Past Event Category: Autism
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Feb 22Waisman Center Day with the Experts: AutismFeaturing: Lily Wagner, Luis Columna, and Leann DaWalt
1500 Highland Ave, Madison WI 53705 Waisman Center
21st Annual Click Here to Register En español Event Details When: Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Where: In Person – At the Waisman Center – Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium Virtual – Zoom: You are invited to a Zoom webinar! When: Feb 22, 2025 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) …
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Feb 18Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin, MSSW
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation.
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Feb 13IEP 101 – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Colin Fass & Phyllis Greenberger
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
An IEP (Individualized Education Plan) Training for guardians and providers who attend IEP meetings
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Feb 7Seminar – Donna Werling, PhD – “Gene Expression in Brain as a Tool for Identifying Sex-Differential Risk Mechanisms for Autism”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Donna Werling, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Profile About the Speaker: Donna Werling, PhD, is interested in the mechanisms by which genetic variation and sex-differential biology influence risk for neuropsychiatric conditions, with a major focus on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders. During her doctoral work in the laboratory of Dan Geschwind at the …
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Feb 6The Double Rainbow: The Intersection of Gender Identity and Neurodivergence – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Ellen Merker, M.S. LPC
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Research has shown that rates of LGBTQIA+ identification in the neurodivergent community are higher than in the general population, but little is done to provide increased and inclusive supports to them or to better understand their unique needs.
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Jan 30It’s All Relational: The Ethics and Boundaries of Social Inclusion – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
Relationships are what matter most. We all need people and desire to belong. But what does true belonging and social inclusion really mean and look like?
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Jan 29Accept Every Offer – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
This training seminar explores how to improve workplace communication, make more out of meetings, and boost morale.
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Jan 16Whose Expectation is it Anyway? Access, Care and Humanization: Family-Led Academic Grand RoundsFeaturing: Cara Coleman and Danielle Gerber
600 Highland Avenue, Room HSLC 1335, Madison, WI 53792
These national, quarterly educational sessions will be led and presented by families.
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Dec 10Transition Talks Tuesdays: Post-Secondary Transition Plan and Beyond 18Featuring: The Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant
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Dec 6Seminar – David Mandell, ScD – “The Long and Winding Road: Implementation Challenges in Moving from Exclusion to Inclusion in Philadelphia Public Schools”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
David Mandell, ScD University of Pennsylvania Profile About the Speaker: Dr. David Mandell is the Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is trained as a psychiatric epidemiologist and mental health services researcher. The goal of his research is to improve the quality of care individuals with …