Children with Asperger’s syndrome have the following characteristics:
- Delayed social maturity and social reasoning.
- Difficulty making friends and often teased by other children.
- Difficulty with the communication and control of emotions.
- Unusual language abilities that include advanced vocabulary and syntax but delayed conversation skills, unusual prosody and a tendency to be pedantic.
- A fascination with a topic that is unusual in intensity or focus.
- An unusual profile of learning abilities.
- A need for assistance with some self-help and organizational skills.
- Clumsiness in terms of gait and coordination.
- Sensitivity to specific sounds, aromas, textures or touch.
What Is Asperger's Syndrome?
FUTURE SEMINAR TOPIC FOR WINTER
Creating a Connection between Homework Completion
and Future Employee Success!
"You are fired or NOT!"
$30.00 for the whole family
1.5 hour seminar
TIME & LOCATION
Brighton Chamber of Commerce- Large Conference Room
6:30-8:00 PM
(TBA)
Many young adults in high school struggle to see the relevance in following through with homework completion, utilizing a student planner and/or understanding teacher directed instructions. In this seminar we will focus on how all these skills are directly related to adult living, specifically acquiring and keeping a job. This seminar will strive to "connect" the various strategies that have been successful for many parent/students in the home setting for persons with autism.
1.5 hour seminar
TIME & LOCATION
Brighton Chamber of Commerce- Large Conference Room
6:30-8:00 PM
(TBA)
Many young adults in high school struggle to see the relevance in following through with homework completion, utilizing a student planner and/or understanding teacher directed instructions. In this seminar we will focus on how all these skills are directly related to adult living, specifically acquiring and keeping a job. This seminar will strive to "connect" the various strategies that have been successful for many parent/students in the home setting for persons with autism.
FUTURE SEMINAR TOPIC FOR WINTER
Teens, Adults with Social Communication Challenges and the Law
i.e. Facebook, stalking, threatening behaviors,
disorderly conduct etc.
$30.00 for the whole family
1.5 hour seminar
TIME & LOCATION
Brighton Chamber of Commerce- Large Conference Room
6:30-8:00 PM
(TBA)
Recognizing and gaining an understanding of the law is so very important in today’s society for young people on the autism spectrum. Learning how words and actions can be interpreted by others in society and the associated consequences is imperative for everyone's future. This seminar will help the family unit attempt to recognize their individual challenges and design goals and objectives in regards to the law.
1.5 hour seminar
TIME & LOCATION
Brighton Chamber of Commerce- Large Conference Room
6:30-8:00 PM
(TBA)
Recognizing and gaining an understanding of the law is so very important in today’s society for young people on the autism spectrum. Learning how words and actions can be interpreted by others in society and the associated consequences is imperative for everyone's future. This seminar will help the family unit attempt to recognize their individual challenges and design goals and objectives in regards to the law.
- Adults with autism living at home or on their own using Facebook - recognizing who is a minor
- Recognizing what words and actions to use in public
- What is illegal prior to age 16?
- What is illegal prior to age 18?
- Recognizing appropriate campus/college behaviors
- Stalking, staring too long, personal space