Summer Institute on Autism Spectrum Disorders: Mark your calendars for June 16-20, 2008 and plan to attend the Institute’s Indiana Resource Center for Autism’s five-day Summer Institute entitled Educating and Supporting Individuals Across the Autism Spectrum.

Topics addressed will include:

· Introduction to autism spectrum disorders;
· The role of movement disorders;
· Person-centered planning;
· Functional behavioral assessments;
· Communication programming;
· Visual supports;
· Social skills assessment and programming;
· Instructional strategies; and
· Structured teaching.

Registration fee is $350.00 per person. All sessions will be held in Bloomington at the Indiana Institute. Three hours of Indiana University graduate credit will be offered. Graduate credit fees are determined by Indiana University and will be in addition to the registration fee. Those taking this Institute for graduate credit will enroll on the first day of the event. For registration questions, contact Kelly Doyle (keadoyle@indiana.edu) or Donna Beasley (dbeasley@indiana.edu) at (812) 855-6508. For content questions, contact Cathy Pratt (prattc@indiana.edu) at (812) 855-6508. Visit http://www.indiana.edu/irca for additional information.