the definition of disability. Building on this foundation a review of the court decisions that congress explicitly rejected and endorsed during passage of the ADAAA will identify how policy and practice can be brought into line with the new statutory requirements.
 
The interactive approach allows frequent opportunities for reflection and questions emphasizing the principles and process that can guide accommodation decision making.
·         How did we get here?
·         What has the new law changed?
·         How to determine who is covered by the ADA as amended?
·         Will the accommodation process change?
·         Fundamental Alteration, Essential Functions, and Technical Standards
 
 
Pending ADA Regulations: Preparing for Change in 2009
In June 2008 the Department of Justice proposed the first significant changes to its ADA regulations for title II and title III (including the Standards for Accessible Design).   The final regulations will have a have a far reaching impact on construction, high stakes testing, service animal policies, program access and effective communication.  The “final rule” is currently pending at the Office of Management and Budget.  It is likely that they will be held for review by the incoming administration before become final later this year.  2009.   
 
This session will provide an overview of the full scope of regulatory proposals by the Department of Justice with an emphasis on changes to the construction standards that have been referred to as “the new ADAAG”  
•         When will the new regulations be finalized?
•         How will the new construction design standards change?
•         What are the other changes on the table?
 
Date:               March 5, 2009
 
Location:        The Dana Conference Center
The University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus
3110 Glendale Ave.
Toledo, Ohio 43614

Facilitator:
L. Scott Lissner has served as the ADA Coordinator for The Ohio State University since 2000 where he is an Associate of the John Glenn School of Public Policy and serves as an adjunct instructor for the Moritz College of Law, the Knowlton School of Architecture and Disability Studies. His teaching informs and energizes his role as the university’s compliance officer and as a clearing house for disability related policy and initiatives. An active member and officer in professional associations he has served on the Board of Directors for ADA-OHIO and the Association on Higher Education And Disability and The Editorial Boards for Thompson’s 504 Compliance Manual and the Journal of Postsecondary Education & Disability; and on the Ohio Secretary of State’s ADA Advisory Board, the Columbus Advisory Committee on Disability and as a liaison to the Ohio Governor's Council On People with Disability. Lissner publishes, presents, and consults frequently on disability issues. Recent publications include “Universal Design in the Institutional Setting: Weaving a Philosophy into Campus Planning” in Universal Design: From Accessibility to Zoning (J. Cowley-Evans & J. Nasser (Eds.) and “From Legal Principle to Informed Practice” with J. E. Jarrow.

 
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Session 1 -  The New Disability: Determining Disability & Accommodations Under the ADA Amendments Act
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Session 2 - Pending ADA Regulations: Preparing for Change in 2009
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Office of the Provost
The Ohio State University

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Ninth Annual  Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability:
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 Dear Friend  Advocate    As the number of children with special educational needs increases, the number of knowledgeable attorneys who can represent these children isn't keeping pace.
 

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As President Barack Obama takes office today, he will issue a call for personal responsibility and service to others. "Let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other." Full text of 11/4/08 speech. <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102417630155=001rCtBl-Yl_inVaj5wFGwJz_R2RBwQBqJPqD5QUGFMYxe3gbRPVynPidWTjoVTzzVyTLopdzMZZN-CdIq6iPucuTV68nwFSjNIhoiPmh64hNOyhWbTqBMs1QdrTbGFtHyFzTyn_TdIVCYipT7QUHR72w==> On January 20, 1961, Pete and Pam attended President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. We were 15 years old, and didn't know each other at the time. During the night, a foot of snow fell on the city. Winds blew the snow into chest-high drifts. In the bitter cold, we listened and were inspired by President Kennedy's call for change and service to others: "We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning -- signifying renewal, as well as change ... And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." Full text of speech
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 Our parents had strong work ethics and high expectations. They advised that we should live and take action  "to leave the world a better place." President Kennedy's words echoed the lessons learned from our parents.
 
 In August 1963, we attended the March on Washington. We were 18 years old (and did not know each other). We joined masses of people who marched down the Mall to the Lincoln Memorial where we heard Dr. Martin Luther King give his "I Have a Dream" speech.
 
 We are  grateful for MLK, for Obama, for the power of a single individual, and for the reality of hope. For those whose memories of Dr. King are faint,  you may want to view this touching tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.  <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102417630155=001rCtBl-Yl_imzIsugjh-xkcrVS0Ax2taGIPkY6DYIEIalnwxez3ynt115ZZIQRbuBnaYvnwv-8zJUikg3RtoMkW6gtRZ8igSS_-RPNFwlZy63__WR4Kq83rqbb0xhSxNBbtLg6H3PDz-Taw335yPFBg==> We were glad to see it, to be reminded of what people are capable of when they are at their best.

 We dedicated our lives to helping children and their families. In so doing, we learned that service to others has enormous rewards.
 

Recently, the William and Mary Law School <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102417630155=001rCtBl-Yl_imvKkd0TT8ZQTjM2X8GdGWgZ67U52EdpEEpQZc2MT6_yMZUYdLcwHH3o_iRRVCr3Mv6CLWxF7FSqUn-LDFzcEwuNK17wS5Q45k=>  offered us a unique opportunity to serve. The Law School asked us to help establish the PELE Special Education Advocacy Legal Clinic. We also teach Special Education Law and Advocacy as Adjunct Professors of Law. What a remarkable opportunity!  
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• Provide direct legal representation and effective advocacy at IEP meetings, mediation, and due process;

• Ensure that children obtain timely educational evaluations;

• Secure appropriate special education services and supports;

• Empower parents by offering resources, training and support.

Some Clinics focus on special education law. Some combine special education and children's health care issues. Others offer assistance with domestic violence, school discipline problems, and juvenile delinquency matters. If your family needs legal advice or assistance, contact the law schools in your state. At least one law school may have a Special Education Law or Children's Advocacy Clinic - and people who are ready to help.
 

(Note: Virginia has clinics at the University of Virginia, the University of Richmond, and the College of William and Mary)  
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Help kick-off William and Mary's new PELE Program!
 

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Co-sponsored by the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia, and the Peninsula Autism              Society.

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 Please pass information about  this conference on to your colleagues, friends and clients who may be interested in attending. If you are interested in volunteering for PELE, you may contact Jeffrey Breit at jbreit@... or Patty Roberts at William & Mary at perobe@....

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"Ask What YOU Can Do For Your Country" - Service to Others

President Obama is asking Americans for more than one day of service. He  asks all of us to make an ongoing commitment to service as part of our lives.
 
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• Pet First Aid Training (Education)

• Blood Drive

• Help the SPCA (Civic & Community)

• Understanding Your Investments Class (Day of Service)

• Weekend Food Drives; Extinguish Hunger Food Drive

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• We the People (brainstorm about how to help our community)
  

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From: Sandy Nekoloff [mailto:snekoloff@...]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 3:18 PM
To: 'Cooper, Brandi D. (Granville Exempted Village Schools)'; ebell@...; Brian Neal; 'Martha Lause'; Bohman, Ann; rtaylor@...; Vargo, Jennifer
Subject: Re: Parent Forum on High School Credits


  Jennifer:
 
 I have sent this out to not only the South-Western City School District PTAs but also our PTA presidents in the Central Ohio area for some variety.  Please let me know how many from each school district you would like so we don't overload you with one district over another.  
 
 If you would like me to share this with my communication director colleagues, I would be happy to do so.  Sandy
  Sandy Nekoloff, President
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 Subject: Parent Forum on High School Credits
 To: "'Sandy Nekoloff'" <snekoloff@...>, "'Cooper, Brandi D. (Granville Exempted Village Schools)'" <bcooper@...>, "ebell@..." <ebell@...>, "Brian Neal" <Brian.Neal@...>, "'Martha Lause'" <ocecd@...>, "Bohman, Ann" <Ann.Bohman@...>, "rtaylor@..." <rtaylor@...>
 Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 11:07 AM   Dear Parent leaders and educators: The Ohio Department of Education is holding a parent forum to gather parents input on alternative means for students to earn high school credit. ODE will use this information to shape their high school credit policy.  We would like to invite 30 parents from Columbus and the surrounding area to attend the forum which will be held on January 29, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Westerville Public Library in Columbus , Ohio . Please send this invitation out to parents in your district or parent group?  This is an important policy that parents have an opportunity to influence. I greatly appreciate your help in recruiting parents to participate in this forum. Please call me with any questions or concerns. This forum is open to all Ohio parents with children in the public school system.   Best, Jennifer Jennifer Vargo Family and Community Engagement Coordinator Ohio Department of Education desk: (614) 995-0231 fax:    (614) 995-3357
 PLEASE NOTE: This message and any response to it may constitute a public record, and therefore may be available upon request in accordance with Ohio public records law. (ORC 149.43) The Ohio Department of Education values your feedback as a customer. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey regarding the quality of service you received from our staff. Thank you in advance. http://www.ode.state.oh.us/cust_service_survey
  




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Autism  Screening Tops Obama's Medical To-Do List

RESEARCH
Four Dimensional  Mapping of Brain's Coordination

TREATMENT
Books, Games,  Has Kids Singing To A Different ‘Toon

PEOPLE
Autistic hackers  can be extradited, says UK

RESOURCES
TACA Receives  $300,000 Grant From Pacific Life Foundation

COMMENTARY
If the First  Child Had Autism

The Great Denial of Vaccine Risks  & Freedom

LETTERS
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Understanding Children Who Face Challenges with Self-Control

Some children just can't seem to "get it together." They have trouble gathering materials to start an assignment, finding their clothes to get dressed in the morning, and deciding which task to do first. They are often frustrated — and frustrating to others. And this can cause them to "melt down" or "lose it."

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NEAT web site

Thought maybe some families could use this.  Trudy
___________________________________________
From:   Susnik, Jackie
Sent:   Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:31 PM
To:     Mentzer, Trudy
Subject:   FW: NEAT web site

I just had to share this web site for addressing social skills:
http://www.sandbox-learning.com

They sell personalized stories that address social skills.  With
respect to personalizing, they enable you to insert a profile that
includes a basic description of the child and details that will
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that you can view on screen or print.  They enable you to do a
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needed.

You go to log in and give them your e-mail address. They send you a
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It's very cool.

Jackie Susnik
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ISS (Instructional Systems Specialist)
Montgomery County Board of MRDD

         Real People, Real Success

Looking Forward to Success in 2009

 
  

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   January 13,  2009 ISSN: 1538-3202 Issue: 469
 Subscribers: 66,532
 In This Issue:
  Embracing Success in 2009  <#1>   What Keeps us Sane? Planning! <#2> How I Dealt with Bullying & Harassment at School <#3> Saving a Class, Saving our Children  <#4> Preparation is the Key to Success <#5> A Cool Head and a Perceptive Ear <#6>        
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