Workshops/Training Schedule and Special Events

CARD-USF uses this schedule-page to announce special events, workshops or trainings being offered by CARD and other agencies. You do not need to register with CARD for trainings that are offered by other agencies, but you may need to register with them directly. Contact information is provided within the individual announcements.

Listings on this page are not to be considered an endorsement by CARD but rather are provided for your information.Some announcements are loaded to this page months in advance. Always confirm with the training agency that the time, date, and location are still correct. CARD does not have any further information on non-CARD trainings.

If you have a training or event that is appropriate for this listing, please email the information that you would like to have listed below, to card-usf@fmhi.usf.edu .
 
Events are added if staff time is available to update the webpage. CARD retains the right to determine which events are appropriate to add to this list. 

A great training resource that is available around the clock is ChildNett.TV -- You can view lecturers, workshops, news releases and it opens a world of information about the autism spectrum, right on your computer.

Kids of all abilities are welcome anytime. We have Sensory Play Night every Tuesday from 4-7pm. We quiet the playground down for children who don’t like loud noises. We charge a reduced rate. Call 239-430-PLAY to sign up.

Autistic License, the play

 The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) at USF in Collaboration with Impact Productions proudly present the award-winning play, Autistic License by Stacey Dinner-Levin.  Impact Productions will perform this encore production of Autistic License on Tuesday, July 29th at 7pm at the Freedom HS Auditorium. Download flyer: Autistic License

“This is the kind of stuff you can’t make up,” says playwright Stacey-Dinner Levin of her autobiographical play about raising a child with autism.  Autistic License. “Nobody sees what goes on in families with a child living with a disability.  I really wanted to open it up to show what life is like day to day—both the struggles and the beauty, Levin says.  I really think of this piece as a love story between a husband and a wife, between a mother and a son and between a father and a son.”. 

We’ll have live music performed in the courtyard prior to the play and again during intermission by the musicians who have created a CD which will be available for purchase at the event.  It promises to be a fabulous evening. 

To purchase tickets or for more information contact Christine Rover at 813-974-9264 or by email at crover@fmhi.usf.edu . Please let me know how many tickets you’d like and I’ll mail them to you right away.

Checks payable to:  USF Foundation and mailed to the address below. Tickets $15 each.

CARD-USF MHC2113A
Attn: Christine Rover
13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd
Tampa  FL  33612

This play is not suitable for children under 13 years old due to adult language.

Tee it up “Fore” CARD

CrossRoads Community UMC has once again invited us to partner with them for their 8th Annual Golf Classic on Saturday, August 23rd at Plantation Palms Golf Club.  The Golf Classic will benefit CrossRoads and CARD-USF and welcomes all golfers for a shotgun scramble on a beautiful August morning.  Please contact Christine Rover for additional information on sponsorships, donations and to register your foursome.  Last year’s event was a sellout, so “book your tee time” today by calling 813-974-9264 or email Christine at crover@fmhi.usf.edu

It’s Going to be Great!

Who: You – plus your friends, family, teachers, and therapists

What: One of the Best Annual Educational/Social/Emotional Resource Conferences in the Tampa Bay Area! We are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual STAND-Pinellas Accessing Resources Conference (SPARC 2008)

When: Saturday, September 20, 2008

Where: Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School Campus, Largo, Florida

Conference in the Tampa Area, FL November 6 - 7, 2008

"Social Relationships and Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum"

Location:
Holiday Inn Harbourside/Clearwater Beach South
401 Second St.
Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785
(727) 595-9484

Date: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
Topic: "Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum"
Presenter: Chantal Sicile-Kira

Adolescence is a time of positive growth as well as challenges. This session will provide practical strategies for teaching teenagers of all ability levels the necessary life skills of self-care, self-regulation, self-advocacy, and self-esteem. What and how to explain about puberty, relationship boundaries and sexuality will be discussed, as will common adolescent concerns such as bullying and masturbation. Individualized transition plans will be covered. Areas to be emphasized include: focusing on the student's strengths, developing work/career skills, preparing for college, different types of employment structures, employer needs and the use of mentors. Learning Objectives for Participants: Attendees will be able to: 1) Identify strategies to teach teens about their changing bodies, hygiene and self-care 2) Identify strategies to teach teens about modesty, privacy and appropriate public behavior 3) Discuss what and how to teach teens about relationship boundaries, and sexuality 4) Discuss what and how to teach teens about new work and career skills 5) Identify strategies on dealing with the changing emotions of teens, including meltdowns, aggression and depression.

Date: Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Topic: "Building Social Relationships in ASDs"
Presenter: Scott Bellini, Ph.D.

This engaging workshop will provide an overview of a social skill instructional model developed by Dr. Bellini. The workshop will provide research on social-emotional functioning as well as practical and effective strategies for teaching social interaction skills to children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The model provides a systematic and comprehensive framework to guide parents and practitioners in the development and implementation of effective social skills programming. Learning objectives for participants: 1) Increase knowledge of social and emotional functioning 2) Increase awareness of the relationship between social skill deficits and social anxiety 3) Develop skills necessary to assess social functioning 4) Increase awareness of skill acquisition versus performance deficits 5) Increase awareness of available social skills strategies 6) Develop skills necessary to implement social skills strategies.

Detailed information and registration. http://www.spectrumtrainingsystemsinc.com/tampa.html

Pete and Pam Wright will hold a 2-day Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
in Spring Hill (Hernando County - 35 miles North of Tampa)

Pete Wright is a practicing attorney who has argued in front of the Supreme Court and obtained a unanimous decision in a landmark case of special education law (Florence County v. Shannon Carter).
The conference will be held Friday and Saturday January 16 & 17, 2009.

Nikki Pierce
Special Students of Hernando
http://www.specialstudentsofhernando.com
352-584-5512: leave a message if I don't pick up nikki@specialstudentsofhernando.com