'Community Reads' Sponsors Events
The Community Reads Project and Jamestown Community College’s campus program committee are sponsoring two events on March 19 related to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, the book selected for this year’s study.
The events will be held in the Magnano Reception Room, adjacent to Cutco Theater at JCC and are free and open to the public. For more information, call 376-7594.
Making Connections and Coping with Autism Spectrum Disorder, moderated by Linda Matthews, JCC human services instructor, will be presented from 4 to 5:30 p.m. A panel of experts on autism will share their experiences and knowledge.
Panelists include: James Kinney, author, speaker, and parent of an autistic child; Luke Kinney, teenager with autism and student at Bradford Area High School; Cheryl Moore, board certified behavior analyst and 6:1:1 teacher for BOCES at Cuba Elementary School; Karen O’Dell, autism services specialist for Olean City Schools; and Pam Salzmann, PT, DO, pediatric physician with Olean Medical Group.
At 6 p.m., Nancy Callahan, JCC’s disability support services coordinator and co-advisor for the JCC student organization, Asperger’s Discussion Club, will host Access to Higher Education for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Additional presenters will be parent advocate Julie McCarthy, parent of a college student diagnosed with Asperger’s and a member of Parents-for-Parents, The Resource Center of Chautauqua County support group, and Tammy Smith, assistant professor and counselor at JCC and co-advisor of the Asperger’s Discussion Club.
The session will address transition from high school to the post-secondary level for the student on the autism spectrum. Preparing for changes in legal, academic, and social environments from the perspectives of college personnel and a parent advocate will be explored.
Participants at both events are invited to a buffet dinner from 5:30 to 6 p.m.
The events will be held in the Magnano Reception Room, adjacent to Cutco Theater at JCC and are free and open to the public. For more information, call 376-7594.
Making Connections and Coping with Autism Spectrum Disorder, moderated by Linda Matthews, JCC human services instructor, will be presented from 4 to 5:30 p.m. A panel of experts on autism will share their experiences and knowledge.
Panelists include: James Kinney, author, speaker, and parent of an autistic child; Luke Kinney, teenager with autism and student at Bradford Area High School; Cheryl Moore, board certified behavior analyst and 6:1:1 teacher for BOCES at Cuba Elementary School; Karen O’Dell, autism services specialist for Olean City Schools; and Pam Salzmann, PT, DO, pediatric physician with Olean Medical Group.
At 6 p.m., Nancy Callahan, JCC’s disability support services coordinator and co-advisor for the JCC student organization, Asperger’s Discussion Club, will host Access to Higher Education for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Additional presenters will be parent advocate Julie McCarthy, parent of a college student diagnosed with Asperger’s and a member of Parents-for-Parents, The Resource Center of Chautauqua County support group, and Tammy Smith, assistant professor and counselor at JCC and co-advisor of the Asperger’s Discussion Club.
The session will address transition from high school to the post-secondary level for the student on the autism spectrum. Preparing for changes in legal, academic, and social environments from the perspectives of college personnel and a parent advocate will be explored.
Participants at both events are invited to a buffet dinner from 5:30 to 6 p.m.
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