This symposium will feature speakers and experts in the special needs field. Attendees will be able to attend two different 1-hour sessions. Learning sessions will be offered on a range of topics: Parent advocacy • Financial Planning • Parenting Skills • Pragmatic Speech in the Home and Social Situations • New Trends in Occupational Therapy • Your Child's Rights to Special Education in NJ • Vision Therapy • Special Education: Math and Reading 

Please select your first and second choices from each of two speakers' sessions below.  We will attempt to give as many people as possible their first choices, but please select a "backup" second choice for each session.  If you do not select a backup choice, we will assign one for you.  Please be advised that first choice of speaker session is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and is not guaranteed.

 
Childcare will be available for children ages 2 – 10, at a cost of $10 per child.  If you need childcare, and have not added it to this transaction, please select your choices for speakers’ sessions, and then go back to special needs page to register for childcare.

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Session 1	1st Choice	2nd Choice
Adrienne Fitzer, MA , BCBA "Applied Behavior Analysis: Behavioral Approaches to Working with Learners with Autism"
Walter and Susan Chavez, OT "Exploring New Trends in Occupational Therapy"
Catherine Colucci, M.A., OTR "The DIR® (Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based) and Floortime™ Model"
Daniel Kaplan & Michael Sprung, AXA Advisors, LLC "Financial Planning 101 Workshop”
Alfredo J. Lowe, PhD  "The New "Normal": How to Determine if Your Child is Developing Typically"
Elisha B. Cohen Monzella, M.A., CCC-SLP"Stimulating Social Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Denise Dimson Rekem, Esq. "Your Child’s Rights to Special Education in NJ"
Lisa Strata, M.S. Ed."RDI® - Relationship Development Intervention for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum – New Approaches"
Lori Wolf, J.D., LL. M"Estate Planning for Families with a Child with Special Needs"
Screening of Autistic-Like: Graham’s Story – 55 minute documentary film

Session 2	1st Choice	2nd Choice
Adrienne Fitzer, MA , BCBA "Applied Behavior Analysis: Behavioral Approaches to Working with Learners with Autism"
Walter and Susan Chavez, OT "Exploring New Trends in Occupational Therapy"
Catherine Colucci, M.A., OTR "The DIR® (Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based) and Floortime™ Model"
Daniel Kaplan & Michael Sprung, AXA Advisors, LLC "Financial Planning 101 Workshop"
Alfredo J. Lowe, PhD"The New "Normal": How to Determine if Your Child is Developing Typically"
Elisha B. Cohen Monzella, M.A., CCC-SLP"Stimulating Social Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Denise Dimson Rekem, Esq. "Your Child’s Rights to Special Education in NJ"
Lisa Strata, M.S. Ed. "RDI® - Relationship Development Intervention for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum – New Approaches"
Lori Wolf, J.D., LL. M"Estate Planning for Families with a Child with Special Needs"
Screening of Autistic-Like: Graham’s Story – 55 minute documentary film

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