Milestones 7th Annual Autism Conference ft. Brenda Smith Myles (Cleveland: credit, professionals)

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This upcoming June, Milestones Organization will present their 7th annual conference, featuring Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D. Brenda Smith Myles who will be discussing her recent book “Understanding the Hidden Curriculum: The Unwritten Rules in Social Situations.” She was recently acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in Autism Spectrum Disorder in the world from 1997-2004.

Date Monday, June 15, 2009
Time: 7:30 am– 4:45 pm
Location: Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, Mayfield Heights, OH
Visit: www.milestones.org/or (broken link) call (216) 371-4765 to request a conference brochure


Other workshop topics at the conference include: Medical Research Myths and Realities; Strategies for Out of Control Behavior; Inclusion in Religious and Social Programming; Music Therapy for Young Children; Functional Communication: Motivating Speech; Skills for Developing Peer Role Models; Guiding Teens through Puberty; Growing Interests into Possible Vocations; and Workplace Challenges. Professional development credit for 6 contact hours are available for occupational therapy, education, social work, counseling, psychology, MRDD-CPD, ASHA and BCB

About Milestones Autism Organization: A Cleveland based 501(c)(3) organization, promotes lifelong strategies of success for individuals with autism, childhood through adulthood. Milestones conducts an annual conference; family workshops; and training; provides referral advice; and maintains a robust up-to-date website of autism information including services, programs and individual rights. Since its founding in 2003, Milestones has served over 4,000 parents and professionals in the field of autism. In 2008 alone, Milestones had over 1 million hits to its website: [URL="http://www.milestones.org"]www.milestones.org[/URL]