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EIU Autism Center

AUTISM CONFERENCE

Registration is CLOSED

Eastern Illinois University Communication Disorders and Sciences & East Central Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Fall 2023 Autism Conference

Friday, September 29, 2023, Grand Ballroom, Martin Luther King Jr. University Union

Featuring Dr. Jim Ansaldo of the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community who will lead an interactive and engaging presentation on the use of applied improvisation methods to support social communicative competence and executive functioning in autistic children, adolescents, and young adults.

Jim Ansaldo, PhD.

 

Agenda:

  • 8:30 - 8:45 am: Introductions
  • 8:45 -10 am: Creating a climate of safety and comfort with risk-taking
  • 10 - 10:15 am: Break
  • 10:15 - 11:30 am: "Yes And" Basics - Connecting and collaborating through applied improvisation
  • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Lunch
  • 12:30 - 1:45 pm: Exploring emotion and executive functioning through applied improvisation
  • 1:45 - 2 pm: Break
  • 2 - 3:15 pm: Enhancing communication, narrative, and storytelling through applied improvisation
  • 3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions and answers

Fee:

  • Professionals - $60
  • Families - $30
  • Students - FREE

Learning Outcomes

After attending this conference participants will be able to:

  • Describe the rawonale lor using applied improvisawon metods to support social coininuncauve competence and execute inconing in autistic children adolescents and young adults
  • Describe and demonstrate a variety of applied improvisation exercises
  • Facilitate and support the participation of autistic children, adolescents, and young adults in a variety of applied improvisation exercises

Disclosure:

  • Financial: Jim Ansaldo win receive an honorarium for the presentation
  • Nonfinancial: Jim Ansaldo is employed by Indiana University and co-direct Camp Yes And

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Intermediate: .55 ASHA CEUS

 

Past Autism Conferences at EIU

Trina Becker Jennifer Buchter

Fall 2022

CEU Presenters:

Trina Becker, M.S., CCC-SLP and Jennifer Buchter, Ph.D, M.S.W.

Topic: ASD & AAC: The Classroom Teacher and the SLP

Jill Fahy Micheal McCreary

Conference Semester Moved from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022

CEU Presenter: Jill Fahy

Topic: Language and Executive Functions for Middle School and Beyond

Thursday Night Comedy Event:   Michael McCreary "Does this make my Asperger's Look Big?"

COVID-19 Restrictions - No Autism Conference 

2020

 Sarah Ward

2019

Presenter: Sarah Ward

Topic: Interventions for Improving Executive Function Skills in Students with ASD

Attendance: 184 

 Beckman Linton

2018

Presenter: Beckman Linton

Topic: Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day: The ILAUGH Model

Attendance: 194 

 Gail Richard

2017

Presenter: Gail Richard

Topic: Update on Autism Spectrum Disorders: Etiology and Intervention Strategies

Attendance: 232 

 Carol Kranowitz

2016

Presenter: Carol Kranowitz

Topic: The Out-of-Sync Child: Understanding How Sensory Processing Disorder Affects Learning, Communication, & Behavior

Attendance: 228 

 Susan Stokes

2015

Presenter: Susan Lewis Stokes

Topic: The Challenge of Challenging Behaviors!  Understanding and Effectively Addressing Behavioral Challenges of Students with ASD

Attendance: 125 

 Panel

2014

Presenter: Luke Tsai & Medical Professions Panel

Topic: ASD and Co-Existing Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Medication and Treatment

Attendance: 128 

 Finch  Kowalski

2013

Presenters:  David Finch & Timothy Kowolski

Finch: Keynote- A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to be a Better Husband

CEU Topic:  Kowolski- Are you in the Zone?  Increasing Social Awareness for Individuals on the Higher End of the Spectrum

 

 Temple Grandin  Prelock Grandin

2012

Presenter: Temple Grandin,  Patricia Prelock

Topics: Living with Autism,  Evidence-Based Treatment for ASD

Attendance: Temple Grandin sold out Dvorak and overflow spaces

 

 

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