Books for Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Nurse Practioner, Specializing in Psychiatric and Mental Health Needs, With Special Interest In Auitsm (Autism Spectrum Disorders), Neuro-developmental Delays, Attention Deficit Disorder, et. Others. Although Focus/Speciality Psychiatry/Mental Health, Treatment Apprpoach "Holistic" With Mind and Body Working and Treatments Complementing The Complex, Integrative Connection Of The Mental and Physical Systems Of The Person, Child And Adults. Although Psychotropic Interventions Can Be Helpful, Other Non-medication Interventions Can Be As Beneficial As The Medication Interventions.

I have a strong passion for using applied behavior analysis in the field of education, especially in communication/verbal behavior, play, and social skills. I love working with families, caretakers, and school staff to bring about lasting change and improvement in the lives of children! I provide consultation services for young children and their families seeking early intensive behavioral intervention in Johnson County, eastern Douglas County, and northern Miami County in Kansas. I am willing to travel farther, depending on whether or not I have other clients in the area or close to the area I am requested (CURRENTLY, I am also available to work in the North Kansas City area).
I design and implement behavioral interventions for young children with developmental and behavioral disabilities; develop curriculum to train parents, tutors, paraprofessionals, implementers in methods and strategies of interventions as well as data collection; run team meetings and workshops related to specific needs of each child; Programs I design include but are not limited to: verbal communication, independence, social skills, self-help skills, leisure skills, academics. I also participate in developing Individualized Education Plans and have experience working with Educational Advocates

Equal Chance Education Consulting, LLC (EC²) is dedicated to providing solutions and support to parents of children with special needs through qualified advocacy, education and legal services. EC²’s philosophy is simple: facilitate direct and constructive communication between parents and school districts that focuses on the child’s needs and works to provide that child with an opportunity for success within the current legal framework. Nancy Huerta, Esq., founder, and owner of EC², has practiced special education law since 1994. She is an honors graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School and is currently completing her Master’s in special education with an emphasis on behavior disorders and autism at the University of Kansas. Ms. Huerta recently co-authored the handbook, IDEA As Amended in 2004 (Turnbull, Huerta and Stowe) and a special education textbook, Free Appropriate Public Education: Law and the Education of Children with Disabilities, (Turnbull, Stowe and Huerta).

Families Together, Inc. is a statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities. The program's mission is to encourage, educate and empower famiiles to be effective advocates for their own children.

Families Together, Inc. is dedicated to a society that includes and values all people. They offer families the security of belonging to a support network of other parents that face similar goals, challenges and needs.

Parent Training and Information Centers are located in Wichita,
Topeka, Garden City and Kansas City.

Parents may call or come by any of the centers for individual assistance. Events include mini-conferences, Parent Networking Conferences and Family Enrichment Weekends are held statewide to provide opportunities for parents to learn and network with each other.

Services are also provided to Spanish speaking families in their native language. Please see our website.

Families Together, Inc. is a statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities. The program's mission is to encourage, educate and empower famiiles to be effective advocates for their own children.

Families Together, Inc. is dedicated to a society that includes and values all people. They offer families the security of belonging to a support network of other parents that face similar goals, challenges and needs.

Parent Training and Information Centers are located in Wichita,
Topeka, Garden City and Kansas City.

Parents may call or come by any of the centers for individual assistance. Events include mini-conferences, Parent Networking Conferences and Family Enrichment Weekends are held statewide to provide opportunities for parents to learn and network with each other.

Services are also provided to Spanish speaking families in their native language. Please see our website.

Families Together, Inc. is a statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities. The program's mission is to encourage, educate and empower famiiles to be effective advocates for their own children.

Families Together, Inc. is dedicated to a society that includes and values all people. They offer families the security of belonging to a support network of other parents that face similar goals, challenges and needs.

Parent Training and Information Centers are located in Wichita,
Topeka, Garden City and Kansas City.

Parents may call or come by any of the centers for individual assistance. Events include mini-conferences, Parent Networking Conferences and Family Enrichment Weekends are held statewide to provide opportunities for parents to learn and network with each other.

Services are also provided to Spanish speaking families in their native language. Please see our website.

Families Together, Inc. is a statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities. The program's mission is to encourage, educate and empower famiiles to be effective advocates for their own children.

Families Together, Inc. is dedicated to a society that includes and values all people. They offer families the security of belonging to a support network of other parents that face similar goals, challenges and needs.

Parent Training and Information Centers are located in Wichita,
Topeka, Garden City and Kansas City.

Parents may call or come by any of the centers for individual assistance. Events include mini-conferences, Parent Networking Conferences and Family Enrichment Weekends are held statewide to provide opportunities for parents to learn and network with each other.

Services are also provided to Spanish speaking families in their native language. Please see our website.

Families Together is a statewide non-profit organization serving families in Kansas which include a son or daughter with a disability.

It is our hope through SUPPORT & INFORMATION to ENABLE FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES to MAXIMIZE the AILITIES of INDIVIDUALS who learn differently.

Offers a residential school and children's therapy center, offering outpatient therapy services. Heartspring is a not-for-profit residential school that serves children with multiple disabilities within the ages 5-21 from across the country. A majority of students enrolled have mental retardation in some degree along with other disabilities such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, hearing and/or vision impairment or behavior disorders.

At Heartspring School, in conjunction to the sending school district or agency, we design each student's educational program based on the child's strengths, weaknesses and needs. The program is delivered through an integrated team approach involving the residential school, psychology, therapy and medical staff. With the active participation of parents and sending school district or agency, an IEP is developed based on the students needs.

The Irlen Method has been effective in reducing or eliminating perceptual distortions which plague those who suffer from PDD conditions. The method asks for a parental inventory, some preliminary contact to familiarize the affected person with the environment, and work with filters (colored lenses) to promote focus and decrease stemming behaviors. A preliminary screening is available from the Irlen Institute at www.irlen.com at a small charge.

Since the 1990 enactment of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), there has been a strong call nationally for change in education at all levels to include students with autism. The Teachers College at Emporia State University has long been an institution devoted to improving lives through educational opportunities and an initiator of instruction which focuses on the unique needs of individual learners.
The Kansas Resource Center on Autism (KRCA), funded by the Kansas Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, provides the opportunity for Kansas to obtain information, consultation or training on topics related to autism including: family support, education, services and research.

KRCA will provide information to seekers through two functions: a Clearinghouse on Autism located in the Teachers College Resource Center; and, courses and specially scheduled workshops held on the ESU campus. The faculty and staff at The Teachers College are committed to promoting understanding of autism through providing information to families, peers, public school educators, related service providers and others who provide day-to-day supports for individuals with autism across the life-span.

Social skills training and other cognitive-behavioral interventions for Asperger Syndrome, NVLD, and similar social-communication challenges.

Enhancing the lives of children with varied abilities and needs through customized services designed in partnership with the family.

"A Neurologic Music Therapy Based Approach to Teaching the Autistic Child"

The Neurologic Disabilities Support Project (NDSP) is one of several special projects sponsored by the Kansas Statewide Technical Assistance Resource System (K-STARS) and funded by the Kansas State Department of Education Student Support Services. The project supports students with neurologic disabilities by providing services to educators and parents of children with neurologic disabilities. For example, Kansas teachers and parents of students with Autism, Acquired or Traumatic Brain Injury (ABI/TBI)) or other neurologic disabilities can call the Neurologic Disabilities Support Project.

AUCD formerly UAP(University Affiliated Programs) are authorized by federal legislation to help States and local communities respond to the needs of people with developmental disabilities and their families.(AUCDs) serve as a liaison between the academic world and the developmental disabilities service delivery system. AUCDs network with and provide assistance to State Agencies, their local affiliates, and to various nongovermental consumer-based organizations. Most AUCDs provide direct clinical, educational, and other services to individuals and families, or can assist families in finding services.