2019 Promising Pathways Conference

on Best Practice in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Florida Gulf Coast University April 6th, 2019 Fort Myers, FL

Promising Pathways 239-745-3400 PromisingPathways@fgcu.edu

Keynote Speaker:

Carol M. Schall, Ph.D.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Autism Spectrum Center of Excellence

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Information to help you enjoy your day:

Opening Session will begin at 9:00 in the Cohen Center Ballroom located on the second floor.

Complimentary coffee and hot tea are available outside of the Cohen Center Ballroom, starting at 8:00, while it lasts.

You may pre-order lunch during 8:00 to 9:00 at the station on the second floor, next to the coffee.

All breakout sessions will be held in the Cohen Center and in the Sugden Resort & Hospitality Management building,

which is located between the Cohen Center and Parking Garage 1.

Restrooms are located next to the stairs in Cohen Center (both 1st and 2nd floors); and next to the Cyber Café in Sugden

Resort & Hospitality Management.

Promising Pathways committee members and volunteers (in lime green shirts) are available to assist and answer questions.

Agenda

8:00—9:00 Onsite Registration and Vendor Exhibits—Cohen Center Gallery Coffee & Tea—Cohen Center 2nd Floor Pre-purchase Boxed Lunch Option— Cohen Center 2nd Floor 9:00—10:45 Opening Session—Cohen Center Ballroom Introductions Michael V. Martin, Ph.D., President FGCU Office of the President FGCU Welcome Dr. James Llorens, Ph.D., Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs FGCU Office of the Provost Keynote Introduction Dr. Robert Gregerson, Dean & Professor FGCU College of Arts & Sciences Keynote Speaker Carol M. Schall, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University Autism Spectrum Center of Excellence 10:45—11:00 Break & Vendor Exhibits 11:00—12:00 Concurrent Session 1 12:00—1:00 Lunch & Vendor Exhibits; Cohen Center Gallery Selected eateries open: Chik-fil-A (10:30-1:30) and Einstein’s Bagels (7:45-4:00) 1:00—2:00 Concurrent Session 2 2:00—2:15 Break & Vendor Exhibits 2:15—3:15 Concurrent Session 3

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Welcome to the 12th Annual Promising Pathways Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorder!

We are very pleased to welcome our keynote speaker, Carol M. Schall, PhD. Dr. Schall is the Co-Director of the Virginia Commonwealth Uni-versity Autism Center for Excellence, the Director of the Virginia Autism Resource Center, and the Principal Investigator in the development of the Community Based Functional Skills Assessment for Transition Aged Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders, a grant funded by Autism Speaks. She has over 30 years experience supporting adolescents and adults with ASD as a teacher, administrator, researcher, and consult-ant. Dr. Schall is also the co-developer and research coordinator for

Project SEARCH Plus ASD Supports. Additionally, Dr. Schall has consulted nationally and internationally on issues related to adolescents and young adults with ASD. Dr. Schall’s keynote presentation is titled Pathways to Employment for Individuals with ASD. In this keynote session. Dr. Schall will present research on the impact of internships, supported employment and customized employment on employment outcomes. She will also include an in-depth discussion of the behavioral methods used to support youth and young adults with ASD in the transition from school to work. We are confident you will find this session interesting and informative! Dr. Schall will also present during the first breakout session from 11:00 to 12:00: Achieving Competi-tive Integrated Employment for Youth and Young Adults with ASD: Why, How, Who, What, Where, When. Please see the session abstract on page 11 for additional information. Each year we welcome 300—400 parents, educators, healthcare workers and community members interested in serving individuals with autism spectrum disorder to the Promising Pathways conference. Through donations from our generous community and business sponsors, we are able to continue to offer the conference at no charge to attendees. While we do not specifically endorse sponsors, we do encourage you to visit our vendor exhibit and learn more about the programs and services available in our area. If you are interested in supporting next year’s conference or joining our planning committee, please contact us. On behalf of the entire Planning Committee , we hope that the investment of your time today provides you with new knowledge, insight and contacts. We welcome your feedback and will be providing a post-event survey via email. We hope you enjoy the conference! Sincerely, Leigh Anna and Joanna, Co-Chairs, Promising Pathways Planning Committee Ms. Leigh Anna Nowak Dr. Joanna Salapska-Gelleri CARD Consultant Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology Center for Autism and Related Disabilities FGCU—College of Arts and Sciences 239-590-7769 Florida Gulf Coast University lnowak@fgcu.edu 239-590-7358 jsalapsk@fgcu.edu

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Conference Planning Committee:

This conference is a community event coordinated by a regional volunteer planning committee. We are thankful for the time and talents provided by

everyone on our committee!

Dr. Sarah Fabrizi FGCU—College of Health Professions and Social Work Annemarie Connor FGCU—College of Health Professions and Social Work Dr. Carolynne Gischel FGCU—College of Education Lynn James Parent & Family Care Council Tamiki Lumpkin Center for Autism and Related Disabilities Christine Maughan The School District of Lee County Anjali Van Drie Family Initiative Incorporated Debbi Nicolosi UCF - Technical Assistance & Training Systems Nancy Smith Osterhout and McKinney, P.A. Iris Perez FGCU—College of Education Britt Stroud, MD Golisano Children's Hospital of SW Florida Tara Tallaksen Golisano Children's Hospital of SW Florida Jillian DaGraca Golisano Children's Hospital of SW Florida Claudia Mona Family Network on Disabilities Adrienne Wadsworth FGCU Student Laina Lamb FGCU Student

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Breakout Session 1 11:00—12:00

Title Topic Presenter(s) Location

Achieving Competitive Integrated Em-

ployment for Youth and Young Adults

with ASD: Why, How, Who, What,

Where, When

Parent Involvement Carol M. Schall. PH.D

Keynote Breakout Session CC Ballroom

Classroom Strategies for Students with

Autism Instructional Strategies Ellie Weber SRHM 240

Connecting the Uninsured to Health

Coverage

Health Care Coverage

and Access Mrs. Jodi A. Ray, MA SRHM 110

Coping with Major Changes Adult Living Bradford Karpel and family,

facilitated by Dr Britt Stroud SRHM 208

Got ABA? Come Learn the ABC’s of

Your Child’s Behavior.

This session also delivered in Spanish.

Positive Behavior

Support Kimberly Walker CC 247

How to Become A Successful Autism Self

-Advocate Adult Living Mike DiMauro CC 213

How to Save with ABLE United Financial Resources Cathryn C. Girard SRHM 114

Improving Medical Care for Adults with

Disabilities: Training and

Resources

Adult Living Ms. Cydnee Parsley, MPH CC 214

Influencing Challenging Behaviors with

Meditative Movements

Positive Behavior

Support Mrs. Ellie Peterson CC 162

Nutritional Considerations in Autism and

ADHD Co-Occurring Diagnosis Jose Colon, M.D., MPH SRHM 111

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Breakout Session 2 1:00—2:00

Title Topic Presenter(s) Location

Classroom Strategies for Students with

Autism Instructional Strategies Ellie Weber SRHM 240

Connecting the Uninsured to Health

Coverage

Health Care Coverage and

Access Mrs. Jodi A. Ray, MA SRHM 208

Empowering Parents and Families: Self

Care and Modeling Healthy Coping Parent Involvement Courtney A. Faunce CC 214

How to Save with ABLE United Financial Resources Cathryn C. Girard SRHM 114

Influencing Challenging Behaviors

with Meditative Movements Positive Behavior Support Mrs. Ellie Peterson CC 162

Legal and Financial Issues for Special

Needs Children—Maximize the Income Legal, Benefits, Financial Dr. Jess W. Levins SRHM 110

Nutritional Considerations in Autism

and ADHD Co-Occurring Diagnosis Jose Colon, M.D., MPH SRHM 111

The Experience of Being Diagnosed

with ASD in Adulthood Adult Living Mrs. Sarah Sullivan CC 213

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Breakout Session 3 2:15—3:15

Title Topic Presenter(s) Location

Coping with Major Changes Adult Living Bradford Karpel and family,

facilitated by Dr Britt Stroud SRHM 208

Empowering Parents and Families:

Self Care and Modeling Healthy Cop-

ing

Parent Involvement Courtney A. Faunce SRHM 111

Got ABA? Come Learn the ABC’s of

Your Child’s Behavior. Positive Behavior Support Kimberly Walker SRHM 110

Guardianships and It’s Alternatives Legal, Benefits, Financial Heidi M. Brown SRHM 114

Improving Medical Care for Adults

with Disabilities: Training and

Resources

Adult Living Ms. Cydnee Parsley, MPH CC 214

The Experience of Being Diagnosed

with ASD in Adulthood Adult Living Mrs. Sarah Sullivan CC 213

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BCBA Sessions

Title Topic Presenter(s) Time/

Location

Pathways to Employment for Persons

with ASD Adult Living/Employment Carol M. Schall, Ph.D.

9:15-10:45

SRHM 115

Transitioning to New Supervision

Standards BACB—1 Supervision CE

Anjali Van Drie, MA, MSW,

BCBA

11:00-12:00

SRHM 115

An Overview of the Prevent—

Teach—Reinforce Model in School

Settings to Address Problem Behavior

BACB—1 Type 2 CE Krystal Fontechia MA, BCBA,

Lizzy Cassell, MA, BCBA

12:00-1:00

SRHM 115

The Ethics of Providing Services in a

School Setting BACB—Ethics CE Chasey Niebrugge, Med, BCBA

1:00-2:00

SRHM 115

Utilizing a Systems Perspective:

OBM methodologies in Clinical appli-

cations

BACB—1 Type 2 CE Ryan Curran, MS, BCBA 2:15-3:15

SRHM 115

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Spanish Sessions

Title Topic Presenter(s) Time/

Location

Pathways to Employment for Persons

with ASD Adult Living/Employment

Carol M. Schall, Ph.D.

Streamed into room 247

9:15-10:45

CC247

Got ABA? Come learn the ABS’s of

your child’s behavior Positive Behavior Support Kimberly Walker

11:00-12:00

CC247

Working with Sensory Challenges Sensory Yalitza Miraflores 1:00-2:00

CC247

The IEP Process and IDEA IDEA Claudia Mona and

Elizabeth Collazo

2:15-3:15

CC247

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Achieving Competitive Integrated Employment for Youth and Young Adults with ASD: Why, How, Who, What,

Where, When

Carol M. Schall, Ph.D. Employment/Transition

The promise of full participation in the workforce has yet to be realized by the majority of young adults with ASD. Never-

theless, there have been studies that describe successful strategies that result in employment supports for individuals with

ASD in employment. Those strategies include environmental design, systematic instruction, the use of applied behavior

analysis, and positive behavior supports. In this session, Dr. Schall will present the 'nuts and bolts" regarding the implemen-

tation of supported and customized employment and internships while in high school through the use of these supports.

Classroom Strategies for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ellie Weber, Med Classroom Strategies

This presentation is for educational staff. The participants should have some general knowledge about ASD, so the present-

er can provide more information explaining how executive functioning in a student with ASD affects classroom perfor-

mance. The presenter will provide strategies addressing attention, organization, written and expressive language, and infor-

mation processing.

Connecting the Uninsured to Health Coverage

Mrs. Jodi A. Ray, MA Health Care Coverage and Access

This will provide an overview of what best practice tools and approaches FL-CKF uses to implement effective statewide

outreach and enrollment efforts to some of the State’s most vulnerable populations. This will include a discussion of what

populations are being reached and how the expanded role of the assisters include health literacy as an essential component

of connecting consumers to coverage is key to access to care.

Coping with Major Changes

Bradford Karpel and family, facilitated by Dr Britt Stroud Adult Living

The presenter will be speaking about the major changes that happened in his life this past year and how he coped with

them. This change includes loss of job, job hunting, rejection and becoming accumulated to a new work environment.

There will also be a panel at the end with his mom, dad and twin brother that the audience may ask questions. The moder-

ator will be presented with 10 questions to ask each family member to get the ball rolling.

Empowering Parents and Families: Self Care & Modeling Healthy Coping

Courtney A. Faunce Parent Involvement

Studies reflect that parents and care providers who engage in consistent and meaningful self-care practices experience

increased psychological well-being and decreased feelings of burnout. This presentation will offer evidence-based strate-

gies for parents and care providers to implement starting today. Topics include: the Wellness Wheel, internal vs. external

coping, mindfulness, CBT strategies, and more.

Got ABA? Come learn the ABC’s of your child’s behavior

Kimberly Walker Positive Behavior Support

Participants will learn essential building blocks to manage behavior. Based on applied behavior analysis, this training will

review what behavior is, the importance of antecedents and consequences, and using this information with your children.

Behavior management tools to manage behaviors will be reviewed followed by an Q&A portion for participants

Guardianship and its Alternatives

Heidi M. Brown Legal, Benefits, Financial

This program will discuss decision making authority. Also, this program will explore guardianships, as well as alternatives

to full guardianships, such as limited guardianships, guardian advocates, supported decision making, natural guardianships,

powers of attorney, health care surrogates, voluntary guardianships, representative payees, and designated representatives.

Finally, this program and will explain the consequences of each.

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How to Save With ABLE United

Cathryn C..Girard Financial Resources

The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act allows individuals with disabilities to save money tax-free for a wide

variety of future expenses (including transportation, housing, and education) while maintaining benefits, such as SSI and

Medicaid. ABLE United, Florida’s qualified ABLE program, provides opportunities and can change the way you plan for

short-term expenditures and establish long-term savings. In this session, we will discuss everything you need to know about

the ABLE Act and how you can start achieving a better life experience through ABLE United.

Improving Medical Care for Adults with Disabilities: Training and Resources

Ms Cydnee Parsely, MPH Classroom Strategies

Adults with disabilities face obstacles in communicating with providers, and receiving appropriate medical care. More than

80% of US Medical School students report receiving no clinical training regarding people with disabilities. Training in com-

munication and available resources through Special Olympics can improve medical care for adults with IDD.

Influencing Challenging Behaviors with Meditative MovementsTM

Mrs. Ellie Peterson Positive Behavior Support

Learn how Meditative MovementsTM can be used by parents, caregivers, educators, and healthcare providers to increase

physical activity and improve mood. The 2017 University of Minnesota research study found this technique reduces anxiety,

depression and fatigue while improving emotional and functional well-being. You can influence behaviors by performing

Meditative MovementsTM.

Legal and Financial Issues for Special Needs Children—Maximize the Income

Dr. Jess W. Levins Legal, Benefits, Financial

Session updated to include 2019 issues and will cover: the need for a 100 year plan; Legal Documents including Pre-Need

Guardianship, Guardianship, Guardian Advocate, and Special Needs Trusts; Qualifying for both Medicaid and Medicaid; the

easy way to meet the annual reporting requirements for SSI and Guardianship; and maximizing your child’s life time income.

Nutritional Considerations in Autism and ADHD

Jose Colon, M.D., MPH Co-Occuring Diagnosis

Review the medical literature on the role of nutritional concepts of different diets, the role of micronutrients and phytonutri-

ents, as well as gut health in the role of Autism and ADHD.

The Experience of Being Diagnosed with ASD in Adulthood

Mrs. Sarah Sullivan Adult Living

This presentation will be a combination of Research and Anecdotal commentary on why High Functioning Autism is likely

underdiagnosed in females on the Spectrum, exploring mental health consequences, masking, language preference and how

to provide support to Autistics from the Neurotypical community. Most importantly, living authentically with late ASD diag-

nosis.

How to Become a Successful Autism Self Advocate

Mike DiMauro Adult Living

Mike DiMauro is a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks. Mike wants to share his experiences of being a self

advocate and sharing your story to people that make a difference in the world. Self advocacy allows the person with autism to

use their voice in the world and help make the world a better place and to help other people with autism as well!

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Notes

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Thank you for attending the 12th Annual Promising Pathways Conference on

Best Practice in Autism Spectrum Disorder! We hope you found the sessions informative and valuable! You will receive a survey at your registration

email address. Please take a moment to complete the survey and provide feedback on this year’s con-

ference. Your feedback will inform us as we plan future conferences. We look forward to seeing you

again at the 13th Annual Conference on Best Practice in Autism Spectrum Disorder in April 2020! Promising Pathways Planning Committee

Attendance Verification Form Promising Pathways Conference on Best Practice in Autism Spectrum Disorder Florida Gulf Coast University - April 6, 2019 Note: This form is not for CEUs for Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Fami-ly Therapy, Mental Health Counseling and Nursing. See CEU table for details. CEUs for BCBA and BCaBA will be monitored in the conference room. For those needing attendance verification for school district MIP points, you may use this Session Verification Form through-out the conference to track the sessions you attend. At the end of each session (keynote and breakouts), please see the conference staff or room host for attendance verification signature. Name:_________________________________________________ School:________________________________________________ District:_______________________

Session Title Presenter Signature

Keynote: Pathways to Employment for

Individuals with ASD

Carol M. Schall, Ph.D As-

sistant Professor, Virginia

Commonwealth University,

Director of Technical Assis-

tance at The Autism Center

of Excellence

Breakout Session 1: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Breakout Session 2: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Breakout Session 3: 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

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Special Thanks

to All

2019 Promising Pathways Conference Sponsors!