Thursday, May 27, 2010

Autism awareness seminar on June 5 in Davao City!

The Autism Society Philippines (ASP)–Davao Chapter will spearhead a seminar and teaching demo on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) on Saturday, June 5 at MIC Cursillo House, Torres St. at 1-5 p.m..

The seminar aims to provide information about ASD, to discuss the nature and characteristics of each stage from childhood through adulthood with corresponding curriculum, and to present appropriate interventions.

ASP-Davao President Eric de la Costa said the seminar is the last part of the five-part seminar series which started last January 2010.

He said the part five tackles on “Adult Life: Sustainability and Independence” with sub topics such as Work Placement Options; Functional Communication Programs; Dealing with Behavior and Emotions in the Workplace, Home and Community; Social Skills and Community Involvement; Physical Fitness; Health and Hygiene, Independence and Safety; and Financial Preparation.

Seminar resource person is Special Education specialist Nino Ricky S. Tumadiang.  Tumadiang is also a coordinator, teacher, consultant and program director on Special Education.

7 comments:

  1. there is still no permament solution for autism. we just have to take good care of the kids who are suffering autism.'.-

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  2. there is no permanent cure for autism yet, most autism treatments are experimental~:"

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  3. there has been no permanent cure for autism yet but i think stem cells could also help'~'

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  4. to date, there has been no cure for autism yet and we always hope that stem cell research can cure it`**

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  5. i have a brother that is autistic and we love him so much and gave all of our support on him *~~

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  6. Do you have another schedule on autism? for 2011

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  7. Hey great write-up , Thanks for giving this info

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