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Autism Movement Therapy Workshops
Chicago March 13 & 14th
 
Joanne Lara MA Special Education, BA Dance
 
Register on-line at
www.autismmovementtherapy.com
please note two different locations
 
When:  Saturday March 13th, 2010
Where: Hubbard Street Dance Center
Lou Conte Dance Studio (Studio D)
1147 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 850-9766    1-4pm $150
 
When: Sunday March 14th, 2010
Where: Dance Center Evanston
1934 Dempster Street
Evanston, IL 60202
(847) 328-6683   10-4pm $165

 

Participants receive an Autism Movement Therapy Handbook & an aut-erobics DVD Designed for parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, caregivers, dancers, professionals & individuals on ASD spectrum to develop skills and strategies for instruction of Autism Movement Therapy. Movement & music, connecting left & right hemispheres of the brain for a "whole brain" cognitive re-mapping approach to increase on-task activity, social skills & speech & language skills is explored through sequencing and patterning techniques. Workshop consists of short PowerPoint lecture, a 45 minute class followed by an  activities & strategies practicum.

Enrollment limited; all levels welcome; advance enrollment required. 

www.autismmovementtherapy.com to register on-line or call 323.240.0361

 "Joanne Lara gives the gift of her artful knowledge to children with autism, helping them to fulfill their wholeness and their potential. " - Martha R. Herbert, Ph.D., M.D. TRANSCEND Research Program, Professor Harvard Medical School

 Joanne Lara, MA founder Autism Movement Therapy, aut-erobics DVD, adjunct faculty National University featured on: Foxnews.com, abc 7 News, KCSN 88.5 FM, LA Shrink Wrap, Health Net Radio, Autism One Radio, KBUL 970AM Tommy B Show, WVNJ Sam Greenfield Show, For the People w/Chuck Harder, CRN Digital Talk Radio: The George Putnam Show, Denver Post, UPI.com & Forbes


Saturday, May 1, 2010


AHA's Spring Conference

at Adelphi University

8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.


Issues in Independent Living for Adolescents and Adults

on the Autism Spectrum

Sponsored by:

AHA /Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association,
Adelphi University Ammon School of Education,
The Bank Street College of Education,
The Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
at Stony Brook University,

Compass Project,
The Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders,
GRASP, the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership

When:     Saturday, May 1, 2010
Where:    Adelphi University
                Garden City, NY
                Ruth S. Harley University Center

For further information:
conference@ahany.org
888.918.9198


CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Keynote Speaker:
John Elder Robison

Best-selling Author of Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's



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