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Please tune into this page for any modifications in the schedule. This schedule was last modified on September 13, 2009. Registrants may opt to choose the 2-day Conference Package (October 24-25), the 4-day Conference Package (includes 2 post conference workshops), or simply just the Post-Conference Workshops. | Day 1 | 9:00-9:30 am | Opening Ceremonies | 9:30-10:30 am | THE UN Convention on the rights of persons with DISABILITIES Speaker: Chairperson Leila de Lima, Commission on Human Rights | 10:30-10:45 am | Break | 10:45-11:45 am | Learning strategies that foster deep and focused interests Speaker: Valerie Paradiz, PhD. This workshop helps teachers, therapists, support people and families understand the significance of special interests that many individuals with ASD have. The seminar includes strategies for classroom, community, and home settings. Sample lesson plans and activities are provided. | 11:45-1:00 pm | Lunch | 1:00-2:00 pm | Seizing Seizures, Etc. Speaker: Dr. Madeleine Grace Matibag-Sosa, M.D This seminar aims to explain why seizure disorders, compulsions, aggression and insomnia are frequently observed in children and adolescents with autism. Best local medical practices in the prevention and management of these co-morbidities will be discussed.
| 2:00-3:00 pm | SENSE-SATIONAL LIVING WITH AUTISM
Speaker: Rolland Lyle Duque, MSc. OTR, FOTAP In this talk, the characteristics of different DSI’s and sensory integration intervention will be discussed. Lyle Duque will add light to some common misconceptions about sensory integration which has caused it to be confused with other approaches and applied erroneously. There will be answers to questions like: does brushing a child’s extremities and providing massage constitute classical SI intervention? Is it necessary to have suspended equipment like swings when providing SI? How is it different from sound-based therapies like the Tomatis Method or Auditory Integration Training? How can you tell if a child’s behavior is due to DSI or just a behavior problem? Who is qualified to provide SI intervention? This presentation will be supported by videos. | 3:00-3:15 pm | Break | 3:15-4:15 pm | Prompt for speech production disorders Speaker: Maria Jerilee Casas, CSP, PASP PROMPT brings in that it is a unique human philosophy that looks to create unique programs for each person based on the combination of many factors to support speech production change.
| 4:15-5:15 pm | Daily Life Therapy ® Overview Speaker: Toshihiro Ogimura Daily Life Therapy® is a unique educational approach for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This educational approach incorporates a broad and balanced curriculum. Students take challenges, learn to overcome obstacles and gain confidence from their own success. This process allows our students to develop a love for learning so they may fully enjoy their family, community, and all that life has to offer. This presentation will introduce a brief overview of Daily Life Therapy® such as what it is, where this philosophy comes from, and what the outcomes are. | 5:15-6:00 pm | ASP National Elections |
| DAY 2 | 9:00-9:30 am | Day 1 Recap | 9:30-10:30 am | daisy: Bridging Gaps thru Assistive Tehcnology Speaker: Hiroshi Kawamura The Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) is an innovative technology that can potentially accommodate the reading and information needs of people with Autism. Other possible applications of the DAISY to individuals with Autism from an educational, recreational and vocational viewpoint will be presented. | 10:30-10:45 am | Break | 10:45-11:45 am | ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM Speaker: Toshihiro Ogimura Under the philosophy of Daily Life Therapy®, Boston Higashi School Residential Program is very important piece of its 24-hour education. Students with ASD learn and gain their life experience at the residential program and then generalize to their home and community. However, we cannot enhance their quality of life by just providing the environment and experience. We need to educate our students and students need to learn and have their own successful experiences. When they generalize those in their real life at their house and/or in the community, their quality of life is enhanced. This presentation will explain how we enhance the students’ quality of life while implementing Daily Life Therapy® at the residential program. | 11:45-1:00 pm | Lunch | 1:00-2:00 pm | pinoy power: The laguna experience of Work, Live & Play Speaker: Riza Casanay, MS.E. From divine inspiration in 2004, the enabling community for young adults is steadily taking form in Baranggay Batong, Malake, Los Baños, where the Autism Resource Center in of ASP's Laguna Chapter is located. This enabling community will nurture independent living, where our young adults can work, live and play through the collaborative efforts of local government, civic groups, civil society and famillies. The parents of Laguna have taken action and decided to ensure results in order to secure a brighter future with their children with autism. | 2:00-3:00 pm | School Shopping: Inclusion or mainstreaming? Speaker: Hope Leyson, MSE Participants will be enlightened about the rationale, inclusion criteria, benefits, disadvantages and procedures of the various types of educational placements for children with autism. | 3:00-3:15 pm | Break | 3:15-4:15 pm | WORKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FOR AUTISM Speaker: Prof. Abelardo Apollo I. David, Jr., MoocThy, OTRP
Practical tips on how to set-up self-sustaining enterprises as venues for teaching work behaviors and skills to individuals with autism will be provided. Sample cases will be presented to illustrate how adults with special needs can be integrated in work establishments. | 4:15-5:15 pm | Self-Advocacy towards Independence Speaker: Valerie Paradiz, PhD. Teachers, therapists, coaches and support people will be provided with strategies for fostering the emerging self-advocate with autism and related disabilities. | 5:15-6:00 pm | CLOSING CEREMONIES |
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