2010 ASA-ETC Calendar of Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

ASA-ETC's Monthly Support Group is held the last Monday of every month at the Earth Fare in Turkey Creek in Knoxville from 6:30 - 8:30pm. For more information contact Coral Getino at: asaetc@yahoo.com

OCTOBER 2, 2010

NEW!! – SAVE THE DATE!! – September Friendship Club - Knoxville will be held on Saturday, October 2nd. We will be heading to the Gatlinburg Aquarium (Sevier County). More details coming soon, but mark your calendars now!

OCTOBER 16, 2010

NEW!! – SAVE THE DATE!! – October’s Friendship Club - Knoxville will be held on Saturday, October 16th. We respond to the “All Aboard” call for an Autumn Train ride. More details coming soon, but mark your calendars now!

OCTOBER 18, 2010

ASA-ETC is hosting a STEP Workshop on Successful Transition to Adulthood on Tuesday, October 18th from 5 – 8pm. It will be held in Cherokee Health Systems Conference Room at: 6350 West Andrew Johnson Highway, Talbott, TN 37877 (Hamblen County). Workshop is free, but please RSVP so we can ensure sufficient training materials and seating. RSVP to: asaetc@gmail.com or (865) 247-5082.

OCTOBER 25, 2010

NOVEMBER TBD – NEW!!

November Friendship Club – Knoxville, will be another trip to Wild Bear Falls Indoor Water Park in Gatlinburg (Sevier County). More details coming soon, but plan to join us!

NOVEMBER 6, 2010 – UPDATE!!

ASA-ETC is partnering with Knox County Schools for our 3rd annual Fall Conference. This all day workshop will be held at the Sara Simpson Training Center in Knoxville, TN. Our facilitator is Linda Hodgdon, M.Ed., CCC-SLP (http://www.lindahodgdon.com/).. Topic is: “Discovering the Possibilities with Visual Strategies: Meeting the Communication, Behavior & Social Skill Challenges in Autism Spectrum Disorder & Related Learning Challenges”. Most students with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and related communication challenges are visual learners! This observation has tremendous implications. Capitalizing on their strengths, the use of visual strategies alters many social, communication, and educational challenges. This program will demonstrate how the use of visual strategies helps students organize their lives, significantly reduces behavior problems, and improves student successful participation. Program will define the need, discuss training, and demonstrate many practical ideas for both special & regular education settings. Participants will learn to:

Identify significant factors in student learning and functioning style that affect communication.
Informally assess the student’s communication strengths and challenges.
Recognize situations where communication breakdowns can affect the student’s understanding, behavior and participation.
Use the Guide for Assessing Behavior Situations to identify causes of behavior problems.
Develop visual tools to support communication, behavior & social skills
Use specific visual supports that have significantly improved student participation and behavior.

Box lunch and CEU’s are provided. ASA-ETC bookstore will also be available. Registration is now open, attached flyer has details. Deadline is October 29th, or until conference is full. To register: visit www.asaetc.org and use PayPal, or fill out the attached form and mail with payment.

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

ASA-ETC is hosting a STEP Workshop on IEP Individual Q&A session on Tuesday, November 16th. It will be held in the offices of the K-Town Youth Empowerment Network at Child and Family Services (Fort Hill Building): 901 East Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37915 from 5:30 – 8:30pm. Workshop is free, but please RSVP so we can ensure sufficient training materials and seating. RSVP to: asaetc@gmail.com or (865) 247-5082.

DECEMBER TBD – NEW!!

December’s Friendship Club – Knoxville will be combined with our popular ASA-ETC Annual Christmas Party this year. More details coming soon, so plan to join us!!