Understanding and Managing Autism Seminar

We are inviting you to participate in the upcoming August seminars for parents.  We believe your particiaption in these seminars will benefit your children and the entire family, and will help you understand the work we do at The Little Farm House.

August 20-   Understanding and Managing Autism

                        9:00 am  to 3pm

            We highly recommend this talk and would like to encourage all parents to come to this workshop to help you understand the work we do at The Little Farm House to include children with special needs.  In this Seminar/ Workshop our speakers will also briefly touch on the broad spectrum of autism which you will find includes other conditions of special needs.

            The seminar will inform us on

·      how to detect signs of these conditions at an early age

·      help us be more aware of the challenges these children and their families face

·      effective management and interventions  

·      the rights of these individuals as well as those around them  

Topics:

Education: A Human Right              

 Autism Society Philippines Orientation

Republic Act 9442

Understanding Autism

            Spectrum of Autism- different degrees and manifestation of autism

            The difference of autism with other Special Needs

Managing Autism

Home

School

Programs for Interventions

1.   Speakers:

           Ranilo Sorongon

Executive Director, Autism Society Philippines (ASP)

Vice Chair, Regional Council on Disability Affairs, National Capital Region

Member, Phil Coalition on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability

2.   

      Rosalyn Marie G. Sorongon, MA Sped

Member, Education Committee, ASP

Speaker/Facilitator, Siblings Program, ASP

Mentor, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health

3.     

      Mrs. Perlita So – she will share her experiences of having 2 boys with autism

Vice President and Head, Education Committee, ASP

Mother of two boys with autism, Patrick, a college student of Ateneo taking up BS Life Science

And Angelo, a student of the Community of Learners

8:30 am Registration

9:00 am – 3:00 pm Seminar/ Talk

3:00pm -4:00pm Open Forum

                            Closing

This is an open invitation to all the parents, their families and friends who wish to extend their education on issues of autism and its management at home and in school.  A fee of 300 pesos will be collected from each participant to cover for the fees of our speakers, lunch, and snacks. 

       * Please approach Teacher Glencee at the Registrar's office for more details and to sign up for the seminar *

            A circular on the Workshop on Effective Communication within the Family will be released to your children next week.