Autism Family Network meetings held fourth Wednesday of the month at the First Baptist Church, 461 Main Street, New London, NH 6:30 - 8:00 PM.

Speaker of the Month Series:

Monday – March 26

Parent Information Center (PIC) presenting

 "Parent and Educators Partners in the Special Education Process" Workshop

Monday - April 23

Roberta Hollinger - Siblings Presentation

Monday - May 28

To Be Announced

Monday - June 25

Susan Cowan Morse,

Presenting

 "The Many Facets of Sensitivity for ASD and AD/HD Individuals"

Monday - July 23

Tom Kersey from NEHSA

- Programs & Services of New England Handicapped Sports Association

Our handwriting groups utilize a multi-sensory approach, incorporating the First Strokes curriculum developed and written by Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR/L. Hands-on group activities will help facilitate social, cognitive and perceptual motor skills.

Print Beginnings is for pre-writers and its aimed at building foundational skills for good handwriting. Leaning focus will be on position and space concepts, fine motor skills and grasp development, body awareness, while exploring lines and movement.

Print Plus is a small group for starting writers with the objective of teaching kids to write correctly and automatically. The learning focus will be on: pencil grip, posture, multi-sensory cueing for proper letter formations, directionality of letters and spacing and alignment on writing paper.

Cursive Beginnings is a multi-sensory handwriting approach to build writing fluidity and efficiency. Learning focus will be on: imitation and copying, multi-sensory cues for proper letter formations, and connections and developing consistent letter sizing, spacing and alignment.

Links:

The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation

http://www.spdfoundation.net/

Power Pre-Schoolers (Ages 3 – 5) Learning focus will be on: body awareness, directionality concepts, movement imitation, following directions, eye-hand coordination, and developing social cognitive and perceptual motor skills.

Kids in Motion (Ages 6 – 8)

Learning focus will be on: bilateral coordination, core strengthening, sitting balance, body awareness, spatial awareness, gross motor coordination, following directions, and developing social skills.

Socially in Motion (Ages 7 – 9)

Learning focus will be on: social communication skills, developing eye contact, problem solving, planning and organization of body movements, perspective taking and understanding of non-verbal language.

Friends in Motion (Ages 7 – 12)

Learning focus will be on planning and organization of body movements, problem solving, developing eye contact, and social communication skills. Minimum of three children required.