School districts often encounter difficult situations involving students with autism. Did you know that the most commonly litigated IDEA issues involve the provision of appropriate educational services to students with autism? The intention of this training is to help you and your school district avoid such issues by providing useful information about appropriate programming for students with autism. Presenter: Dr. Edna Smith, Ph.D., is a retired autism educator and currently works part-time as an Autism Team Coach for the Project ACCESS Building Effective Autism Teams initiative and in private consultation for Missouri schools. She received her under graduate and masters degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Speech/Language Pathology as well as a Ph.D. in Child and Family Development. She has over 40 years of experience in special education including public school work, higher education, consultation, child advocacy, early childhood education, and private practice. Audience: General and Special Education Administrators Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Time: Check-in: 12:00 p.m. Session: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Location: Cooperating School Districts 1460 Craig Road St. Louis, MO 63146 Cost: $15 CSD Members; $25 Non Members Reference #: 34207-16 Registration Deadline: November 6, 2012 For more information call Brian Lankheit at (314) 692-1242 or email blankheit@csd.org. Registrations may be mailed to CSD, Attn: Brian Lankheit, 8225 Florissant Road, St. Louis, MO 63121 or faxed to (314) 692-9700. |
