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Walking the daily journey of autism with Connecticut families

Walking the daily journey of autism with Connecticut families. Sara Reed, Director Advocacy and Family Services. About ASRC. Largest Autism Parent Advocacy Organization in Connecticut State-wide programs and services

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Walking the daily journey of autism with Connecticut families

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  1. Walking the daily journey of autismwith Connecticut families Sara Reed, Director Advocacy and Family Services

  2. About ASRC • Largest Autism Parent Advocacy Organization in Connecticut • State-wide programs and services • Training, Education, Outreach, Parent Support, Advocacy, Recreation, Social Opportunities, Information and Referral, Workshops, Conference, Resource Fair, awareness and legislative advocacy

  3. Programs Serving Younger Children • Family/Parent Training Programs • Parent Advocacy Autism Education Series • Parent Advocacy “Boot Camp” • Parent Speaker Series • Family Workshops • Support Groups • Resource Fair • Resource Guidebook • Statewide Conference • Information/Referral • Family Coaching/Individual Advocacy • Collaboration/Professional Development for teachers, early childhood educators, day care programs, camps, etc. • Family focused

  4. New/Strengthened Collaborations • CT Medical Home Initiative • Family Centered Services of CT • UCF, Norwich • Other grantees • Charlotte Hungerford Hospital • SEPTO Alliance • CT Family Support Network • Center of Excellence at SCSU

  5. Results ASRC has sponsored/participated in outreach events reaching over 2145 people ASRC has trained 394 families and advocates over the past year Data from one module of the Parent Advocacy Training Series shows significant improvement in participant’s self-assessment of knowledge and competency from pre to post and a high level of overall satisfaction with a mean score of 4.7 on a 5 point scale As part of grant program, have developed new evaluation tool to start to track participant’s increase in knowledge using an objective test (rather than self-assessment)

  6. Reviews • ASRC trainings bring together the personal touch of a family member with the expertise of the professional in a unique way. • “this was excellent, the personal touch of the speaker’s shared experiences mean so much to the absorption of this comprehensive material” • “rarely is an educational workshop as informative as it is entertaining”

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