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ASPIE now has 4 support groups to meet your needs!

ASPIE Parents- Professionals

For parents of children with Asperger's

Syndrome, care providers, teachers and other professionals. Meetings feature guest speakers and open discussion forums so that information may be shared and exchanged.

ASPIE ADULTS

For adults with Asperger's Syndrome age 18 and older. This group is facilitated by a specialist in

Asperger's Syndrome and provides an opportunity for attendees to interact socially and exchange information on a variety of needed support topics.

ASPIE TEENS

For teens with Asperger's Syndrome age 13-17. This group is facilitated by Justin Moehn, a young adult with AS. Issues of importance to teens are discussed at each meeting. Please RSVP to aspiesupport@

aspieinfo.com

the Monday prior to the meeting on Thursday. If there are less than 4 confirmations, the TEEN group will be cancelled. Parents must be in attendance at the Parent meeting in order for their child to attend the TEEN group.

ASPIE SIBLINGS

For the siblings, age 10 and up, of individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. This group is facilitated by an ASPIE professional and will share information and discuss topics of concern regarding life as an Asperger's sibling. Please RSVP to aspiesupport@

aspieinfo.com

the Monday prior to the meeting on Thursday. If there are less than 4 confirmations, the SIBLING group will be cancelled. Parents must be in attendance at the Parent meeting in order for their child to attend the SIBLING group.

Please understand that this group will not be used for babysitting.

Who is this man?

What is ASPIE? ASPIE of Houston is a parent and professional support group serving the Greater Houston area that was created to provide information sharing and support to the many families and professionals who live and work with individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. In order to meet member support needs, ASPIE now offers three additional support groups: ASPIE Adults, ASPIE Teens and ASPIE Siblings. All groups meet the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at Williams Trace Baptist Church in Sugar Land, TX.

Our goal is to foster awareness and understanding of this unique condition and to support, assist and help educate the many people who are connected in some way to AS. We hope to serve as a first-line resource for anyone needing up-to-date and accurate information on Asperger's Syndrome and the many issues that surround it.

At each monthly ASPIE meeting, speakers share information on a variety of Asperger's-related topics. In addition, time is devoted to questions and answers and networking with other parents and professionals. (See Schedule page for future speakers/topics)

We invite parents, family-members, friends, teachers, school-based therapists, private practitioners, physicians and anyone else who might impact the life of an individual with Asperger's Syndrome to attend our monthly meetings and become a member of ASPIE.

Membership Category	Annual Dues
Parent/Family	$35
Teacher/Educator	$35
Professional	$35

See Membership page for more information on how to join.

Nobel Laureate in Economics Dr. Vernon Smith discusses his personal challenges with Asperger's Syndrome. Watch here

An Asperger's Perception of Friendship:

A Teen Talks About Living on the Spectrum

There are nearly 100 books about Asperger's Syndrome on our website. Go here to view.

Coming in July!

"Adam," a charming love story about a young man with Asperger's Syndrome, is being hailed as one of the best movies to come out of this year's Sundance Film Festival. The movie is scheduled for limited release in the US on July 29, 2009. Watch the trailers now...

A New Book for Teens and Young Adults

"Socially Curious and Curiously Social, A Social Thinking Guidebook for Teens & Young Adults with Asperger’s, ADHD, PDD-NOS, NVLD, or other Murky Undiagnosed Social Learning Issues" by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke

Written for teens and young adults to read themselves about how the social mind is expected to work in order to effectively relate to others at school, at work, in the community and even at home.

Product Details

Does your child need SOCIAL HELP?

Subscribe to Social BEST Social Tips - Short blurbs emailed directly to you each week as tips or reminders to assist your child (or yourself) in the area of social thinking. Social tips are provided by Perspectives Social Learning, LLC, a program designed to help increase social cognition in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders and similar difficulties in social situations. Perspectives Social Learning was developed in response to the need of many for more intensive instruction in the area of social thinking.

COLLEGE CONNECTIONS

Schwallie Family Foundation Scholarship for Students With AS

College Planning For The Student With Asperger's

The college program for students with AS at Marshall University

Preparing for College: Tips for Students with AS

MEETING NOTICE

ASPIE Parents * ASPIE Adults

ASPIE Teens * ASPIE Siblings

The next meeting will be

Thursday, July 9, at 7:00 pm

Parent Meeting Topic: Dealing with Difficult Behaviors

Speaker: George Burnetz, founder and creator of the Behavior Specialists of Houston and a certified Special Education Counselor and Special Education teacher.

Read more here...

All meetings are held at:

Williams Trace Baptist Church, Sugar Land, TX

3rd floor - Room 303 (Directions)

Please RVSP for the TEEN and SIBLING groups

by Monday, July 6, 2009

We look forward to seeing you then!

Attention Educators!!

If you do not currently teach a child with Asperger's Syndrome you probably will very soon! Statistics now show that 1 in 150 individuals has an autism spectrum disorder like Asperger's Syndrome. This diagnosis has become more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined. It occurs in all racial, ethnic, and social groups and is four times more likely to strike boys than girls. By law, these students must be mainstreamed in general education classes to the maximum extent possible. Research has proven that AS students think and learn differently and as a result, can sometimes present unique and challenging classroom behaviors. Click on Teacher Tips for excellent information on how to help AS students become successful in the classroom. This page has numerous articles with practical and proven techniques for teachers of students with Asperger's Syndrome.

For Teachers and Educators:

Asperger's article in Instructor Magazine from Scholastic Publishing. Read article here.

Research Corner

University of Texas Health Science Center Houston is recruiting children ages 7-12 with Autism Spectrum Disorders (including Asperger’s) for a research study on attention and behavior. Participants will receive a free psychological evaluation, and some may receive medication treatment. For more information click here.

►Additional Autism Research Studies at The Center for Human Development Research, UT Health Science Center, Houston. Go here for a description of each study.

►Ongoing Clinical Trials for Asperger's Syndrome.

►Research study on the vocational job outcomes for people with Asperger's Syndrome.

►FDA approves drug to treat symptoms of autism - read news release here.