COLLEGE READINESS:
Preparing Your High School Student -
It's Never Too Early to Start
11/5/2016
Join presenters Jane Thierfeld Brown, Ed.D. and Lorraine Wolf, Ph.D. as they discuss the key steps needed for success after high school for students with Asperger Syndrome and related profiles.
Topics include:
- Assessing readiness for post-secondary education.
- Working with your teen/young adult to develop skills needed for success in collge and beyond, including independence, self-regulation, and organizational skills.
- How to decide which college environments might be a good match for your teen.
- The insider's view of the accommodations process in college: laws, strategies parents and teens need to know, and how to work with college personnel to foster success.
About the Presenters: Jane Thierfeld Brown is Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale Child Study, Yale Medical School, Director of College Autism Spectrum, and former Disability Support Services at the University of Connecticut School of Law. She has worked in Disability Services for 37 years. She holds an Ed.D. from Columbia University, Teachers College. Dr. Brown consults with many families, students, school districts and institutions of higher education. Dr. Brown has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS News and NPR. She co-authored Student with Asperger's: A Guide for College Professionals, (2009), The Parents Guide to College for Students on the Autism Spectrum, (2012) and Behavior Management and Self-Regulation (2012) along with many textbook chapters and articles. Dr. Brown is married and has three children; the youngest is a 24-year-old son with Autism. Lorraine Wolf is Director of the Office of Disability Services at Boston University. Dr. Wolf has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels and presented internationally on disability issues in higher education. She is co-author of Students with Asperger's: A Guide for College Personnel and is the parent of twin boys, one of whom is on the autism spectrum.
When: Saturday, November 5, 2016
Where: AANE Office, 51 Water Street, Suite 206, Watertown, MA
Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm
Cost: $75 for first registrant
$60 Spouse/Partner/Teen*/Other
*Teens must be accompanied by a registered parent
The registration fee includes morning coffee/pastry and a light
deli lunch (sorry, we cannot accommodate dietary restrictions).