HAVE YOU COME TO TERMS WITH YOUR CHILD'S DISABILITY?--FOR ME, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK YOU ASK!; SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN FINDING HELP FOR A CHILD W/ MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS; KIWANIS OF ROCKVILLE; ARTICLE ON AUTISM: BETTER STUDIES NEEDED

ONLINE REGISTRATION OPEN- WEG'S 4TH ANNUAL DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH: DC AREA SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS CONFERENCE
This year's topic is FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE.  Keynote address, COMING TO TERMS WITH YOUR CHILD'S DISABILITY, by Eustacia Cutler (Temple Grandin's mother).  Register before January 1, 2013, and save up to $30.  This conference will be held on March 3, 2013, from 9A-4:30P, in Rockville, MD.  For more details on the other speakers, and to register, go to http://www.weinfeldeducationgroup.com/diamonds.html

MCF(MARYLAND COALITION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH) would like you to fill out a survey.  Maryland is currently moving to integrate mental health and substance abuse services. It is critical that the voices of families are heard throughout the process.  The attached survey was developed to give families an opportunity to share their experiences in finding help for a child with mental health and substance abuse disorder(s).  For further information and for a link to the survey, go to http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=d7bbcabab&v=001gjTeQvTgjpqDiqOj6Ny9FG_hZVy8KPoXNroCSiyMRAiKAIPqCSeTjv7nWtWZZFyRQnzjuMrWRPQmwTlPpvpvdnC5HuRuQaF2BSadTEbBCuBWkSwrB3SOZfuruVSuNcKgmimhjfGWrUZcW3KhwFGAmQ%3D%3D

My son Jordan, attends a Rockville, MD school called Rock Terrace.  Rock Terrace is a Montgomery County Public School only for special needs students.  The group, Kiwanis of Rockville, has been a consistant and faithful supporter of Rock Terrace's events.  This school now would like your help in supporting the Kiwanis of Rockville by attending their ALL-YOU-CAN- EAT PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE BREAKFAST, on December 1, 2012, from 7A-12N, at the Montgomery College-Rockville Campus cafeteria.  Please buy for yourself or as a gift for others, tickets through Rock Terrace.  Tickets are $6 per person.  Checks may be directed to Kiwanis of Rockville.  For tickets, please call 301-279-4940 and ask for Karen Goozner.  ON A PERSONAL NOTE:  this is a terrific school.  I wanted my son to attend this school as he entered middle school (RTerrace provides schooling from 6th grade to 21 years old), so much that I had to hire an advocate to fight my son's way into that school!

(AN ARTICLE FROM THE AUTISM SOCIETY)  Autism Interventions Supported by Moderate Evidence; Better Studies Needed to Validate Effectiveness
http://www.autism-society.org/news/autism-interventions.html