Hello friends of children with developmental disabilities:

PediaStaff has found an autographed copy of one of Dr. Stanley Greenspan’s books geared towards professionals.
Please join us in honoring Dr. Greenspan’s lifetime of work with special children by bidding on this book which we have put up for auction.
100% of the benefits will fund his dream to educate future leaders in the assessment and treatment of developmental, sensory, and regulatory disorders.

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Please help promote this auction by publicizing it in your blogs, on your facebook, twitter and LinkedIn pages, in your newsletters and on your websites. This is a terrific opportunity to help a graduate student carry on Dr. Greenspan’s remarkable work and to honor his accomplishments! If you have special connections in the pediatric medical community and can get the word out to pediatricians and psychiatrists that would be a fantastic help to us!

Heidi Kay
CEO/VP of Marketing, PediaStaff

more about this auction:

AUTOGRAPHED COPY
OF DR. STANLEY I. GREENSPAN’S BOOK,
INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
The Practice of Clinical Assessment and Intervention With Emotional and Developmental Challenges
100% of Proceeds to Benefit the Dr. Stanley I Greenspan Memorial Scholarship Fund

Please join us in honoring Dr. Greenspan’s lifetime of work with special children by bidding on this book.
100% of the benefits will fund his dream to educate future leaders in the assessment and treatment of developmental, sensory, and regulatory disorders.

About this Item (including details about its condition):

This book, from the 3rd printing of Infancy and Early Childhood - The Practice of Clinical Assessment and Intervention With Emotional and Developmental Challenges, was sold to PediaStaff by an occupational therapist who attended one of Dr. Greenspan’s lectures where he signed her copy in (we think) 1997. A photo of the signature can be seen in this listing and reads “With Best Wishes, Stanley Greenspan” The book itself is in near perfect (very fine) condition, however the dust jacket is in “very good” condition. There are several small tears at the top and bottom of the jacket as if the book was read with the dust jacket on and perhaps moved around a fair bit. The photo of the book in this listing is the actual book and you can see the blemishes there.

The real beauty of this item is that Dr. Greenspan did not do public book store signings and he only signed limited numbers of copies of his books for friends, colleagues and students who specifically requested it. We do not know exactly how many signed copies there are of this item but there could be as few as 30 and certainly no more than 100.

About the Cause:

The Stanley Greenspan Memorial Scholarship fund, was established by the Greenspan family to support future leaders in the field of infant mental health and developmental disorders, currently enrolled or applying to the ICDL Graduate School.

The ICDL Graduate School offers a PhD program in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Developmental Disorders through a distance learning format for qualified applicants throughout the United States and abroad. This unique program is taught from an interdisciplinary developmental perspective and incorporates the insights and findings of the various fields focusing on the development of the mind and brain, emotions, cognition, language, motor and sensory functioning, and family functioning. The program’s goal is to provide students with an integrated developmental understanding of the full range of human functioning in infancy and early childhood, from the major mental health and developmental disorders to healthy adaptation. Approaches to observation, assessment, intervention, and the facilitation of healthy functioning are considered from this unique multidisciplinary developmental perspective. Learn more about the program here and more about the Stanley Greenspan Memorial Scholarship fund on the ICDL Website

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Britt Collins, MS, ORT/L will be speaking on OT in the HOME and OT in the SCHOOL on December 4th, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

http://www.fhautism.com/Conferences/LittleRockSensoryConferenceDetails/tabid/192/Default.aspx

Also headlinging the conference is Carol Kranowitz, author of “The Out of Sync Child.”

Britt will be presenting at 1pm and again at 3pm.

All our best,

Jackie and Britt

Wow - what an amazing conference. I’m so impressed with what Teri and Ed Arranga pulled together. The doctors, therapists, homeopaths, parents - everyone had so much information and research to put on the table. I left with two bags full of brochures and literature about the latest and greatest in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Thank you Autism One! I will definitely be back next year.

I’ll be blogging about all the wonderful therapies, treatments, and overall exhibitors that were there. I want to share as much as I can about the people that gathered in the name of helping each other.

Below are some fun features at the conference - I’ll save the meat and potatoes in the upcoming days.

First off - Karaoke night put on by Thriiive.com was really fun. It was a great opportunity to meet other parents and conference attendees. And now I have video of Britt singing “Waterfalls” by TLC. The rap portion is particularly fun to watch and will make for great blackmail. Kidding Britt - I’ll only show a FEW people. Thankfully, we met some lovely ladies from Iowa - big shout out!!! - who could sing for real. Sarah - I’m talking about you - and it was great to relax after a long day of learning. Thank you to Dana of Thriiive.com who worked the room and karaoke machine.

Second - Spa Night - put on by unlockingautism.org - was a wonderful, relaxing night about how to take care of ourselves ladies! They had the best smelling skin scrub I had ever smelled (Marigold!) by Lane Michaels http://www.lanemichaeldayspa.com/, yummy chap sticks, lotions and soothing eye treatments. We then went to the next room and got a demonstration by Julia of Faithfully Fit - who lead us through a stretching and relaxation routine that felt awesome. As moms of children with autism and other special needs, we often forget to breath. Thank you to unlockingautism.org for reminding us that we’re important too!

Much more to come! There is so much to share. It will take me days to sort through all the great and powerful information. Thanks for reading - Jackie

AND I LOVE CHICAGO! What a gorgeous city. Britt and I were lucky enough to sneak away on Thursday and go on a shoreline architecture tour that left out of Navy Pier. Unbelievably gorgeous tour that navigated us through the Chicago River and our brilliant tour guide explained the history behind the magnificent buildings. Highly recommend this adventure for those that attend the next Autism One Conference!

http://autismone.org/default.cfm?goto=chicago

Britt and I are so excited that we’ll be attending this conferene.  We’re looking forward to meeting you there!

CHANGE HAS COMEHope Is Real. Children Are Recovering.
A diagnosis of or suspicion that your child has autism is devastating. After months or years of denial it cannot be denied any longer. You are faced with the greatest question of your life – how to best help your child.

The difficult step toward finding answers is a courageous one that can be as frightening as the initial suspicion or confirming diagnosis. It means recognizing and rejecting that labyrinth of Jabberwocky, gobbledygook, circular reasoning, and non-answers parents most often hear.

It means educating yourself. It means trusting yourself. It means believing your child can get better.

Your Instincts Are Right. There is a Better Way.
We have helped thousands of children by educating parents and doctors about treating the underlying biomedical conditions. Behavioral therapies will only take you so far, but add them together and that is when hope becomes reality.

This year’s theme Change Has Come reflects the immense strides our community has made over the last decade. Ten years ago no one believed a child with autism could get better. Today, thousands of children are getting better and hundreds have recovered.

Pre-Conference Programs.
There are more pre-conference choices than ever before (some like the Defeat Autism Now! Clinician Training and the Birt Center Law and Advocacy Training extend thru Friday). The programs provide the kind of in-depth coverage and, in many cases, hands-on training to help you quickly apply what you’ve learned.

The Pre-Conference Programs include:

- Art of Cooking Special Diets
- Beginning Biomed - In Spanish!
- Beyond a GF/CF Diet
- The Elizabeth Birt Center Law & Advocacy Training
- CARD Feeding Clinic
- Defeat Autism Now! Clinician Training
- First Responders
- Health & Happiness
- The Miracle Project
- Special Education Law Day

Main Conference Starts Earlier.
This year the main conference starts on Thursday evening. Please check the schedule page so you don’t miss any presentations.

With over 100 presenters you will learn from the leading researchers, scientists, educators, and parents about treatments and therapies to help your child. It’s the information that should be provided to every parent along with the diagnosis.

The main conference covers topics in 5 tracks:
1. Biomedical Treatments
2. Behavior / Education / Communication Therapies
3. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
4. Adolescence and Adulthood
5. Government / Legal / Personal Issues

Growing and Changing.
We are proud to introduce a number of needed collaborations between researchers and parents in the way of think tanks. We have always embraced the “no one is smarter than all of us” philosophy and the think tanks and symposium bring together the best researchers and scientists to learn from each other and to learn from you.

It is a wonderfully inclusive way to learn and covers such topics as the environment, language, vaccines, and residential living.

The Think Tanks and Symposium include:
• Elias Tembenis Seizures Think Tank
• Environmental Symposium
• Language Seminar/Think Tank
• Residential Think Tank and Presentations
• THRiiiVE at Autism One!
• Vaccine Education Seminar
• Afternoon with Dr. Amy Yasko
• Autism Team Forum
• Dr. Yasko Practitioner TrainingWe are proud to introduce legal and advocacy training as an integral part of the conference and as an ongoing concern to fight for our community. Get the information and training to make a difference at the Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy Training.

Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Legal and Advocacy Training.

Deliberations play out in regional tempests, media parlays and turf skirmishes, but truth and justice are not served. Debates are not going to carry the day. The deciding frontiers will be in courts of law and by legislative action.

If you want to advance the cause and have wondered how best to help – get trained and join the fight.

More. More. More.
Movies, Mentor Moms, Tembenis mini-walk, Midnight Vigil, Arts Festival, Spa Night, and Special Dinners will both broaden and deepen your understanding of your child’s possibilities.

Our future lies in a multitude of voices across a collective of concerns each sharing contribution opening the door a little wider for the next mother and child.

From poets to philosophers to playwrights our community holds one common conception – when our children are treated for their underlying medical conditions good things start to happen.

You Are The Expert
No one knows your child better than you. You are not “just” a Mom. You are the expert. Your insights have been responsible for every breakthrough and eureka moment. Lend your voice to the continuing and growing knowledge of care and recovery.

Our Gratitude.
The days of “diagnosis as prognosis” are drawing to a close joining the “refrigerator mom” theory in the dustbin of history.

It was the pioneering work of Dr. Bernie Rimland, himself a father of a child with autism and the founder of Defeat Autism Now!, the Autism Research Institute and the Autism Society of America, whose selfless commitment and vision for 40 years laid the foundation to heal our children.