Dan Swearingen | September 23, 2009
For many people on the ASD spectrum entering adulthood, finding appropriate gainful employment is a challenge. This is unfortunate because people with ASD have skills that can be profitable for an employer. Our experience in Autistry Studios has been that there is an astounding range in skills and interests in the people we work with [...]
Janet Lawson, MFT | September 21, 2009
We had a very full and exciting weekend here. Everyone did such a great job at the Marin Autism Resource Fair. The phone has been ringing with families wanting to know more about the Autistry programs. Huge thank yous to Kris, Sarah, Breton, Corey and Steven for staffing the table and being such awesome ambassadors. [...]
Dan Swearingen | September 12, 2009
I’m beat! The presentation and the Resource Fair went very well. I’ll post more about the fair and our presentation later but we had some requests for a copy of the slides we used. Here it is in PDF (Acrobat Reader): Preparing our Teens to Work
Dan Swearingen | September 11, 2009
Janet and I are presenting a mini workshop “Preparing our Teens to Work” this weekend at the CONNECTING PEOPLE TO RESOURCES resource fair tomorrow at Dominican University in San Rafael. Besides the mini workshop we will be manning a table displaying some student projects and information about Autistry Studios. Several Autistry Studios parents and students [...]
Devon | September 9, 2009
(This is a quick update on me for the reading pleasure of Janet and some of the other Autistry Studios teachers. ) Hello Autistry Studios! I am now comfortably in my third week of high school. Really? Three weeks? oy… Things are, as anticipated, different. But so far 90% of the changes are gladly welcomed. [...]
Janet Lawson, MFT | September 9, 2009
I just found a great online booklist at this Canadian site: Parentbooks Of that list here are my favorites: A ‘5’ Is Against the Law! Social Boundaries Straight Up: an Honest Guide for Teens and Young Adults. Kari Dunn Buron “Building on her popular 5-Point Scale, Kari Dunn Buron takes a narrower look at challenging [...]
Janet Lawson, MFT | September 2, 2009
This summer just flew by and the new Fall Workshop season is almost here. We had a good August break though we still worked on the programs! We created an Autistry Studios Brochure. Big thank you’s to Suzi Musgrove of SLM Creative for her wonderful design, to Kitty Edwinson for lending her copyediting expertise and [...]
