June 2007 Newsletter

Upcoming Meetings

The next meeting will be an open discussion meeting for parents on Tuesday, June 26 at 7pm at the Farmington Community Center

Our July meeting will be our annual picnic for families.  Lee and Shawn McFadden will be hosting at their home in Bristol.  Please RSVP to Lee at 860-589-0097.   We're asking families to bring a salad / desert / side dish to share.  We'll provide the rest, including activities for the kids.

Details can be found on the Meetings page at www.favan.org.

Conferences

The Asperger's Association of New England is host a conference titled Asperger Syndrome Connections 2007 on September 28 & 29, 2007 in Boston, MA.  Featured speakers include Tony Attwood and Carol Gray.

The CT-ASRC will hold their annual Resource Fair on November 3 at Southern Connecticut State University.

The CT-ASRC will hold a conference "Inclusion for Kids with ASD" presented by Ruth Eren PHD and Barbara Cook MS-SLP at Southern Connecticut State University.  A session will be held on November 10 for school personnel and December 1 for parents.  Contact CT-ASRC for additional information.

The Learning Disabilities Association of Connecticut is conducting a Parent Assistor Training course covering a variety of topics related to special education.   The series begins on September 13.  Contact the Association at 860-560-1711 for more details.

Announcements

Haskins Laboratories in conjunction with Yale are doing a study on the development of speech perception and is looking for study participants. For more information see www.haskins.yale.edu/cls.html