Dr. Robin Brewer explains why it is crucial for students to be taught with the presumption that they can achieve. During the session she explains the important role classroom peers can have and discusses what the least restrictive environment means along with the current research on student outcomes in the classroom.

Vicki Clarke, Speech Language Pathologist and AAC Specialist, discusses communication, speech, and the tools we use to help individuals with Autism develop speech and language skills.

In this session, Robin Chalker will share her expertise as a special education lawyer and advocate on the topic of advocacy in school for individuals with autism who might otherwise slip through the cracks.

This session focuses on strategies to develop an individualized IEP and analyze the results. Suellen Inwood, director of a unique school that emphasizes authentic individualized education plans for all students, also explains the importance of understanding that a full team is needed to facilitate the development of an IEP that accurately provides an individualized education plan and program.

The primary purpose of this session with Dr. Patrick J. Rydell is to assist viewers in understanding the interrelationships among social-communication, learning styles, and independent thinking in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Joleena Louis brings her wealth of legal expertise to the topics of divorce, co-parenting, and reshaping the family after a divorce for families with a child on the autism spectrum.

As children grow up, the role of occupational therapy changes and presents new opportunities for facilitating successful transition to adulthood. Dr. Jeanne Eichler, Occupational therapist, music therapist and educator, discusses reasons to seek that occupational therapist and bring them back to the team.

Dr. Michael McManmon is the founder of the College Internship Program and on the Advisory Board of the US Autism Association. His expertise stems from his Doctorate in Special Education, his Master’s in Counseling, and his Master’s in Human Development. He is also an individual that has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome.

Michael McManmon, Ed.D., a psychologist who is himself diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and who is a US Autism Association Advisory Board member, provides information that is helpful for students, clients, or parents of young adult children with learning differences when they transition to college.

Dr. Gil Tippy has been a classroom teacher, a psychologist in schools, or both, for more than 40 years. He is one of the founders of the Rebecca School in New York City, where he was the Clinical Director for 13 years.

In this session, Dr. Thomas Rashad Easley discusses his personal experiences with autism, within his expertise as a diversity consultant, pastor, musician, and as the Dean of Community and Inclusion at the School of the Environment at Yale University.

This session gives an in-depth discussion of how those with autism are affected by the criminal justice system. Carol Weinman, Esq. is both a parent of a child with autism and a defense attorney which has allowed her to have a unique expertise in this field.