Non AANE Events

Events listed on this page are not sponsored by the AANE. We would be happy to post your events relevant to children and adults with Asperger Syndrome.

For more information about these events, please contact the sources listed on this page, not the AANE office.

Thank you.

See AANE Events for AANE-sponsored events.

For ongoing non-AANE resources, see the Non-AANE Resources page.

Please use the Event Submission Form on the left to submit new non-AANE events.

Making Healthy Connections Program

New Session of Making Healthy Connections to Start this Fall!
Sponsored by Partners for Youth with Disabilities Inc.

We are currently inviting all youth with disabilities and/or special health care needs, ages 14-22, to apply to participate in Making Healthy Connections (MHC), a program of Partners for Youth with Disabilities. Making Healthy Connections is a transitions program for youth with disabilities and/or special health care needs who are 14 to 22 years of age. Youth will have opportunities to meet new friends with similar disabilities and learn information about topics such as their health care needs, independent living, fitness, talking to their health care providers independently, adaptive driving, and much more. Making Healthy Connections also features a variety of adaptive sports and recreation activities to make every meeting interactive and fun! There is a parent group component as well. In addition, participating youth will be given the opportunity to be matched to an adult mentor with a similar disability.

MHC program meetings begin in Fall 2012 and run through the Spring of 2013. Boston MHC meetings will take place two Friday evenings per month from 7pm - 9:30pm. Springfield MHC meetings will take place two Saturday afternoons per month from 1pm - 4 pm. A pre-registration appointment will be arranged for any youth who express interest in participating. The program fee is $75 (sliding scale arrangements are available for any family unable to afford the total amount).

Please help us reach young people with disabilities who will benefit from this important program! For more information about the Boston MHC program, contact Deep Chinappa at 617-556-4075, x20, or by email at . For more information about the Springfield MHC program, contact Susan Nicastro at (413) 584-0455 or by email at as soon as possible. For more information about Partners for Youth with Disabilities, please visit our website at www.pyd.org Thank You!

2013 Summer Insitute on ASD

Monday, June 17th, 2013
Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP
Social Thinking: Teaching Social Nuance Versus Social Rules to Students with Social Learning Challenges

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Connie Kasari, PhD
Engaging Autism: Developmental Implications for Intervention

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Jason Travers, PhD, BCBA-D
8:30am to 10:00am Racial Disparity in the Identification of Autism in Special Education at National and State Levels
10:15am to 3:00pm A Rationale and Model for Integrating Antecedent-based Interventions and Embedded Instruction to Promote Learning and Address the Inappropriate Behaviors of Students with Autism

Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Fern Sussman, BA, Master's Equivalent
Helping Verbal Children with ASD Tune into Others

Friday, June 21st, 2013
Bryan King, MD
Autism Spectrum Disorder: How the Past Informs the Future

If you are in need of any additional information or the brochure, visit www.asvermont.org or email .