Kim Goldsmith, a special education teacher in Chicago, wanted to incorporate yoga into her classes for students with autism. She received a grant from the Fund for Teachers through the Chicago Foundation for Education that enabled her to travel to India to experience first hand how yoga was incorporated into special needs classrooms. She began her internship at the Academy for Severe Handicaps and Autism (ASHA) where she saw students with autism benefit from yoga. Some of the students were non-verbal and some required assistance from aides, however, all the students used yoga to learn balance, flexibility, focus, and independence. Goldsmith spent several weeks travelling through India visiting other schools for special needs students and learning techniques to teach yoga in her Chicago classroom. Now her students begin each school day with ten minutes of meditation and yoga poses. She is beginning to see the same results with her students that she saw in India.
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THANK YOU for posting this!
Jul 11, 2008 by AnonymousThis is the best news I've had in a long time. I have some therapy I want to try but had no way to pay for it. Everytime I found a grant, before this one, it wouldn't apply to my family. I am so grateful.....
Grants
Jun 12, 2008 by AnonymousUnited Healthcare Foundation grants provide financial relief for families who have children with medical needs not covered or not fully covered by their commercial health benefit plan.
http://www.uhccf.org/apply_applicant.html
Also visit http://autismassistance.blogspot.com/. It is a blog covering grants, financial assistance, funding strategies and other resources to help families coping with autism and other disabilities.
The Manual! And my book came out in paperback today!
Nov 7, 2007 by dankohnDear friends,
Well here it is – finally. The Footnotes are missing and it needs some graphical tweaking but I thought I should get it up on the site as soon as possible even if imperfect. It took a long time to write and to get feedback and even now it is very much a work in progress. I hope it will be helpful and that you will send your comments and feedback and contribute the new things you learn and discover to be incorporated into the Manual as it evolves over time. Most of all: PLEASE SHARE YOUR VIDEOS!
Please share your videos as you get started (and upload video from before you started, AKA “Baseline videos”). And anyone who is already using this kind of method - please share your progress with the Community by uploading your videos! Everyone needs the inspiration to keep up their spirits and to believe that their kid will be able to do it!
We are at the beginning of a new era for our nonverbal and low-communicating children and it is up to us to observe, try things and to record and share everything we learn with each other. It is my greatest hope that we will change the way the world sees our children and open up a new life of possibilities for them through their ever-improving ability to communicate.
Last but not least, the paperback version of ‘Strange Son’ came out today. There is an Appendix in the paperback that consists of a scaled down version of the manual (because it wasn’t really ready at the deadline for submission last spring).
I am currently in Washington DC – Congress mandated that the Department of Defense fund autism research and I was selected as a “Consumer Reviewer”, that means I read the grants, write reviews and participate in the grant review meeting to weigh in on what should be funded. On Monday I will be at the Autism Speaks grant review meeting in Philadelphia doing the same thing and then I am going to Cold Spring Harbor to try to learn more about the new “copy variation” (genetic) findings in autism.
Best wishes to you all and please keep me posted, -Portia
PS Because it will be updated frequently, please be sure to watch for new, updated versions of the Manual. You’ll find it at: www.strangeson.com to the left, under “Portia’s thoughts on pointing”.
Research Studies
May 23, 2007 by AnonymousBe a Part of an Important Project to Promote Understanding and Awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Schools! Do you wish your child’s classmates understood more about Autism Spectrum Disorders? Danya International, Inc. (Danya), has developed Autism Classroom Connections (ACC), a video-based presentation to educate the classmates of a child with autism, high-functioning autism, and Asperger Syndrome. The goal of the ACC program is to foster the social inclusion of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We are currently accepting families with children of the following ages and ASD diagnoses for the national evaluation: Children with autism (ages 8–15) Children with high-functioning autism or Asperger Syndrome (ages 8–11) If you are interested in this study or would just like more information, please contact the ACC Evaluation Coordinator at: accinfo@danya.com or (240) 645-1060 Danya is committed to shaping healthy futures for children and families by promoting health and education around the world through the creative use of new technology. This project was made possible by Small Business Innovation Research Grant # 2R44MH67438-02 with Phase II funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).