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| Friday, February 26 2010 | Hits : 54 |
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Subject: Baylor to Host Speaker on Autism & Social Skills
Dear special educators, child psychologists, parents, and friends,
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, Psy.D. will be speaking at Baylor University about concrete ways to facilitate the development of social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and will respond to questions from attendees. This special presentation will occur the evening of Friday, February 26.
Dr. Laugeson is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is the Director of The Help Group - UCLA Autism Research Alliance and Director of the UCLA Early Childhood Clubhouse Program. Dr. Laugeson is also the Associate Director for the UCLA Children's Friendship and Parenting Program and is the co-developer of PEERS, a parent-assisted social skills intervention for teens.
We would like to gauge the interest of the community in attending this talk. If you are interested in attending, please reply to me by email (reply sender or address to
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) with a short note declaring your interest; we will send further details about the talk to those who express explicit interest. Please note that your response will not be binding, but rather will be used to plan adequately for Dr. Laugeson’s visit.
In addition, we welcome your suggestions of other professionals or parents of children with ASD who might be interested in attending, and invite you to share this message and request for preliminary RSVP with your colleagues and friends.
For more information about Dr. Laugeson’s work, please view her professional biography at
http://dgsom.healthsciences.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=232428
or read her related published research in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders at
http://www.springerlink.com/content/a33v5045p4845122/
We hope to see you at this exciting community opportunity,
Crystal Lee
Doctoral Student
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Baylor University
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