| Healing and Living Well with Autism Come join Karen Glass and Ruth Seyer for a six week parent support group series. We will explore the following topics as they relate to our experiences in living and raising a child/teen with autism spectrum disorder: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, PDD-NOS. We will all share our experience, strength and hope using an interactive book discussion format: - Recognizing the grief cycle - Our ideas about acceptance of differences - Treating ourselves and others with compaission - Accepting life as it unfolds and letitng go of expectations - Learning to be present and appreciating the moment - Transforming negativity - Understanding and letting go of the illusion of control Timeline: 6 weeks Dates: Monday evenings: 6/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27 Time: 6:45 pm (meeting will start promptly at 7:00pm to 8:00/8:30pm) Location: 471 Division Street, Campbell 95008 Cost: $25.00 for the series RSVP: info@stairwaytofriendship.com or 408-374-8286 All parents are welcome. Space is limited About the facilitators: Karen Glass, OTR/L has 25 years of experience as an occupational therapist. She is the parent of a 19 year old son with ASD and is a Certified RDI Provider who has been doing RDI (Relationship Development Therapy) based therapy for children and young adults with ASD for the past 8 years. She has worked extensively with brain-injured adolescents, victims of stroke, spinal cord and orthopedic injury, and those with a variety of psychiatric disorders. Ruth Seyer, B.A. is a parent with a 16 year old son with ASD, ADHD and severe dyslexia. She is a Certified RDI Provider who has been doing RDI based therapy for children and youg adults with ASD for the past 8 years. What support group attendees have to say: " Thank you for leading this class. It really has been a breath of fresh air for me. It has enabled me to release a lot of anger and accept my family for who they are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." -Deron Johnson "The parent support group helped me to connect with other loving parents who give so much to their children with special needs. Karen and Ruth are simply wonderful facilitators with lots of professional and personal experience." -Tiffany H. "I found the class to be extremely supportive and it made me look forward to Monday nights!" -Sue "Ruth Seyer and Karen Glass' parent support group was extremely helpful. I learned many practical and simple exercises to help with the difficult aspects of raising a special needs child and other life challenges." -Rosita "I just wanted to thank you both for dedicating your time to coordinating and ficilitating the group. Although I have been thinking about these topics for the last several years, I still came away with several new coping strategies and new ideas. The two friends I attended with told me that they were missing the weekly support and how much it helped them to talk each week." -Christine |