Category: Education

Digital Prowess for Adults with Special Needs: An Interview with the Co-founder of nonPareil Institute

Posted on by Gregory Wood

nonPareil Institute is a nonprofit organization that helps adults with Autism learn hirable skills, such as coding and other digital techniques. Gary Moore is the President and Co-founder of this organization, along with Dan Selec (the CEO and Founder), and Moore agreed to donate some of his time to us for an interview.Moore became passionate about working with adults with Autism after his son, Andrew, was diagnosed with ASD. Below are all the incredible things that Moore and company are doing and hope to do to help adults with ASD achieve their full potential.

Question 1
You are educating students and giving them skills with which they can procure jobs, but you also admit on your website that employers are not currently prepared to employ people with ASD. Are you doing anything to combat the societal stigma toward ASD? Are there employers you can think of that are already working to employ more adults with ASD?

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Webinar Parenting without Power: 10 Principles for Parents of Adults with Aspergers  and Related Profiles

Posted on by Gregory Wood

WHEN: December 6, 2017,

7 pm – 8:30 pm

COST: $25

HOST: Michele Cantara

WHERE: Online

Please register online by Tuesday December 5, 2017

 

Not available on Wednesday December 6, 2017?

This webinar will be recorded. Registrants will receive the video link and a copy of the presentation two business days after the session ends.

Webinar Description

In her book, Parenting without Panic, Brenda Dater, Associate Director, AANE , outlines the principles that parents of children and teens with Aspergers can follow to build a sense of resilience and bravery in themselves and in their children. In this Parenting without Power webinar, Michele Cantara, Director of AANE Family Support Services for Adults expands on those principles. Michele is the parent of young man with Aspergers who is moving forward to reach his life goals. At AANE she coaches parents and hosts parents of adult support groups.  Previously, Michele spent 35 years in high technology and management consulting. This webinar combines her insights into organizational change management and transformation with the real-life challenges of parenting an adult on the spectrum. She provides pragmatic advice for parents who have tried “tough love” and then realize that parenting with power often backfires. In this webinar Michele outlines 10 principles for parenting through influence, so that parents of adults on the spectrum can help their adult child move towards their life goals.

About Michele Cantara

Michele Cantara is the AANE Director Family Support Adult Services. She is also the mother of a young adult with ASD who is taking college classes and working at two part-time jobs. In college, Michele majored in Psycholinguistics, which helped her recognize her son’s social interaction issues early on, which started her down a path of advocating for parents. In 1998 she co-founded the Massachusetts Special Education Parents Advisory Council (MASSPAC). Michele also spent 35 years in the high-tech industry, and she now applies her well-honed consulting and change management skills to parent coaching sessions at AANE.  Michele also leads several support groups for parents of adults and moderates the parents of adults online forum.

Financial assistance is available. Please contact Joanne.Jensen@aane.org to discuss financial aid options.

Webinar Registration

– Upon registration, a confirmation email will be sent with instructions on how to access the online event

– Registration closes 24 hours before the webinar start time

To cancel your registration prior to the start of the webinar, please contact Joanne.Jensen@aane.org

Hope to see you there!