Film Camp Experience
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 Posted in Employment/Vocational Skills, Events!, Pittsburgh, Social Skills, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Before Film Camp began there were moments when I thought it would be a disaster. I kept on saying I did not want to go to film camp because I would just embarrass myself. On the first day of film ...
Times article rings true for many adults with ASD
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 Posted in Employment/Vocational Skills, Social Skills | No Comments »"Transition" has become a hot topic in recent months as a wave of the country's children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) enter young adulthood. The subject of transition evokes wildly varying conversations regarding employment, college and housing. Each person ...
The Leader of the Pack – Paula Kauffman Oberly
Friday, August 26th, 2011 Posted in Employment/Vocational Skills, Pittsburgh, Social Skills | No Comments »The Joey Travolta Film Camp exceeded my expectations as a staff member and participant. I was amazed at the level of involvement that everyone had in every step of the film making process. I thought I would need to encourage ...
Joey Travolta and AHEADD partner to host short film camp
Thursday, August 4th, 2011 Posted in Employment/Vocational Skills, Pittsburgh, Social Skills | No Comments »Joey Travolta and his crew of filmmakers teamed up with the AHEADD family to spend two weeks in Pittsburgh teaching young adults with differing abilities the intricacies of filmmaking. In the midst of this process, a larger family was ...
AHEADD’s 2011 $500 Book Scholarship Winner
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 Posted in Social Skills | 2 Comments »Hayden Amaro from Coeur d' Alene, Idaho "Thank you so much for the scholarship! Every dollar counts when you are trying to afford college, and this will make a big dent in my college expenses! It is nice to have an organization ...
Adjustment, Social Skills, and Self-Esteem in College Students With Symptoms of ADHD
Friday, April 8th, 2011 Posted in Education/Academic Skills, Social Skills | No Comments »Authors: Barbara Shaw Zirt, Leelawatte Popali-Lehane, William Chaplin and Andrea Bergman From the Journal of Attention Disorders Click here to find a link to Adjustment, Social Skills, and Self-Esteem in College Students With Symptoms of ADHD. This research article touches on the ...
Evaluating the College Transition Needs of Individuals with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Friday, February 11th, 2011 Posted in Communication Skills, Education/Academic Skills, Restricted/Repetitive Interests, Social Skills, Transition to College | 2 Comments »This article by Diane Adreon and Jennifer Stella Durocher (2007) can be downloaded from SAGE online journals here. Authors Adreon and Durocher, both from the University of Miami/Nova Southwestern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, outline several aspects of ...
Perceived Treatment Needs of Adolescents with High Functioning Autism: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis Incorporating Multiple Perspectives
Friday, June 25th, 2010 Posted in Communication Skills, Research, Social Skills | No Comments »Timothy D. Perry, M.A., Betty M. Rupp, B.S., Lauren M. Turner Brown, Ph.D. & David L. Penn, Ph.D Introduction Interest in developing interventions to address the unique needs of adolescents with high-functioning autism (HFA) has increased in recent years (Tantum, 2003; White ...
Social Skills Groups for Adults with Autism
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 Posted in Social Skills | 3 Comments »Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is primarily a social disorder. Lack of social skills is often the symptom that causes the most problems and the symptom that is the most difficult to treat. This article will provide a brief ...
Adults with High-Functioning Autism and Online Communication
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Communication Skills, Social Skills | 1 Comment »Email, instant messaging, and social networking sites (like Facebook) are common tools used by college students both with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders. These forms of computer-mediated communication, or CMC, would appear to complement some of the characteristics of ...
