MassHousing, One Beacon St, Fourth Floor, Boston, October 5th, 2016. Hear renowned researchers and practitioners discuss high-impact models for helping students with special needs transition to adulthood. Speakers include Michelle Garcia Winner, Founder and CEO, Social Thinking. Michelle is a speech language pathologist who specializes in the treatment of students with social cognitive deficits, coined the term “Social Thinking®”, and continued to evolve the Social Thinking framework that today includes information, vocabulary, curriculum, and strategies that help individuals with social learning challenges become better social thinkers.
RSVPS required to www.mabcommunity.org/events/mab-annual-meeting.html or contact 617.972.9100
Other speakers include:
* Brooke Howard, MS, OTR/L, Transition Director, Ivy Street School. Brooke has worked as an Occupational Therapist with children and adolescents in early intervention, inpatient, outpatient and school-based settings since she was licensed in 2005.
* Joan Kester, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Special Education and Disability Studies, Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the George Washington University. Dr. Joan Kester oversees the online transition Master’s program, the online transition certificate programs, and the collaborative vocational evaluation training program. She has received national recognition for her work in the successful transition of youth with disabilities.
