AANE New Hampshire Chapter

Contact Information

Director: Shelley Viles
Email: sviles@antiochne.edu

For referrals and information, please call AANE at (866) 597-AANE

Click here to go to the AANE New Hampshire Website

For more information about Asperger's Syndrome and AANE, please call Robin Lurie-Meyerkopf, M.Ed. at 617-393-3824 ext 11.

Recreational Activity Group

For young adults-adults with high functioning autism, Asperger’s syndrome and/or other related similar neurological based challenges.

Hosted by Wentworth Douglass Hospital

Meet new people for games, conversation and food. Another activity time will be planned each month for specific activities of interest to participants.

Meetings: the last Thursday of each month
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Salmon Falls Room — Wentworth Douglass Hospital
1789 Central Avenue, Dover N.H. 03820 - Directions

For more information or to register, contact:
Kip Deese-Laurent, B.A., M.Ed.
Spectrum Disorders Certification/Antioch New England
kipdl@hotmail.com; 603-664-8857

Recreational Group for Adults with Asperger's Syndrome in Keene, NH

A social recreation group for adults with Asperger's Syndrome and related disorders will meet regularly at Antioch University New England, 40 Avon St., in Keene, NH in room 1B. The group will offer adults with Asperger's Syndrome and related disorders an opportunity to socialize on a regular basis, twice a month. Activities will be developed by the group itself. For the first meeting, participants are encouraged to bring a board game of choice and an appetite for pizza. This group is sponsored by the Asperger's Association of New England - New Hampshire Chapter.

The group facilitator is Joanna Andros, LiCSW, a child and family therapist who completed Antioch University’s Autism Spectrum Disorder Certificate Program, in 2008. For more information or to sign-up to attend, please contact Joanna at 603-852-8168 or by e-mail joannaandros@hotmail.

For directions please see: http://www.antiochne.edu/aboutane/directions.cfm?nav=1

Music/Speech Therapy; Social Language Groups

New England Therapy Options
5 Elm Street
Plaistow, NH 03865
603-490-1111

Targeting Age Appropriate Social Language Skills through Music

(12 WEEK SESSION BEGINS THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28th, 2009)
3-5year old groups

Tuesdays:  4:15PM- 5:05PM or 5:30PM-6:20PM
Min: 4   Max: 8 per group
$420.00/session

Does your child or someone you know frequently misunderstand the nuances of friendships and lacks the pragmatic skills to develop long lasting relationships? Social skills are a foundation for getting along with others. Poor social skills can lead to peer rejection, bullying, difficulty in making friends, poor self-esteem, academic failure, isolation and depression, so it is vitally important to help a child practice these much needed skills as often as possible.
Space is limited so call NOW!

Kathy McKechnie MS CCC-SLP; ASHA Certified/NH Licensed
Ryan Judd MA MT-BC

Exploring the Confluence Between Education and Mental Health

Beyond traditional counseling/psychotherapy services, the following is based on a collaborative approach to working with clients, parents and the educational system. The Center for Collaborative Change is an adjunct and integrated set of services to enhance the impact and comprehensiveness of counseling.

Referrals are welcome from parents, special educators, and medical & mental health professional. All referrals will benefit from the full resources of both the Center for Collaborative Change and Coastal Counseling Assoc. including family, individual and co-parenting services.

To initiate services call 603-686-5169.

Professional Training Workshop:
Understanding Socially Challenged Children: Recognizing and Supporting School-Age Children with Asperger Syndrome

Presented by Robin Lurie-Meyerkopf

For more information or to register call (617) 393-3824 x11

Non-AANE Events

Promoting Social Skills for Children with Asperger Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nonverbal Learning Disorders, and ADHD
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
This event is designed to help parents, educators, guidance counselors, social workers and others who live and work with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Non-Verbal Learning Disorder, understand why social skills present unique challenges for these children.
To register online you can go to www.seresc.net/events

What Can I Say? What Do You Say?
Developing Pragmatic Language Skills for Social Interaction
Presented by Elsa Abele, CCC, SLP Speech pathologist.
When: April 12 & 13, 2010
Where: Antioch University New England, Keene, NH
Contact: http://www.antiochne.edu/ap/ce/pragmatic.cfm
Children and adults with Asperger Syndrome, and related disorders are often in need of services to increase their skills in social communication or pragmatic language so that they can succeed in both school and workplace settings. They typically have deficits in Theory of Mind, Central Coherence, and Executive Function that keep them from developing the skills of social interaction.  This course will focus on treatment for the learning of conversation and listening skills, personal narrative skills, and verbally mediated problem solving using “self-talk.”

The PLAY Project: Play and Language for Youngsters with Autism
Introduction to the DIR/Floortime Model
SERESC Conference Center in Bedford, New Hampshire
Friday, May 21st, 2010; 8:30 to 4:30
For more information or to register go to http://www.seresc.net