The Echo, Vol 13, Issue 1 Sept 2014

The Echo….Keeping you informed!

IN THIS ISSUE

ASCC Programs & Events Find information on upcoming programs and events in

the enclosed program and calendar pages.

See Page 2/3

Spring & Summer Donor &

Volunteer Support– Thank you!

See Pages 4-5

ASCC Camp Sunshine 2014 An overview of summer camp memories

See Page 2

Save the Date! Learn more about how you can help make the 9th Vera

Bradley Bingo event a great success!

See Page 6-7

September 2014 Volume 13, Issue 1

ASCC Parent Education Presentation Monday – September 8, 2014 at 6:30 pm

Creating Success for Your Child at School:

Establishing Positive and Effective Relationships with Your Child’s Teachers, IEP Team, and Other School Staff

Presented by : Presented by : Amy Perry, ASNC Autism Resource Specialist (see pg. 2)

Having a successful child at school requires a team effort. This presentation will focus on fostering a successful relationship with your child's teacher

and IEP team. We will discuss creating an "All About Me" sheet for your child and the benefits of regular teacher conferences and communication

logs. This presentation will also cover strategies to keep documentation and create paper trails to prevent or solve problems.

A UCLA-led study has found that the com-

munication skills of minimally verbal chil-

dren with autism can be greatly improved

through personalized interventions that are

combined with the use of computer tablets.

The three-year study examined different

approaches to improving communication abili-

ties among children with autism spectrum disor-

der (ASD) and minimal verbal skills. Approxi-

mately 30 percent of children with ASD overall

remain minimally verbal even after years of

intervention.

UCLA professor Connie Kasari, the paper's

senior author, worked with researchers at Van-

derbilt University and the Kennedy Krieger Insti-

tute. They found that children's language skills

greatly improved when spoken- and social-

communication therapy was tailored based on

their individual progress and delivered using

computer tablets.

The trial involved 61 children with ASD, ages

5 to 8. For six months, each child received com-

munication therapy focusing on social commu-

nication gestures, such as pointing, as well as

play skills and spoken language. Half of the

children were randomly selected to also use

speech-generating applications on computer

tablets for at least half of the time during their

sessions. The tablets were programmed with

audio clips of words the children were learning

about during their therapy sessions and images

of the corresponding objects.

The researchers found that children who had

access to the tablets during therapy were more

likely to use language spontaneously and social-

ly than the children who received the communi-

cation intervention alone -- and that incorporat-

ing the tablets at the beginning of the treatment

was more effective.

Researchers conducted follow-up visits with

the children three months after the initial study

period and found that their improvement had

been maintained during that time. The study

was the first ASD research to use a sequential

multiple assignment randomized trial, or

SMART, design. The approach enables re-

searchers to tailor interventions according to

how each child in the study responds. It was the

first randomized, controlled trial on this under-

served population of children to use a computer

tablet combined with an effective behavioral

intervention.

Other study authors were Rebecca Landa of

Kennedy Krieger and Johns Hopkins University,

and Ann Kaiser of Vanderbilt. The study was

funded by a High Risk High Impact grant from

the Autism Speaks Foundation. The findings

were published in the June issue of the Journal

of the American Academy of Child and Adoles-

cent Psychiatry.

To view the article in its entirety, go to:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/

releases/2014/07/140717151505.htm

Personalized Approach Enhances Communication Skills In Children With Autism

University of California, Los Angeles (2014, July 17). Science Daily.

ASCC Programs-Opportunities for Parents and Children

Parent Education

Program

Please join us on

Monday, September 8, 2014,

6:30 pm at the

Partnership for Children

Resource Center

351 Wagoner Drive,

Multipurpose Room 343

for a presentation titled

“Creating Success for Your

Child at School:

Establishing Positive and Effective Relationships with Your Child’s Teachers, IEP Team, and

Other School Staff”

by

Amy Perry

ASNC Autism Resource Specialist

Free respite care will be available on

site through Community Based

Developmental Services. Please

contact Cynthia Billops at 488-5820

or 488-4584 to reserve your space

at least 24 hours in advance.

ASCC Support Groups

Support Groups provide an

opportunity to share, learn, and

connect. Parents, caregivers,

guardians, and professionals are

welcome to participate in all of our

support groups. Please check the

calendar on page three for meeting

dates/times/locations.

The HFA/Asperger’s Support Group

meets every second Monday of the

month, Sep—Nov, Jan—May,

immediately preceding the Parent

Education Program. This group

meets in Room 414 of the PFC

Resource Center. Focus: Families of

children, adolescents, and adults

diagnosed with HFA or Asperger’s.

Childcare will not be provided.

The Autism Lunch Club (ALC) Sup-

port Group meets every second

Tuesday of the month at various

Fayetteville restaurants. Focus:

Families of adolescents and adults

with ASD. Childcare will not be pro-

vided.

The Autism Breakfast Club (ABC)

Support Group meets every first

and third Wednesday of the month

at the PFC Resource Center, Room

414. Focus: Families of children with

ASD up to age 12. Childcare will be

provided.

The Preschool Support Group (The

High Fives) meets weekly on

Thursdays at the PFC Resource

Center, Room 343. Focus: Families

of young children with ASD ages 1-5

years. Childcare will be provided.

While every group focuses on a

specific age range, parents of

children of all ages are welcome to

attend all support groups!

Workshops

Please call the ASCC office at (910)

826-3004/3005 to register for all

workshops.

The After the Diagnosis Workshop is

led by Amy Perry, ASNC Parent Advo-

cate, and is held every first Tuesday

of the month from 9:30 am—12:00

pm. (odd calendar months)

Autism Resource Roundtable is led

by Amy Perry, ASNC Autism Resource

Specialist, and is held every first

Tuesday of the month from 9:30 am-

12:00 pm. (even calendar months)

The Individualized Education Plan

Workshop, led by Amy Perry, pro-

vides an opportunity for parents and

providers to learn all about IEPs. It

will be offered quarterly.

The Little Miracles Child Develop-

ment Services Workshop will be of-

fered every fourth Wednesday of the

month by Board Certified Behavioral

Analysts. The workshops cover differ-

ent parenting topics each month.

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ASCC Families and Friends,

C amp Sunshine 2014 proved to be another

wonderful experience for campers, their fami-

lies, and staff as they enjoyed five weeks of

fun activities! Forty-three children, adolescents, and

young adults attended camp this year which was

hosted at Lloyd Auman Elementary School.

In addition to a structured academic program in

which campers worked on developmental, life and

social skills, campers enjoyed a variety of recreation-

al field trips, including swimming, bowling, roller skat-

ing and a trip to the movies at Millstone Theatre!

Other enrichment activities included Rhythm and

Rhyme Story Time, visits from the Clark Park Mobile

Unit, and learning about the history of the Cape Fear

Region during a special visit from the Museum of the

Cape Fear.

One of the highlights of the summer was when a local

boy scout made sensory and activity boards for the

campers and visited for a ”show and tell” demonstra-

tion! Campers enjoyed learning how to operate vari-

ous types of locks and feeling the textures of different

reptiles.

We would like to say thank you to our parents for en-

trusting us to care for your children and to our teach-

ers and camp directors for a job well done. In addi-

tion, we would also like to thank the Cumberland

Community Foundation (CCF) Summer Time Kids

Grant partners, The Ben Lucero Family and our com-

munity sponsors and partners for making Camp Sun-

shine possible. Your support allowed the ASCC to host

another great year at Camp Sunshine!

See you at Camp Sunshine next summer!

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September 2014September 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Labor Day

Office Closed

2 Newly

Diagnosed

Workshop

9:30 am - noon

Conference Rm B

3 ABC Support Group

9:30 - 11am

Conference Rm 414

4 Preschool

Support Group

10am-12pm

Multi-Purpose Rm 343

5 2014 Greek Festival

Hellenic Center

11am - 10pm

6 2014 Greek Festival

Hellenic Center

11am - 10pm

7

2014 Greek Festival

Hellenic Center

12 - 6 pm

8 HFA Support Group

5:45pm

Conference Rm 414

Parent Education

Program

6:30pm


9 IEP Workshop

9:30 am—noon


Autism Lunch Club (ALC) Support Group 11:30 am - Cracker Barrel on Skibo Rd.

iPads for Autism

1 - 4pm

10 11 Preschool

Support Group

10am-12pm


12 13

14 15 16 17 ABC Support Group

9:30 - 11am


18 Preschool

Support Group

10am-12pm

Conference Rm B

19 20 Rhythm and Rhyme Sensory Story Time - Hope Mills Library 10:30am Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive See below

21 22 23

ASCC Board of

Directors Meeting

11 am - 1pm

Conference Rm B

24 25 Preschool

Support Group

10am-12pm


26 27

28 29 30 2014 Greek Festival: September 5th, 6th, & 7th For more information, contact Sandra Surles at [email protected] or call 910-425-0821.

Knight of Columbus: Tootsie Roll Drive: September 6th-Ramsey Street Wal-Mart; September 20th-Spring Lake Wal-Mart

October 18th & 25th: Spring Lake Wal-Mart For more information, call 910-826-3004/3005.


Thank you for another successful Autism Awareness Golf Tournament at King’s Grant Golf Course! Thank you to our

corporate sponsors, hole sponsors, golfers, volunteers, and community partners who made this tournament an event to

remember. We look forward to seeing you on the ’green’ next year!

8th Annual Autism Awareness Golf Tournament

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Paris & Potter Management Group

(KFC & CiCi’s Pizza)

Hank’s Car Wash

Valley Regional Imaging

Apple Crate Natural Market

United Steel Workers Local 959

Jerome and Gwendolyn Scott

Captain Jerry’s Seafood Restaurant, Inc.

Peter Tilton

Cape Fear Valley Health System

American Federation of Government Employees

HOLE SPONSORS Mary Pollard Potter

Hank and Anna Finch

Katherine Fasul

Dena Potter

Carlie C’s

Representative Rick Glazier

David and Kathleen Quinn

Village Family Dental

Camp Ground United Methodist Men

McDuffie Pest Control

Robert and Anita Lucero

Rudolph and Jenny Singleton

Fayetteville Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, P.A.

Dell and Pat Locklear

Highland Pediatric Dental

Jersey Mike’s Subs (Ramsey St)

Dr. and Mrs. John Pollard

James and Angelica Pantelakos

Spinners Pizza

Stacy Bledsoe - Merrill Lynch

Richard and Wanda Bordone - Merrill Lynch

David and Kathleen Quinn- Merrill Lynch

James McLean - Merrill Lynch

Highland Family Practice

Public Works Commission

Luigi’s Italian Restaurant & Bar

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS

David Hedgecoe, DDS

Apple Crate Natural Market

KFC

Valley Regional Imaging

NAPA

Luigi’s Italian Restaurant & Bar

PDQ

Joe’s Crab Shack

Baywood Golf Club

Cracker Barrel

Logan’s Roadhouse

Hope Mills Rapid Lube

Market Fair 15

Bonefish Grill

Healy Wholesale Company

LocalEdge

Stein Mart


Who? For children, adolescents, and

adults diagnosed with autism

spectrum disorder

What? FREE iPads for Autism Project

When? Second Tuesday of the month

from 1-4 pm

Where? Autism Society of Cumberland

County, 351 Wagoner Drive,

Suite 410 Fayetteville, NC

Register by calling :

(910) 826-3004/3005

Cape Beard Follicles of Freedom

Grace McGrath

Tildon & Bettie Downing (in memory of Carolyn Dorrol)

Hank and Anna Finch

Eric Williams - Coastal Family Services, LLC

Grace Roman

AT & T Employee Giving Campaign

The Dragon’s Lair Comic Shop

Nancy Williams

Best Buy

GAP Inc.

Tildon and Bettie Downing (in memory of Scott McFayden)

Fayetteville Ladies Power Lunch, LLC

Misty Manning

Yvette Mauldin

Power Swain Chevrolet

Little Miracles Child Development Services

Need Speech? Inc.

Lee Hyundai

Shooting Star Tattoo, LLP

Robert and Anita Lucero

In-Kind Donations

Nona Fisher - Bottom Line Accounting

Sandy Riopel - Lucki Multimedia

Vera Bradley Bingo

Gold-Level Sponsor

Freedom Biker Church of Fayetteville

Kohl’s

John and Catherine Pollard

Jeff and Tifanni Samardzija

Jerome and Gwen Scott

Silver-Level Sponsor

Hank and Anna Finch

John and Clarissa Allen

William and Kimberly Evers

Dr. Debra Japzon Gillum and Family

Anthony and Brandy Mello

Therapeutic Destinations, Inc.

Union Home Mortgage

Community Based Developmental Services

Bronze-Level Sponsor

Chris Leacock

Mary Pollard Potter

Melissa Hendricks

Robin Bridges

Donald Smith

Jason and Michelle Dooney

Alexis and Mandy Tejedor

Elja Bowens, Poetry in Fayetteville

Harvey Insurance

Wilbert Gunter

Monica Haynes

In-Kind Sponsorship

The Pilgrim Gifts & Antiques

Jersey Mike’s (Bordeaux)

Market Fair 15

Dunkin’ Donuts (Raeford Rd.)

Dell and Pat Locklear

John Allen

Jasmine Borque

Lucy Borque

Kevin Briscoe

Samantha Brockney

Brenda Brown

Lori Bish

Kelly Charles

Stephanie Craig

Sandra Endres

Anna Finch

Suzanna Fletcher

Brooke Gantenbein

Kristofer Gantenbein

Kimberlee Hamilton

Raina Hamilton

Erin Hammond

Ronda Holden

Adam Jackson

Aulani Keehy

Kohl’s Cares for Kids

Chris Leacock

Gina McCoy

Brandy Mello

Tony Mello

Juanita Moody

Jillian Penn

Austin Penn

Ralph Plourde

Mary Potter

Chris Roberts

Gwendolyn Scott

Ashley Sears

Johnny Sears

Andrew Smith

Tanisha Snipes

Misty Surles

Theresa Thomas

Kalin Williams

Thank You to ASCC Donors! We would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their monetary donations and in-kind donations to

the ASCC during the months of April, May, and June of 2014:

The Work of Volunteers is Priceless!

We would like to thank the following volunteers who donated many hours of their time

during the months of April, May, and June of 2014:

iPads for Autism Project

Friday, October 10th, 2014

6:00 pm Doors open at 5:00 pm

HOSTED BY

THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY

at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church

2844 Village Dr. Fayetteville, NC

$20 and $25 packages offered at the door

20 Regular games, 1 bonus game,

20 door prize drawings

A fun-filled evening of Vera Bradley products and

door prizes purchased at

Concessions will be available.

*Children are welcome, but they must be paid participants.

For more information, please call: 910-826-3004 or 910-826-3005

Not affiliated with Vera Bradley, Inc


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351 Wagoner Drive, Suite 410

Fayetteville, NC 28303

Tel: 910-826-3004/3005

Fax: 910-868-5881

E-mail: [email protected]

www.autismcc.org

“Supporting Individuals Within The Autism Spectrum”

Winner of the Autism Society of

North Carolina affiliate of the Year

Award—1996, 2002, & 2003

Membership & Donations

Return Service Requested

The Autism Society of Cumberland

County is an affiliate of the Autism

Society of North Carolina.

Mission Statement:


County is committed to providing

support and promoting opportunities

which enhance the lives of individu-

als within the autism spectrum and

their families.

Vision Statement:


County strives to create a community

where people within the autism

spectrum and their families receive

respect, services, and supports

based on individual differences,

needs, and preferences.

Disclaimer:


County does not take any position

regarding studies of ASD, nor en-

dorse any particular form of treat-

ment, intervention, or therapy. This

newsletter allows us to pass along

current information in the field of

ASD to our families and organization

members.

Please make checks payable to:

Autism Society of Cumberland County

351 Wagoner Drive, Suite 410

Fayetteville, NC 28303

Name:

Parent/Caregiver Professional

Sibling Individual with ASD

Address:

Telephone:

Email:

A great way to help support our program is to

become a member. As a member of the ASCC, you

enjoy voting rights during membership meetings,

you are eligible for election to the Board of

Directors, and you receive priority for conference

scholarships. Membership is effective for one year.

Please remember the ASCC with your tax-deductible

charitable contribution. Thank you!

Annual Membership ($10.00)

Donation $_________

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Cumberland Community Foundation

Board of Directors:

Anna Finch, President

Gwen Scott, Vice President

Brandy Mello, Secretary

Chris Leacock , Treasurer

John Allen

Cynthia Billops

Dr. Kelly Charles

Ronda Holden

Staff:

Jeannie Hodges, Director of Programs & Outreach

Nabila Gomes, Program & Outreach Assistant

September 2014 The Echo Volume 13, Issue 1

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