During the winter months of November 2011 through March 2012,

Partners In Excellence is presenting a series of sessions on Behavior,

specifically designed for parents and caregivers of children with special needs.

Please join us on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 for our next presentation:

“Gaining Compliance”

Trying to get children with autism spectrum disorders to join you in an activity or to complete a task that needs to be accomplished can sometimes be very challenging.  Children with these disorders often may not want to comply with your requests and may not feel the urgency that you do as a parent or caregiver to get the task done.  In addition, sometimes when a caregiver tries to press a child to comply, emotional outbursts or disruptive, challenging behaviors can erupt, often making the whole experience feel unsuccessful or even disastrous.

One of the most important strategies when working with children with autism spectrum disorders is to learn how to proactively set up both yourself and the child to successfully gain the child’s compliance and to minimize the likelihood that challenging behaviors will occur.  Simple strategies can be very powerful in shaping the child’s behavior so that both child and parent are more likely to succeed.

This workshop will teach participants the basic concepts of proactively working to capture children’s motivation and gain their compliance with tasks and activities.  Participants will also learn strategies that can help gain a child’s compliance with requests being made and even increase the likelihood of active or ongoing participation in the tasks.  In addition, this presentation offers a didactic component as well as experiential exercises where parents and caregivers may tailor their learning to their own specific family situations.  There is also a take-home exercise for those who wish to further practice these skills and receive additional feedback from the trainer.

 We invite you to come early from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. to enjoy refreshments

while mingling with parents, Partners’ staff, and other professionals

during our Mini Vendor Fair where local vendors will be available

to discuss their products/services.

 

Date and Time:

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Mini Vendor Fair/Social Hour

6:30 – 8:00 p.m. – Presentation

 

Location:

Partners In Excellence

99 Milwaukee Street

La Crosse, WI  54603

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To register, please contact Krista at 608.785-4100, ext. 221

or by email at kanderson@partnerswi.com

During the winter months of November 2011 through March 2012,

Partners In Excellence is presenting a five-part series on Behavior.

This series is specifically designed for parents and caregivers

of children with special needs.

Following our especially successful Resource Night presentation on December 13, 2011 (Challenging Behaviors I), please join us on Tuesday, January 10, 2012

for the third presentation in this informative series:

Challenging Behaviors II

- Behaviors in the Community -

Whether it’s a trip to Target, a doctor or dentist appointment, a haircut, or

a trip to the grocery store - taking your child with special needs into the community

offers its own unique challenges.  There are often many variables we can’t control: 

noise levels, crowds, visible toys and treats, etc. - and then there are

the specific chores and tasks that we HAVE to complete.

We’ll teach you how to Reach For The Stars! - an acronym to help you remember

the steps needed to make trips into the community a success!!

 

You will leave prepared and ready to tackle these adventures with your child!

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We invite you to come early from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. to enjoy refreshments while mingling with parents, Partners’ staff, and other professionals during our Mini Vendor Fair where local vendors will be available to discuss their products/services.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Mini Vendor Fair/Social Hour

6:30 – 8:00 p.m. – Presentation

Location:

Partners In Excellence

99 Milwaukee Street

La Crosse, WI  54603

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www.partnerswi.com

608.785.4100

Partners In Excellence is excited to host

 TOILET TRAINING

(presented by Leanne Tacheny, Partners In Excellence)

Join us at our

Burnsville location

14301 Ewing Ave, Burnsville, MN  55306

on Tuesday, December 13^th from 5:30 – 8:00 pm

Make toilet training an enjoyable and successful experience in your home! Learn the common toilet training readiness signs and a variety of effective toilet training tools and techniques for children with autism. Identify the technique that best suits your child’s individual needs. Discover how to use rewards to increase your child’s toileting success and learn what to do when your child has a toileting accident.

Come enjoy wine and appetizers while you mingle with other parents, staff, and professionals during our vendor fair.  From 5:30-6:30 pm, local vendors will be available to discuss their products/services.  There will be giveaways and door prizes for those that attend.

 At 6:30 pm, we will start our presentation.  This is a great presentation for parents and caregivers of young children who are not yet toilet trained.  This event is free and open to the public. 

Partners in Excellence would like to thank the following vendors for participating in the vendor fair:

Cozy Calm, Finish Line Wellness, Norwex products, ThirtyOne Gifts, Cutting Edge Crafts, Learning Rx, Man Cave Worldwide, United For Autism, Discovery Toys, Lia Sophia Jewelry, Minneapolis Financial Group, and more

RSVP in person (Front Desk at all locations), by phone (952-746-5350), or online at http://prntoilettraining.eventbrite.com

 

 

“Understanding Allergies and Children With Autism ”

Guest Speaker:  Jeff Kessler, Allergy Associates of La Crosse

Date and Time

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

5:30 – 6:30 pm:  Vendor Fair/Social Hour

6:30 – 8:00 pm:  Presentation

Location

Partners In Excellence

99 Milwaukee Street

La Crosse, WI  54603
Partners In Excllence, located in La Crosse, WI, is an autism therapy center for children ages 1-10 diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. 

We are pleased to bring to you this informative presentation.  Topics will include:

• Prevalence of Allergies (a growing problem for people/employers, and children with autism spectrum disorders) 
• What is an Allergy? (a bit of the science)
• Common Environmental Allergies (including foods and how they are measured)
• Associated Allergic Conditions (other diseases caused by allergies, including the ASD perspective)
• Allergy Testing (how to get a diagnosis if you think your child has allergies) 
• Treatment Approaches (what do you do to treat symptoms and causes) 
• Q&A

Jeff Kessler has spent the last 30 years working in many facets of the healthcare industry, much of it focused on finding better, more efficient ways to manage the administration of care.  For the past 10 years he has managed the Allergy Associates of La Crosse clinic. Founded in 1970, the clinic has 5 doctors and is located in Onalaska, WI.  The clinic is considered one of the leading independent allergy clinics in the Midwest and has been treating Autism Spectrum Disorder  patients for over 10 years.

To Register:  Please contact Krista at 608.785.4100, ext. 221,

or at kanderson@partnerswi.com.

We look forward to seeing you on October 11th!

Click here a printable flyer.