A group of families are coming together to create a social group for teenagers with autism spectrum disorders.
When: 3rd Saturday of the month
Where: Jordan’s Place, 1915 Dana Lane, Papillion, NE
When: 6 pm - 10pm
Food/drinks provided
Download a flyer HERE.
RSVP to Rachael at (402)212-9575
The Autism Society is very thankful to Miracle Photography by ShariLynn for chosing us to be the recipients of their amazing fundraiser. We are excited to watch the fall photo shoots unfold at Roca Farms and for the CUTIES FOR A CAUSE calendar to take shape!
Learn more about Roca Farms HERE.
Miracle Photograhpy has a table at Roca Farms every day selling calendars and raffle tickets but unfortunately the sorority that was lined up to help staff the table ended up with a conflict. So we are putting a call out to the community to see if anyone can help volunteer to staff this table during the afternoons from 1 to 5pm. If you are able to volunteer please contact Sharilynn at 402-792-3225 or 402-310-6157.
The Autism Society of Nebraska - Omaha Support Group is planning a trip to the ball diamond and we’d love to have you join us!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Game Time 2:05pm
Location: Werner Park, 12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, NE
$7 Reserved Seat Tickets for families & Friends of the Autism Society of Nebraska
$5 Add a Hot dog and Pop
Please download a registration form HERE. (Deadline to register is July 5!)
Looking for something to do during the summer days? Have you heard about the Kids Bowl Free program? This is an affordable option if your family likes bowling. Your child will be able to bowl TWO free games EVERY day and they even have an affordable family plan so the adults can bowl too! Click here to find participating bowling alleys in Nebraska
**The Omaha Support Group has created a meet up time the past couple summers and has found that going right when they open is the best option for our community. Several in the Omaha Support group plan to meet up at Sempecks in Elkhorn on Fridays at 10am. This is a very popular program and the alley does fill up making it pretty noisy later in the day.
Please note that this program is not available for “club outings” so if your group decides to attend you will need to register yourselves and just find each other once you are there.
Once again we asked our community to help us design the 2011 Autism Puzzle Walk T shirts. Here are four designs that were submitted and we humbly thank everyone who took time to get creative.
All of the submission were wonderful and we applaud your creativity! Thank you!!!!
But now we need our community to help us decide which design to put on the Walk T shirts! Which do you think best captures the spirit of our community?
Please follow the link below and cast your vote!
(Vote closes on Tuesday, February 15th)
The Nebraska ASD Network is an amazing resource for families and professionals in our state. If you haven’t already met your regional coordinator, do it now! Also be sure and check out their statewide web site as well as their regional pages for training opportunties near you! www.unl.edu/asdnetwork
HERE is the SE Region’s January Newsletter. This is a great resource to check out. Print them off. Take them to school. Teachers…put them in the teachers lounge.
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011
Location: Nebraska Children’s Home Society, 4939 S. 118th St., Omaha, Nebraska
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Fee: $0 SCIP District Staff
$0 Parents
$5 Agency Program Staff in ESU #3
$10 Non-SCIP District Staff
Audience: Parents, Teachers, Special Education Directors, Principals
ESU #3 will sponsor Dr. Paula Kluth for an evening presentation. Dr. Kluth’s presentation “You’re Going to Love This Kid” focuses on practical ways to support special education students within a general education classroom. Topics addressed include differentiating instruction, creating more active and responsive lessons, making the classroom comfortable and providing opportunities for communication and social skill development. The session will focus on the importance of pushing beyond access and participation and asking schools to challenge students and understand each learner as complex and capable.
Dr. Kluth is a consultant, teacher, author, advocate and independent scholar who works collaboratively with teachers and families to provide inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities and to create more responsive and engaging schooling experiences for all learners. Paula is a former special educator who has served as a classroom teacher, consulting teacher, and inclusion facilitator. She works with teachers in K-12 schools, pre-schools, and early intervention programs. She also regularly works with family organizations and disability-rights and advocacy groups.
Download a flyer HERE fore registration information.
Autism Action Partnership and Omaha Down Syndrome Parents Network are discussing whether to bring the Lose the Training Wheels Bike Camp back to Omaha in 2011. They have a few questions that we would like your feedback ASAP! Please email nebuddywalk@cox.net
1. Is your child still riding his/her bike (of course, before the cold weather happened:)?
2. Did you buy a bike specifically for the bike camp?
3. Do you know of others who would be interested in the bike camp? If so, please send this email to them and ask them to respond to it.
Saturday, November 20, 2010—5:30pm -8:00 p.m.
PVA Building, 7612 Maple Street
They’ll be making Apple Turkeys! Parents of children with developmental disabilities may bring their children, ages 5-12 years, to participate in developmental play activities while their parents leave for free time or a date night for themselves. Childcare is provided at $5.00 per child with Arc membership ($7 per child for non-members) by staff from The Arc of Omaha at the Ollie Webb Center and by volunteers from Creighton University and other youth groups. Siblings may participate as peer models, and a light snack is provided.
TO REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION—Contact Annie at 402-346-5220, ext. 23, or aanderson@olliewebbinc.org.
The Autism Society Omaha Support Group will be meeting Monday, November 1, 2010 at 6:00 at the Pump It Up. To learn more about this meeting visit our link HERE.
**SAVE THE DATE - They’ll be having their Holiday party in place of the December Pump It Up. More information coming soon!
Community Resource Fair sponsored by Millard Public Schools and The PRISM Project at The Ollie Webb Center, Inc.
Ice Cream Social / Activities for Kids / Gather information / Visit with Agencies
Browse the displays / Get answers to your questions
All families in the Omaha Metro Area with a focus on students in special education programs are invited to come visit with Community Resource Agencies, Recreation and Leisure Organizations, and organizations with Health and Safety Information.
WHEN: Monday, September 27, 2010
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
WHERE: Millard South Cafeteria - 14905 Q St
You are invited to be in a national research study of supports for families of youth with disabilities. This National Survey is for the parent or primary caregiver of a young person with disabilities between 12 and 22 years old. If you qualify please follow the link below in order to partake in this research study.
Your answers to the questions on the National Family Support Survey are confidential and will help the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, parent centers, and researchers understand the information and supports families need to prepare for moving into adulthood.
The information you share is extremely valuable and may help to inform program development for youth with disabilities in the future. We encourage you to participate and greatly appreciate your time :
http://rtc.umn.edu/fast/main/index.asp
The Family Advocacy and Support Training (FAST) Project is funded by the Administration on Development Disabilities (ADD) as a Project of National Significance. FAST is a project of PACER Center in Minnesota in collaboration with Parent Centers throughout the United States and Territories and with the help of the University of Minnesota.
For study: Mothers of two children, one diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, one not are the participants.
Women who have at least two children who were born from January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2007 with a minimum of 36 weeks of gestation.
These are the basic steps:
1. Fill in consent form Download a consent form here.
2. Fill in the data gathering form - Download the data gathering form here.
3. Get a copy of their prenatal visits from their MD for both children- normally this is only one page as all the data are on one form, but it varies from MD to MD. Download a Letter to your provider here.
4. Submit all forms electronically or mail to the PO box located on the letter.
The study question: What is maternal prenatal body mass index (BMI) at 12 weeks of pregnancy? Is it different for two siblings, one later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, one not?
Two participants will be randomly selected each of the two will each be given a $30 gift card. Participants have a one in 60 chance of winning a $30.00 gift card which will be mailed.
If you who like to participate, please email Ruthann.hendrix@waldenu.edu
Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Nebraska Methodist College 720 N 87th St, Omaha, NE
The 2nd Annual Casino Night: A Benefit for Autism will be held at Nebraska Methodist College on Friday, April 16, 2010.
ALL proceeds will be given to the Autism Society of Nebraska - last year over $1,300 was raised!
A delicious dinner from Spaghetti Works will be served at 6 pm followed by games from 7-9pm. Raffles will be done throughout the evening.
TICKETS are only $5/person or $20/Family
raffles. dinner. blackjack. roulette. poker. bingo, left right center, kids casino, and more!
Download a flyer here.
http://www.autism-society.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=15877&news_iv_ctrl=1882
How far would you travel to heal someone you love? For one Texas couple, it means a spiritual journey halfway around the world to Mongolia. When their son is diagnosed with autism, they seek the best treatments, but nothing works … until they discover their son’s connection to horses and the effect it has on him. Part travel adventure and shamanic quest, this is the story of how one family found a gateway into understanding their son’s life.
The Horse Boy is being co-sponsored by The Autism Society of Nebraska and will be showing in the Lincoln theater from April Friday April 2 through Thursday April 8th. You can view the trailer here.
Please visit the Mary Riepma Ross web site to find out the movie showtimes!
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
313 N. 13th Street
Lincoln, NE
Mention that you are with the Autism Society of Nebraska Group and get the discounted rate of: $5.50.
Questions to Michaela Newman-Autism Society of Nebraska-President
Dental Health is important for our children with special health care needs and/or disabilities. Please take a few minutes to help our friends at PTI-Nebraska by completing the following survey. Click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GHXVFT6 and it will take you to the online survey.
Fabulous Opportunity to Learn More About WRAP
Please join us for the FREE webinar with Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, on how people can live day to day using WRAP as their guide to recovery and wellness. She will talk about the importance of hope, personal responsibility, education, self advocacy, support and problem solving in using WRAP. In addition she will share ideas for enhancing each section of WRAP, from the Wellness Toolbox to the Post Crisis Plan, so that it becomes a truly powerful personal guide. Her presentation will include stories that she has gathered from people around the world who use WRAP, stories that illustrate the challenges of using WRAP and the power of WRAP in helping people in improve the quality of their daily lives and going on to meeting their own goals and dreams.
This webinar is open to anyone who is connected to WRAP. However, Dr. Copeland feels it is particularly important that Copeland Center certified WRAP facilitators and anyone who works with others, either in groups or as individuals, including veterans and people in the military attend this webinar.
Certificates of attendance will be available upon request.
Mary Ellen Copeland worked with a group of people who have a lived experience of mental health challenges to develop WRAP. She is the author of WRAP® (Wellness Recovery Action Plan), and many other recovery-oriented resources. For more information on her work go to http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com.
This webinar is sponsored by the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery where you can get trained to be a certified WRAP Facilitator and Essential Learning, your resource for online WRAP and recovery courses.
The webinar requires both access to the Internet and a phone for joining the conference calls. Long distance charges do apply. The webinar is recorded and posted on mentalhealthrecovery.com after the broadcast.
To Register
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/691703217
Open Gym on Sunday November 15th at 3:00 - 4:00 has been cancelled.
