We are planning a 6 week series on Financial Literacy. It’ll be held in Mason, Michigan, right downtown at Bestsellers across from the courthouse. Friday evenings. Stay tuned for dates and times. Series is for youth and young adults with disabilities. We’ll welcome boys and young men for this series.

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Your chance to learn about banking, paychecks, and credit cards. Don’t miss it.

Living on Your Own Series : Part3: Taking Care of Meal Planning – Technology for Grocery Shopping, Cooking, and More

Executive Function Series : Part 1: Planning Phase – Schedule & Task Management

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2020

Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Learn about a variety of tools and strategies for managing schedules and tasks using calendars and task lists. Presented strategies and tools may be appropriate for middle to high school, college students and beyond who are able to use mainstream calendars and task lists. The first hour will be a fast-paced presentation on strategies and demonstrations of a variety of tools on various platforms such as Chrome, Web-based, iPads, Android, etc. The last half hour will include an in-depth demonstration on Google Calendar, Google Tasks, and Trello. Participants who attend in person will have the opportunity to try out many of the presented tools on Pacer’s provided technology. Livestream participants are welcome to follow along on their own technology. Students are encouraged to attend.

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We are sharing this to help the researcher learn more that might help students with ASD. Lydia

Looking for Parents of Postsecondary Students with Autism to Participate in a Paid Research Study

As a parent and student, I am reaching out to you as a fellow parent to help me with a research study I am working on at the University of Illinois at Chicago in order to complete my PhD in Special Education.  I am trying to learn how parents of current or former college students who have a formal diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, including Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD-NOS) help or have helped their students with ASD while in college or university in the United States.  To do this, I have created a survey and questionnaire that take about 15-25 minutes of time which you will confidentially complete at Qualtrics.com, a secure site provided by University of Illinois at Chicago. You will receive a $20 Starbucks gift card for your time after you complete the online study.  If you are interested please click www.collegestudentparentsstudy.com in order to learn if you qualify for participating in the study.

Please share or email this information with a parent of a college/university student with ASD who may be interested in participating.

Cheryl J. Widman PhD Candidate – Special Education University of Illinois at Chicago

Have you heard of Dialectical Behavior Therapy? It’s a set of practical strategies for resolving some of the emotional distress associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders. A group will be starting at MSU in the new year for young adults with autism to learn DBT strategies. The name of the DBT program is Emotion Regulation. See details below. We’ve also attached a flyer for you to share.

Emotion Regulation is about understanding and reducing vulnerability to emotions, changing unwanted emotions, and increasing emotional resilience.
We are looking for:
College students with ASD
Young Adults (18 -26 yrs) Diagnosed with  ASD
EMOTION REGULATION
INCREASE EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Understand my emotions
Decrease emotional suffering
Change unwanted emotions C
Tips for emotional coping strategies
90 minute program
What?
8 week group intervention
Where? Michigan State University Campus
For more information, please contact: Gloria Lee Ph.D., CRC  (517) 432-3623   leekalai@msu.edu OR Heekyung Lee M.A.  (734) 623-960   leeheek1@msu.edu

Download a flyer about the program and share with friends and colleagues.

ER intervention flyer

Friday, December 6 will be our last meeting in 2019. We’ve been talking about community. What does it mean? What is my community, versus the community of school or my town? At our last meeting for the year, we’ll wrap up this 6 week series with a little celebration of our group community at our usual location, Bestsellers Books and Cafe in Mason, from 6 to 8 PM. This group is for girls 16 and up, those who have disabilities or other issues, and who want to make new friends in a safe and fun group.