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Supporting Families Today

Autism Response Team (ART) Coordinators respond to family inquires/requests by phone 888-AUTISM2 (288-4762) and email northeastART@autismspeaks.org. Find out more about the national Autism Speaks Family Services programs which include:

100 Day Kit - for newly diagnosed families
Manual de los 100 Dias- 100 Day Kit in Spanish
Autism Video Glossary - visual dictionary of autism terms
Family Services Resource Guide - sortable database of local service providers
Resource Library - list of books, publications, videos, and multi-media references
School Community Toolkit - A tool kit to assist members of the school community in understanding and supporting students with autism
Autism Speaks Baker Summer Camp Program will select eligible Camps to identify qualified campers and will offer up to $5000 in scholarship funds for financially disadvantaged campers with Autism Spectrum Disorders to attend summer camp.

Supporting Communities Today

participating in Autism Cares
providing Community Grants
identifying opportunities for Families to Participate in Research
hosting Online Message Boards

Family Services Projects in Development include Autism in the Workplace, and a Safety/First Responder Toolkit.

In Connecticut:

We currently have 120 resources listed for the state of Connecticut. We are always looking to identify more resources to provide to families. We encourage you to submit additional resources if you have information about a service or service provider that you feel would be helpful to individuals with autism and their families. Thank you!

Family Service Grant Awarded to The Kennedy Center:

The Kennedy Center – Trumbull, Conn.
Stacy Hultgren, B.A. Psychology
$19,084
http://www.thekennedycenterinc.org

Stepping Out

The Kennedy Center will begin a pilot program for children ages 12-15 that offers social skills training including peer modeling and inclusion opportunities. The program will include weekly social skills training with concurrent parent training. In addition there will be tailored seminars on the importance of social skills training in schools. One of the targeted school districts for this project will be an inner city school in the Bridgeport, Connecticut area. As a result of the targeted age of the participants, they will have worked on skills before transition plans are established. The program will teach skills in priority areas critical to self-esteem and independent living options such as job-related components and accessing employment.

Significance for people with autism: It addresses critical unmet needs for children with ASD in a multi-pronged approach by supporting the children themselves, and through partnerships and training with parents, extended families/caregivers, peer models and school districts. The benefits of the pilot project will extend well beyond the targeted children and impact circles of support critical to parents, professionals and paraprofessionals in the school districts and the community-at-large.