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[Mike & Jean]

Hi Everyone,

The ASBC NEEDS 40 VOLUNTEERS…

Can you please help???

The U.B.C. Arts County Fair showcases ten of the hottest rock, hip-hop and electronic artists of the year and donates the proceeds to charity. This year the ASBC is one of the charities that will benefit.

The event is taking place Thursday, April 8th at Thunderbird Stadium at UBC.

Our commitment to the event is 40 volunteers for a four hour shift to assist in the various areas of the event: beer gardens, assist with ticket taking, etc…

What it means:
– An opportunity to help the Society
– An opportunity to listen to the tunes/free admission
– a four hour shift either from 11:30 – 3:30pm or from 3:30 – 7:30pm

This event sold out last year and raised big money for the charities of choice.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

– Are you interested?
– Do you know of somebody who may be interested?

If you, your friends or members of your therapy teams could help out it would be most appreciated

Please give ASBC a call at: 604-434-0880 or 1-888-437-0880

Note: the entire event runs from 11:30 – 7:30 – you are welcome to do a full shift but are not required to do so.

Thanks,
Michael Lewis

[FEAT BC Admin]

Feat Alberta is at this address:
http://members.shaw.ca/feat.ab/FEAT.html

>…wondering if anyone has any numbers
>or web sites for the FEAT of Alberta.
>The link has not worked for me.

[Deleted User]

Hello Everyone,
I am posting this for a friend and was wondering if anyone has any numbers or web sites for the FEAT of Alberta. The link has not worked for me.

Thanks a bunch

[Mike & Jean]

The March 15th. F.E.A.T. meeting is cancelled due to Spring break. The next meeting will be on Monday, April 19th, at the usual time and place. I will post the topic and agenda within the next couple of weeks.

Enjoy your Spring break!

Regards,
Jean

[Mike & Jean]

This is a reminder to all about the upcoming F.E.A.T. sponsored Autism Behavioural Therapist Training Workshop at Douglas College, New
Westminster, on Saturday, March 13th.

These very popular workshops cover the practical aspects of behavioural autism treatment.

Who should attend?
. Present and potential therapists
. Parents
. Teaching assistants/school personnel
. Anyone involved or working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

I have attended these workshops numerous times and have always learned something new, picked up new ideas, met new parents and therapists and enjoyed time well spent at an extremely affordable (F.E.A.T. price $25.00), listening to the instructors, Michelle Karren and Theresa Tournemille. Michelle and Theresa are highly competent senior instructors whose collective experience spans many teams with programs for children from 20 months to 6 years old.

Their comprehensive presentation is lively and quick-paced with lots of real life examples with video footage of "therapy in action". The day is upbeat and jam packed with information and dare I say?…some good laughs too. You won't be bored!

These workshops book up quickly because they deliver practical, accurate information that we all need,presented by people who know what they're doing and at a price that isn't a rip-off. To register, download a registration form from , F.E.A.T. events on this website.

It is important to know this workshop is a pre-requisite to the Intermediate Therapist Workshop scheduled for Saturday, March 20th. Check out the registration form on F.E.A.T. events.

Regards,

Jean Lewis

[Mike & Jean]

This is a reminder to all about the upcoming F.E.A.T. sponsored Autism Behavioural Therapist Training Workshop at Douglas College, New
Westminster, on Saturday, March 13th.

These very popular workshops cover the practical aspects of behavioural autism treatment.

Who should attend?
. Present and potential therapists
. Parents
. Teaching assistants/school personnel
. Anyone involved or working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

I have attended these workshops numerous times and have always learned something new, picked up new ideas, met new parents and therapists and enjoyed time well spent at an extremely affordable (F.E.A.T. price $25.00), listening to the instructors, Michelle Karren and Theresa Tournemille. Michelle and Theresa are highly competent senior instructors whose collective experience spans many teams with programs for children from 20 months to 6 years old.

Their comprehensive presentation is lively and quick-paced with lots of real life examples with video footage of "therapy in action". The day is upbeat and jam packed with information and dare I say?…some good laughs too. You won't be bored!

These workshops book up quickly because they deliver practical, accurate information that we all need,presented by people who know what they're doing and at a price that isn't a rip-off. To register, download a registration form from , F.E.A.T. events on this website.

It is important to know this workshop is a pre-requisite to the Intermediate Therapist Workshop scheduled for Saturday, March 20th. Check out the registration form on F.E.A.T. events.

Regards,

Jean Lewis

[Deleted User]

Copied from CBC Today…
____________________________________________
Scientists retract study suggesting vaccine, autism link

Last Updated Thu, 04 Mar 2004 11:13:43
LONDON – The majority of researchers who wrote a study that fuelled fears a childhood vaccination was possibly linked to autism have renounced that interpretation.

Ten of the study's 13 authors have signed a retraction to the journal The Lancet, which published the paper in 1998.

The findings undermined public confidence in the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and vaccination rates dropped sharply in Britain.

"We wish to make it clear that in this paper no causal link was established between MMR vaccine and autism, as the data were insufficient. However, the possibility of such a link was raised," wrote the group, led by Simon Murch of Britain's Centre for Pediatric Gastroenterology.

"Consequent events have had major implications for public health. In view of this, we consider now is the appropriate time that we should together formally retract the interpretation placed on these findings in the paper."

Rigorous scientific studies have since disproved the hypothesis.
The original article looked at gastrointestinal lesions in 12 British children with autism about eight years after they were vaccinated.

The authors, led by gastroenterologist Dr. Andrew Wakefield, suggested the MMR vaccine could be putting children at risk of developing autism and inflammatory bowel disease.

Wakefield and another investigator, Peter Harvey, did not sign the retraction. Team member John Linnell could not be contacted by the 10 who signed.

Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, said the journal hopes to publish responses from Wakefield and Harvey shortly.

On Feb. 23, the journal's editors posted an online statement saying Wakefield was being paid by lawyers for parents who allege their children were harmed by the immunization.

Horton said if editors had known of the conflict of interest at the time, the journal would not have published the study.

Wakefield's statement of Feb. 23 said he was unaware of the legal status of the children for both studies. Wakefield also wrote he stands by the findings as reported.

Written by CBC News Online staff

[Jenny Obando]

I though I would share with you all this info on an autism conference coming up, not all of it is on ABA, and I did not list all the presenters, I hope it helps some one.

Autism Conference May 6,7,8 2004 in Kamloops at the University College of the Cariboo.

Early Bird registration before March 15,is $349 for all three days, lunch is included on the 7,8. Reduced rates are available for parents and students.

Speakers, Clara Claiborne author of The Siege,Linda Hodgdon SLP,author of Visual Strategies for Improving Communication and Solving Behavior Problems in Autism,DR Mcafee, author of Navigating the Social World , DR Glen Sallows president and founder of Wisconsin Early Autism Project( WEAP)Dr Sallows will be presenting on Replicating the UCLA Model of Behavioral Treatment of Young Autistic Children.

for more information contact 250-376-7506. or email: crtcforautism@telus.net

[Deleted User]

FYI: If you are planning to attend the FEAT of BC intermediate workshop, space is going quickly so please send in your registration as soon as possible.

Space is EXTREMELY limited for this workshop.

There is a very good chance that we will not be teaching the next intermediate workshop until September 2004 due to our overloaded schedules so please do not wait to register and risk being turned away.

Michelle Karren

[Deleted User]

Just a reminder, Only two weeks until the upcoming FEAT of BC therapist workshop, if you wish to attend, please register soon as space is limited.

Please note: due to our schedules, we will likely not be teaching the next basic therapist workshop until September 2004.

This workshop covers the core information you will need to begin working in this field as well as a refresher for those who already work in this field. This course is designed to suit the needs of both parents and therapists/instructors working with children with Autism in a Lovaas program as well as SEA's, SLP's, OT's etc looking to expand their knowledge of ABA.

While the workshop covers terminology and basic theory there is also a hands on component to put what is learned into pratice.

This workshop is also a pre-requisite for attending the upcoming FEAT of BC intermediate workshop.

Michelle Karren

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