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Dennis
Debbaudt's Autism Risk & Safety Newsletter
Winter 2006!!
I hope everybody
is getting off to a Great New Year!!!
Please visit
http://www.autismriskmanagement.com/
We now have some
of the best articles from this newsletter and video clips up
there!!
The site has just
been updated by site designers and autism advocates Teresa
Soler and Brant Dutton. Check out their site and services at
http://www.risingbird.net/
This edition of the newsletter is shorter. It will be back
very soon in a new format!
Dennis
Here's What's Up
ASA Safe &
Sound
I want to thank and congratulate ASA for their fantastic
NEW Safe and Sound initiative! Visit the ASA web site
http://www.autism-society.org
and type in Safe and Sound at the search engine. I'm again
and always honored to contribute an article to ASA's
Advocate! Look for a new one in the next issue!
Autism Spectrum Quarterly
The next issue of Autism Spectrum Quarterly will feature
Criminal Justice and the Autism Response Team that I
co-wrote with Matt Brown, an autism dad and U.S. Probation
Officer from Maine. Please visit the
ASQ web site
New Book for Teachers and Parents
"First Responders:
Parent Teacher Education Resource"
by Jacquelyn Sullivan, Mo.M
The Parent Teacher
Education Resource is comprised of 76 reproducible
pages. All of the cut and paste activities and
story-boards contain Mayer-Johnson standard icons and/or
real life original photographs.
The text is an easy to
read approach for teaching emergency and safety
preparedness to individuals with developmental
disabilities. The activities are especially geared
towards those with limited verbal ability and on the
Autism Spectrum.
This is a wonderful new
book/resource for teaching children risk and safety life
skills! I had the chance to meet and chat with nice,
creative and down-to-earth Jacky last fall in Massachusetts.
She's developed an extremely valuable tool for parents and
educators and, especially, our children. Email her directly
from her
web page.
New Book New Chapter!
Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis,
Disclosure and Self-Confidence
Edited by Dinah Murray
2005
Dinah Murray has a PhD in
linguistics, which has led to her keen interest in autism
for over a decade. She is currently a tutor for Birmingham
University's distance learning course in autism, has
published widely about autism both in Britain and abroad.
I was happy to
work with Dinah and contribute a chapter for this new
Jessica Kingsley Publishers book. It's a key issue for many
on the spectrum. This book is loaded with good advice for
those who are taking a first or second look at disclosure.
Check it out!!
Autism Society of Oregon Partners with Portland Police
Bureau
Autism Society of Oregon (ASO) volunteers have been
presenting autism information weekly to Portland's finest
since last September. By the end of this year ASO President
Genevieve Athens, Dr. Steve Edelson and other ASO volunteers
will have presented autism training to every sworn officer
on the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). Give double high fives
to ASO and PPB Chief Foxworthy!! P.S. The program has
expanded to the Salem PD!!
ALEC Approved for Massachsetts Fire Fighter Training
From Bill Cannata ALEC Coordinator:
"The Autism Law Enforcement Education Coalition has been
approved by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy to train
recruit firefighters for autism awareness. In 2006, 288 new
firefighters will be trained before they are assigned to
duty in stations throughout the state. The program will
discuss autism and the best approach methods during an
emergency situation, rescue situations, patient handling and
the Dennis Debbaudt video. This is the first academy that
ALEC has been added to the curriculum. Our goal is to be in
all of the police and fire academies statewide."
UK NAS' Autism: A Guide for Criminal Justice
Below is a link to the UK National Autistic Society'
Autism: A Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals PDF sent
to me by my friend Norrie McPherson of Tayside Police in
Scotland.
A darn good piece of work!!
February through
May 2006 Calendar for Dennis Debbaudt
 | February 2nd: Duluth,
Georgia Evening Presentation For Parents &
Educators, hosted by SPECTRUM of Gwinnett County email:
claidee@aol.com |
| February 3rd: Duluth,
Georgia Autism Recognition & Response for Law
Enforcement, 1-4 PM at Gwinnett County Police Department
Training Academy , email Officer Richard Boone at
Richard.Boone@gwinnettcounty.com |
| February 4th: Duluth ,
Georgia Spectrum Safety & Risk session. Annual
ASA-GGC Autism-Asperger Conference, Gwinnett Convention
Center
http://www.asaga.com/Conference2006.html
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| February 10th: Durham
, North Carolina , Building Bridges ...and Changing
Lives! Conference (keynote)
http://www.arcnc.org/pij/pij_conf.html
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| February 15th: (Just
Added) Long Island New York. Email ddpi@flash.net
for details |
| February 17th:
Sunnyvale, California Training for Sunnyvale
Department of Public Safety |
| February 18th:
Fremont, California Autism Risk and Safety for
Parents and Care Providers |
| Friends of Children with
Special Needs 510-573-3232 info@fcsn1996.org
February 22nd: Sunnyvale, California Training
for Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety |
| February 22nd: Santa
Clara, California Autism Risk and Safety for Parents
and Care Providers (evening) Adele Forbes The Morgan
Center 408-241-8161 "Creating Opportunities for Success"
www.morgancenter.org |
| March 1 & 2: Jackson
Mississippi, TEAAM: TOGETHER ENHANCING AUTISM
AWARENESS IN MISSISSIPPI Spring conference (keynote and
breakouts) For brochure and information, contact: Joe
Maury Autism Services Coordinator
jmaury@cmrc.state.ms.us (601) 683-4500 |
| March 7th:
(Just Added) Dixon, Illinois
Lee County Special
Education Cooperative. Email ddpi@flash.net for
details |
| March 10th: Ft. Myers,
Florida , Training sessions for law enforcement at
the Southwest Florida Criminal Justice Academy on behalf
of the Autism Society of Florida. All law enforcement
welcome!--contact Dennis Debbaudt
ddpi@flash.net |
| April 4th: Brick, New
Jersey, Day sessions for law enforcement and first
response; evening session for parents and educators.
Details at
http://poac.net/ |
| April 5th: Fairfield,
New Jersey On behalf of New Beginnings, sessions for
law enforcement, parents and care providers. Contact
Dennis Debbaudt at ddpi@flash.net for details
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| April 20th: Houston,
Texas, Training session hosted by Houston Police
Department, sponsored by the Greater Houston Chapter of
the Autism Society America. Contact: Dennis Debbaudt at
ddpi@flash.net for details |
| April 24: Urbana,
Illinois , Autism Recognition & Response for Law
Enforcement, 8:AM to 4: PM. April 17th registration
deadline. To register, please visit The East Central
Illinois Police Training Project at http://www.ccrpc.org/police/
Sponsored by: C-U Autism Network through a grant
from the Champaign County Developmental Disabilities
Board. Evening session for parents, care providers and
educators Contact:
autismnetwork@insightbb.com |
| April 25th:
Bloomington, Illinois Autism Recognition & Response
for Law Enforcement; evening session for parents, care
providers and educators Contact: Jacquie Mace at
Imscrtagnt@aol.com
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| May 25th: Chicago,
Illinois , Autism One Pre-Conference First
Responders Autism, Law Enforcement, Public Safety
Training Day Presented by Autism One, Autism Society of
Illinois and North East Multi-Regional Training (NEMRT)
for details, please visit:
http://autismone.com |
A personal note and
THANKS!!
Again and always,
I want to thank my wife Gay and son Brad for allowing me to
get out here and do this work. They continue to and will be
my anchors.
This newsletter will be coming again soon featuring a
Brand New Format ---- and lots of new
information! Look for an announcement very, very soon!
I'm always seeking feedback, advice and information.
Please send it my way!
This newsletter is sent out occasionally. To subscribe or be
removed, send an email to ddpi@flash.net
Let's all have a safe and
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!!!
Dennis
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