Events at WRC
Danny Delgadillo
FYI.
Please see below the various events we are sponsoring or co-sponsoring.
Thank you,
-Danny
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Daniel Delgadillo
Bilingual Outreach Specialist
Westside Family Resource & Empowerment Center
5901 Green Valley Circle, #320
Culver City, CA 90230
Direct: (310) 258-4017, Main: (310) 258-4063, Fax: (310) 338-9664
A space for parents of babies, toddlers and school-aged children. Emotional-based support group in English facilitated by TiaMarie Smith.
Meets: 2nd Monday of the month ~ 6:30-8pm - Call (310) 902-5046.
WRC IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETINGS
June 12 & June 15
The Lanterman Act was recently amended to require all Regional
Centers to compile data relating to purchase of service
expenditures with respect to each individual’s age, race or
ethnicity, primary language, and disability. This data may be found
on our website.
Westside Regional Center is holding Public Meetings to review this data with our community
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
English Session: 10:00 am –11:30 am
Spanish Session 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Saturday, June 15, 2013
English & Spanish Session: 10:00 am –11:30 am
For more information please call (310) 258-4063
All Meetings will be held at: Westside Regional Center, 5901 Green Valley Circle, 3rd Floor Boardroom, Culver City, CA 90230
L.A. Asperger Syndrome Parents' Support Group monthly meeting
Monthly Meeting:
L.A. Asperger Syndrome Parents' Support Group
Speakers: All of us!
(the Parents, Guardians, Grandparents, Spouses, Significant Others, etc., of folks with AS – plus any interested parties.)
Topic: Whatever people want to talk about.
When: Wednesday, June 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Click here.
We meet in the Vista del Mar campus, near where the Santa Monica freeway crosses Motor Avenue in West Los Angeles. We meet in the Community Room in the new Julia Ann Singer center (click here), in the “Taper Building” westward across the grass from the old Julia Ann Singer Center within the Vista del Mar campus. There is a free-standing sign in front of the main entrance to our new building that says “Julia Ann Singer / Reiss Davis.” Strangely, it only says this on the side facing south. If we can, we set up several free-standing yellow signs helping you find the place.
Vista del Mar is at 3200 Motor Ave. (Los Angeles, 90064) between National and Pico, 1/2 block North of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway underpass. Our meeting place is near Edith Avenue (but entry from there isn’t allowed).
Since the beginning of 2009, we no longer meet in the old Julia Ann Singer center, which is now called the “Henry & Marcia Baron School for Exceptional Children” (or the Vista Hills/Baron School for ASD Youth). If you go to the front door of this place and turn 180 degrees, you’ll see the big doors of our current meeting place (near a basketball hoop and the picnic table).
For directions, click this link to see maps.
Why: Because we love you!
Ø All parents, relatives, guardians, and care-givers are welcome. Drop-ins are welcome. This is not a members-only group. In fact, there is no membership list – and no fees. [We are, however, considering instituting a secret door-knock to get into our meetings. Would hazing be okay?]
Ø Unfortunately (alack and alas!), we cannot provide childcare. Please do not bring your children and teens to the meeting (unless it’s noted otherwise in our announcements), since it may interfere with the ability of adults to talk to each other. (Adult children and mature teens are of course welcome.)
Ø Teachers and mental-health professionals are also welcome. (Reporters & researchers: please click here .)
Ø This group is not primarily aimed at those with Asperger Syndrome themselves (though they are of course welcome to attend). For more information on this, see our FAQ sheet.
Ø Everything said at our meetings is kept in confidence, while our e-mailing lists are totally secret.
Ø The organizers of the group are Jim Devine and Fran Goldfarb. Call us for information about Asperger Syndrome or about our support group 310 636-0101. [This is our home phone. Call only after 7 a.m. and before 9 p.m., please. Also, we sleep late on weekends.]
Ø We have e-mail at: laasp...@gmail.com, jde...@lmu.edu (Jim), and bea...@verizon.net (Fran). For e-mails, please use the word “Asperger” in the subject line, so that it’s easier to separate your wheat from the chaff of spam.
Ø For more FAQs, click here.
What is Asperger Syndrome? The answer keeps on changing!
Stop the Presses! Name Change! The category of Asperger Syndrome (that we so know and love) is to be abolished and made part of the larger category of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Even though the leaders of this group are going to continue to use the phrase “Asperger Syndrome,” for communicating with professionals, schools, and aid agencies it’s useful to know the proposed “official” definition of ASD in the forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-V). Note that this definition is stated totally in terms of behavior and says nothing about the causes of ASD or how it feels psychologically to have it.
Autism Spectrum Disorders must meet criteria A, B, C, and D:
A. Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across contexts, not accounted for by general developmental delays, and manifest by all 3 of the following:
1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity; ranging from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back and forth conversation through reduced sharing of interests, emotions, and affect and response to total lack of initiation of social interaction,
2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction; ranging from poorly integrated- verbal and nonverbal communication, through abnormalities in eye contact and body-language, or deficits in understanding and use of nonverbal communication, to total lack of facial expression or gestures.
3. Deficits in developing and maintaining relationships, appropriate to developmental level (beyond those with caregivers); ranging from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit different social contexts through difficulties in sharing imaginative play and in making friends to an apparent absence of interest in people
B. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as manifested by at least two of the following:
1. Stereotyped or repetitive speech, motor movements, or use of objects; (such as simple motor stereotypies, echolalia, repetitive use of objects, or idiosyncratic phrases).
2. Excessive adherence to routines, ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior, or excessive resistance to change; (such as motoric rituals, insistence on same route or food, repetitive questioning or extreme distress at small changes).
3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus; (such as strong attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or perseverative interests).
4. Hyper-or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of environment; (such as apparent indifference to pain/heat/cold, adverse response to specific sounds or textures, excessive smelling or touching of objects, fascination with lights or spinning objects).
C. Symptoms must be present in early childhood (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities).
D. Symptoms together limit and impair everyday functioning.
The above is from http://www.dsm5.org/proposedrevisions/pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=94, a page of the American Psychiatric Association website.
Jim Devine jdevine at lmu.edu
Los Angeles Asperger Syndrome Parents' Support Group
http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/AS/Index.htm
(disclaimer: I am not a psychological professional)
WEST L.A. CHADD MEETING
June 18
Chapter Representative: Miriam Stein – miria...@earthlink.net
WHERE: Westside Family Resource and Empowerment Center
5901 Green Valley Circle, #320 – Culver City CA, 90230
WHEN: TUESDAY, June 18, 2013, 6:45pm – 9:00pm
(Come early to network and for support!)
PRESENTER & TOPIC:
Procrastination and ADHD:
What's Going On and What to Do About It
Audience: Parents, Teens, Adults, Psychologists, Therapists, Ed. Professionals
People with ADHD appear to procrastinate all the time. But not starting, continuing and/or finishing things can happen for a variety of reasons. Psychological issues, the neurology of ADHD and an intersection of the two can cause major challenges to our productivity. Dr. Kensington discusses several of the top contributors, provides a roadmap for figuring out what's getting in the way and offers practical, ADHD-friendly strategies for dealing with fear, inertia, indecision and the call of the zillions other things we think we should be, or would rather be, doing.
Dr. Kim Kensington is a psychologist based in Santa Monica. Her focus is on helping procrastinators and/or people with ADHD get things done. Wired as one of the most expert procrastinators she has ever met, and a poster child for inattentive ADHD, she has heard tons of well-meaning advice that didn’t help i.e. “just do it!” With a light-hearted and informal style, Dr. Kim approaches this topic from the perspective of one who knows better than to suggest you "just leave earlier" or "make a list"!
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPT.16 – HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!
Westside Regional Center’s Training & Events Bulletin
Click here to view the PDF of the Calendar: Click here to find: Local Schedule of Events.
is posted on the WRC Website! Please visit the Training Page on the website by clicking here: WRC Training & Events. The website is www.WestsideRC.org. When you visit the website, click on Training and there will be two options. There is a schedule of local trainings and events and WRC have a section for Trainings, which will lead you right to our Quarterly Training Bulletin. If you would like a pre-printed copy, stop by WRC’s receptionist area or the Westside Family Resource & Empowerment Center. Please note, due to budget constraints, Westside Regional Center will no longer be able to mail the full Training and Events Bulletin. WRC will, however, distribute these publications via e-mail. - Don't Forget! Westside's calendar of local events, trainings and meetings is updated each month to keep you informed of opportunities hosted within our community.
Achievable Foundation's Newsletter & Events
Achievable provides a unique and vital support system for the health, well-being, mobility, and communication needs of persons with low income and developmental disabilities. Developmental disabilities can include autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other developmental challenges.
Please see all of the wonderful services and events the Achievable Foundation is having and how they assist individuals and family member of people with developmental disabilities: www.Achievable.org
Click here to view the PDF of the Achievable Newsletters: http://www.achievable.org/About_Us/Newsletters/index.html
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