Presenters Information
The 17th Annual Texas State Conference on Autism is pleased to announce the listing of speakers and topics that will be offered at this year’s conference.
Session |
Presenter(s) |
| "Keep your head and arms inside the ride at all times": Living with Unbridled joy and white-knuckling fear as a parent | Kim Lindquist |
| 7 Evidence Based strategies for an effective early intervention program | James Ball, Ed.D., BCBA |
| A Child Psychiatrist's Win-Win Approach of Autism Spectrum Disorder Intervention | Luke Y. Tsai, M.D. |
| A toolkit for new teachers of young children with Autism | Jennifer Alward, M.ED. |
| ABA and Structured Teaching: Mutually Exclusive | Angela Cade Hill, M.Ed. And Kathleen Dancy M.Ed |
| ABA classrooms: Staff training/support; data collection, use and sharing | Coby Lund, Janet Lund, Stephen Donaldson, Christy Butch |
| Addressing Sensory Processing issues in persons with Autism spectrum disorders | Carolyn Garver, Ph.D. |
| Applied Behavior Analysis services delivered through the Region 1 ECI Program | Jamie Hughes and Katherine de la Pena |
| Asperger's Syndrome in Females | Shana Boutte |
| Autism Spectrum Disorders: Understanding the Cycle of tantrums, rage and meltdowns | Brenda Smith Myles and Susana Bernad Ripoll |
| Autism: The Common Thread | Melissa Richardson, Nancy Hughes, Tracy Howle, Melissa Burson |
| Bargain Teaching: building tasks without breaking the bank "Make and Take" | Cissy Coleman and Tisha Gonzalez |
| Beyond the ABC's: 26+ techniques and tools for teaching "Make and Take" | Kim Henry |
| Breaking Down Core Vocabulary: Where to start | Lyndah Drum |
| BRITE: A Collaborative Teaching Continuum for Educating Students | Melanie H. Johnston, MA |
| Connections for Life: Supporting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the General Education Classroom | Lisa Rogers |
| Data Collection and Graphing for IEP Progress Monitoring | Melissa L. Olive and Erica Worcester |
| Developing Play Skills for young children with Autism Spectrum disorders | Lisa Rogers |
| Enhanced Milieu Teaching: A hybrid language intervention using relationship based and behavioral strategies | Melissa L. Olive |
| Evaluation of Educational Programs for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders | Jennifer Austin, Ed.S. |
| Facing the Challenge Together: social skills evaluation and training | Deborah Bahme, M.Ed. and Susan Sheridan, Ed.D. |
| From Single Words to sentences: Evidence-based syntax assessment and intervention | Mary Sweig Wilson, Ph.D (CCC-SLP) |
| Functional Education Evaluation: Look At all we CAN do! | Linda De Zell Hall, M.Ed., NCED, RPED |
| Getting to Student Needs: based on the Autism Supplement for Communication and teaching strategies. | Cissy Coleman |
| Goal Setting for Parents | Nancy Kling, LSSP, LPC |
| Has Teaching resulted in Learning? Strategies for documenting student progress | Jo Webber, Ph.D. |
| He's Being Bad: Linking Functional Behavior Assessments with Practical Classroom Strategies | Teresa E. Shattuck, Ph.D. |
| I'll be happy when…A father's perspective on Autism | Barry Eggleston |
| Implementing ABA in the school: A public school districts approach | Carin Renee Thompson M.Ed, BCBA |
| Keys to Successful Inclusion of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders | Linda Davidson |
| Legal Framework - ESC 18: Help is just a fingertip away! | Lee Lentz-Edwards, Sue Beasley, and Angie Anastasio |
| Let's Play! Using ABA principles to teach young children with autism to and through play | E. Amanda Boutot, Ph.D., BCBA |
| Navigating the Maze: Age three and Kindergarten transitions | Padmaja Sarathy |
| Parent training and in-home training: A team approach….Everyone Wins! | Susan Sheridan |
| Parents and Educators: It's a Road Trip! | Laura G. Buckner |
| Post-Secondary Possibilities: Independence for Students with Asperger's Syndrome | James E. Williams Jr. |
| Practical Strategies for Teaching Students with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome | Lori Ernsperger, Ph.D. |
| Prevent - Teach - Reinforce: A Behavior Intervention that Works in Schools | Rose Iovannone |
| Recommended Practices Manual for students with Autism in Texas | Dr. Brenda Smith Myles and Monte Parker |
| Research based practices in autism - what the literature tells us | Susan Catlett, Ph.D. |
| Risk Management, Law Enforcement, Emergency Response, and Autism | Terri Sowder |
| Social Skill Intervention using video modeling and technology | Jennifer Jacobs M.S. CCC-SLP |
| Social Skills group intervention for Elementary and Middle School Students | Wendi Leigh Bauman, Ph.D. NCSP, BCIA-EEG |
| Storytelling with tactile props | Peggy Drake |
| Student Introduction Portfolios | Laura G. Buckner |
| Student Panel: When ASPIEs grow up | Jacquelyn Tomlinson, Shana Boutot, Kathleen Jurgens, Jeffrey Bottoms, Michael Butler, Lauren Kocich |
| Surviving bullying, teasing and relational aggression with Autism! | Shana Boutte |
| Target Generalization: Integrating TEACCH and ABA in preschool programs | Andrea D. Cherry M.Ed. |
| Teach Life Skills to children with Autism - Please! | Jennifer McIlwee Myers |
| Teaching Students in the Autism Spectrum: consideration, issues, and suggestions | Demetria Ennis-Cole |
| Techniques and Tools to Turn Transition melt-down to calm-down | Padmaja Sarathy |
| Texas Autism Supplement | Gail Cheramie Ph.D., Susan Catlett, Ph.D., Susan J. Sheridan Ed.D., Cissy Coleman and Susan Parker, M.Ed. |
| The development of social thinking | Nancy Kling, LSSP, LPC |
| The effects of Autism Spectrum Disorders on behavior and learning | Terri McGinnis |
| Three approaches to early vocabulary development and communication | Mary Sweig Wilson, Ph.D (CCC-SLP) |
| Transition to Adulthood Using Comprehensive Planning Tools: An Evidence-Based Approach | Brenda Smith Myles, Ruth Aspy, Barry G. Grossman |
| Unique Students: providing a typical school experience using structured teaching | Becah Butler |
| Using Acting Techniques and Technology to Teach Social Skills | Michelle Henderson, M.Ed. |
| Visual strategies "Make & Take": Supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorders at home, school and in the community | Angela Cade-Hill and Lisa Rogers |
| Whatever happens to the siblings of Children with Autism? The Good news… | Kathy Morris and Guy Morris V |