Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc.

Thursday, April 1, 2010 / 6:30 pm

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When a Texas couple learn that their son has been diagnosed with autism, they seek the best treatments, but nothing works. Then on a journey halfway around the world to Mongolia, they discover their son’s connection to horses and the effect it has on him. This is the story of how one family found a gateway into understanding their son’s life.
The film will be followed by a discussion with a parent panel including Autism Society Executive Director Emily Levine, and parents Wade Koski and Veronica Nolden.
Free film screening and discussion to take place at:

Discovery World
500 N. Harbor Drive-Milwaukee
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Parking in the underground structure is $1.00 for cinema attendees.

For more information, contact MPTV, Darlyne Haertlein, Supervisor: Outreach Services at 414-297-7518

If you are the parent of a small child with an autism spectrum disorder, you’ve probably noticed that your child does not play in the same ways typically developing children do. Perhaps your child obsessively spins wheels on toy cars, instead of pretending the cars are driving somewhere; perhaps he or she lines up blocks in rows, instead of building towers with them.

Have you been frustrated watching your child do these things, and wished you could get your child to break their attention away from the odd play to interact with you and others? What if you could use their playtime to help your child learn to communicate?

Dr. Rick Clark, Associate Clinical Professor at Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology will present “Using Play to Increase Communication.” Besides supervising students of psychology at the University and teaching there and at Cardinal Strich, Dr. Clark been in private practice at St. Francis Children’s Center in Glendale since 1994, providing a range of mental health services to children and their families from infancy through adolescence. His primary interests are Pervasive Developmental Disorders, ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, pediatric mental health, and learning disabilities.

This session will be held Saturday, March 13th, 9:30—11:30a.m. at Nicolet High School in Glendale.

Register by sending an email with your name and contact number to info@assew.org or by calling 414-427-9345. All Parenting Series sessions are free and open to parents, relatives, educators and professionals. Refreshments are served. Child care is not provided.

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