Posts Tagged ‘Facilitated Communication’
2016 Midwest Autism Summer Institute Announced
The University of Northern Iowa, in partnership with the Institute for Inclusion and Communication at Syracuse University, Inclusion Connection, and Disability Studies in Education, will host the 2016 Midwest Summer Institute – Advocating for Access: the Right to Inclusion, the Right to Communication on June 27 and 28. The event will take place at the…
Read MoreICI “Focus on Practice” Fall Series Returns November 16
The Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI) at Syracuse University is pleased to announce the return of their monthly “Focus on Practice” sessions designed to provide technical and social support to the growing number of facilitators working with supported typers. Using a format of reflective discussion and video examples, these topic-based conversations will help you…
Read MoreNew Study Finds Educators Taking Wrong Approach to Teaching Autistic Children
With the many advances in research, training, and social services available, 2015 may be remembered as the “Year of the Disabled.” From the passage of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act in December of 2014 to new, innovative programs like TAP – The Autism Program of Illinois and IU’s Indiana Resource Center for Autism,…
Read MoreA Solution to Provide Nonverbal Autistics with Gen Ed School Credits
By John Smyth, © 2015 Education Overview The number of nonverbal autistics is growing [1 in 68 children; 1 in 42 boys]. The professional organizations consider them incompetent and deny them a general education. The parents spend time and resources fighting for their child’s rights, usually without success. The public schools are: Not equipped to…
Read MoreSupporting Communication through Arts, Advocacy, Education, and now, New Technology
The autistic community has been using technology to vastly improve the ability of people with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to communicate with the outside world for a number of years. iPhones, iPads, and other AAC tech has made it far easier for nonverbal typers to express themselves. And now, technology is ready to take…
Read MoreKaryn (Casey) DePriest, Certified Neurologic Music Therapist / FC Trainer
Email: casey@inmusictherapy.com Location: Evansville, IN area Phone: 812-491-9400 (Integrative Music Therapy) 812-491-9401 (Optimal Rhythms / ACCESS Academy) Originally from Columbus, Indiana, Karen (Casey) DePriest is a 1994 graduate of the University of Evansville. Casey began her career working in physical rehabilitation, then child/adolescent psychiatric treatment. Casey is the owner and senior therapist of…
Read MoreLaura Poorman, Facilitated Communication Trainer
Email: jlpoorrich@indianaautismcommunicationcenter.com Location: Carmel, IN (Metropolitan Indianapolis area) Phone: (317) 370-4962 Laura Poorman, or simply “Poorman” to her friends, colleagues, and clients, has been a Facilitated Typing (FC) trainer in the metropolitan Indianapolis area for more than 20 years. Her kindness, patience, insights, and understanding has had an amazing effect on the people whose lives…
Read MoreFacilitated Communication Trainers: West North Central Region
Saved By Typing is pleased to provide information about Facilitated Communication (FC) Trainers and Master Trainers in the West North Central Region of the US. Master Trainers are a small group of extremely effective nonverbal communication specialists (kind of like Special Forces) recognized informally among themselves and soon within a guild for their mastery to…
Read MoreFacilitated Communication Trainers: East North Central
Saved By Typing is pleased to provide information about Facilitated Communication (FC) Trainers and Master Trainers in the East North Central Region of the US. Master Trainers are a small group of extremely effective nonverbal communication specialists (kind of like Special Forces) recognized informally among themselves and soon within a guild for their mastery to…
Read MoreFacilitated Communication Trainers: Pacific Region
Saved By Typing is pleased to provide information about Facilitated Communication (FC) Trainers and Master Trainers in the Pacific Region of the US. Master Trainers are a small group of extremely effective nonverbal communication specialists (kind of like Special Forces) recognized informally among themselves and soon within a guild for their mastery to assist the…
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