Autism Symposium Speaker Lou VismaraThe 2nd Annual Autism Community Symposium "Collaboration Across the Continuum”

Hosted by Anova, Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for this event! Please find the afternoon's presentations below.

Sponsored by the Autism Community Team (ACT), the event provided a forum for all key stakeholders, including parents, public schools, Regional Centers, and private providers, to discuss the state of autism services in California and our local community, and to consider what still needs to be accomplished.

The only group of its kind in the North Bay, ACT of Sonoma, Solano, and Napa Counties is a broad-based multidisciplinary advisory body composed of professionals from North Bay Regional Center, local public school districts, SELPAs, and private service providers.

Presented by Dr. Barbara Firestone, President and CEO of The Help Group and Chair of the Statewide Coordinating Council of the California Senate Select Committee on Autism and Related Disorders and Dr. Lou Vismara, Policy Consultant for Senator Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Co-Founder of the MIND Institute:


Presented by Dr. Steve Lohrer, Napa County Office of Education, Project Director, ASD Guidelines Project:


We would also like to thank the following community provider groups for joining us:

American Occupational Therapy Association
Autism Community Team
Advance Education
Area 4 Developmental Disabilities Board
Autism Speaks
Becoming Independent
EARLI (Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation)
Easter Seals of Northern California
Giant Steps Therapeutic Riding
Institute of Applied Behavior Analysis
Lifehouse
Marin Autism Collaborative
MIND Institute
Moving Onward
North Bay Regional Center
North Bay Housing Coalition
PALS
Renaissance Healing & Learning
Sonoma County Office of Education
Sonoma County SELPA
Speech Language & Learning Services of Marin-Sonoma
Swain Center
Sweetwater Spectrum