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- I'm leading a support group for parents of children with autism at Support for Families of Children with Disabilities in San Francisco, first Tuesday of each month. An opportunity to share what's in your mind and on your heart, make friends, and find a lot of information. Join us February 7th, 6:30 PM- 8:30 PM, at 1663 Mission Street, 7th floor, San Francisco. The phone number there is (415)282-7494. This support group is free, and free childcare is available for the duration of the meeting. Call 415-9205040 to reserve a spot for your child. You don't need to RSVP or register in order to join. This meeting's presentation will be:
Relationship Intervention Development (RDI) for Autism - free lecture
RDI, relationship Development Intervention, developed by Dr. Steven Gutstein (rdiconnect.com), is a parent-based intervention designed to remediate the core deficits of autism: Reciprocal social communication, episodic memory, dynamic problem solving, creative thinking and leisure/life skills abilities.
Peter Danlavey, RDI Program Certified Consultant of CATCh (Comprehensive Autism Treatment for Children, San Jose) will explain, demonstrate, and answer questions at this free presentation.
Peter offers trainings for parents. He often works with the fathers of RDI families to help them understand the process from a male perspective. He also works with adolescent and young adults on the spectrum to help them take on the responsibility for their own remediation programs.
More about Peter and his work:www.catchclinic.com
- February 11-12, 2012, Ossining, NY (45 minutes from NYC). Introductory course (which I will teach) on the HANDLE approach to Autism. While there are some similarities to the Foundations of HANDLE course, this course focuses on the unique challenges of Autism and specific techniques to address these concerns. The course will be held at Bailey Farm, 3 miles from the Ossining stop on the Hudson Line train station. Farm house lodging available, enjoy walking/cross country ski trails during the breaks. I'm likely to offer lectures in New Jersey and Silver Spring, MD in the few days preceding this workshop. For a pdf file of the flier, click here. Contact: efrish@sover.net or register online here:
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e57s8kabe685a38f&llr=awbshugab
- February 21st, 7-9 PM, Sindy Wilkinson and I will offer a free presentation at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine: Understanding root causes for your child's learning, behavior and attention difficulties and what you can do to help! More information about this and the workshop we will offer there March 17-18 can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/HANDLE-UCSF2012
- My guest speaker at the support group meeting at Support for Families on March 6 is Eric Peacock, founder and CEO of MyAutismTeam: A New Site for Parents of Children with Autism (www.myautismteam.com).
- A two-day introductory workshop on HANDLE, taught by Sindy Wilkinson and me, at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in San Francisco, March 17-18, 2012. See:
http://tinyurl.com/HANDLE-UCSF2012 for more information and to register online
- Maryland in March! HANDLE Practitioner and Instructor Elizabeth Frishkoff and I will co-teach two workshops in Maryland in March. Each one of them is a 12-hour workshop that which qualifies as HANDLE's Level I and II training. March 29-30, 2012, Silver Spring, MD. Registration will open December 1, 2011 for the Foundations and Applications of HANDLE. This course will be held at Crossings: a yoga and healing arts center, near the metro and other mass transit. Instructor: Elizabeth Frishkoff. March 31, April 1, 2012, Baltimore, MD. Registration will open December 1, 2011 for the HANDLE approach to Autism. I will be the main teacher for this one. This course will be held in downtown Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Conference Center. click here for the flier for this one. To register for either one of these contact efrish@sover.net.
- I now offer private sessions in the DC area (as well as in San Francisco and in Santa Rosa). Send me an email. Let's talk.
- For more lectures and seminars about HANDLE explore the training calendar at www.handle.org
