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Talk About Curing Autism of Orange County E-NewsletterJUNE 2013 |
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Events
TACA of Orange County Chapter Coordinator
Michelle Burt
About TACA
Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to educating, empowering and supporting families affected by autism. For families who have just received the autism diagnosis, TACA aims to speed up the cycle time from the autism diagnosis to effective treatments. TACA helps to strengthen the autism community by connecting families and the professionals who can help them, allowing them to share stories and information to help improve the quality of life for people with autism.
DISCLAIMER: Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) provides general information regarding medical research, treatment options, therapies and nutrition to the autism community. The information comes from a variety of sources and is not independently verified by TACA. Nothing presented in print or at meetings should be construed as medical or legal advice. Always consult your child's doctor regarding his or her individual needs. Finally, it is recommended that you DO NOT SHARE CONFIDENTIAL information about your child!
TACA is committed to ensuring equal participation of all its members. Please contact us if you will require an accommodation to participate in this activity.ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER MEETING
Social Skills for Summer
Saturday, June 8, 2013
- 1:00 – 3:30 PM
- TACA National Office
2222 Martin, Suite 140
Irvine, CA 92612 - Driving Directions
Learn how parents can help facilitate play and specific games to help facilitate social interaction. Basically what do we need to do to have a better rate of success with our kiddos!!!
Speaker: Christina McReynolds, Ed. S, MS, BCBA
Christina works as a clinical Supervisor at Creative Solutions for Hope and as an Autism Coordinator at the North Orange County SELPA. She is a Nationally Certified Behavior Analyst, (BCBA), has a Master’s of Science in Education and credentials in Educational Leadership, Special Education, and Early Childhood Special Education. She is also certified in Behavior Intervention Case Management, Crisis Intervention, and Behavioral Intervention for Individuals with ASD. She has worked with individuals with disabilities for over fifteen years, serving as a therapist, a teacher, coordinator and University Instructor. Christina is especially interested in social skills and the relationship between play and the development of executive functioning. Christina co-authored “The Social Compass Curriculum: A story based intervention package for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders” as a response to the tremendous need for Social Cognition support that was apparent throughout her career.
Coffee Talk - Irvine
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
- 9:30 - 11:00 AM
- TACA Irvine Office
2222 Martin St. Ste. 140 Irvine, CA 92612 - Driving Directions
Join us for a Coffee Talk where the discussion will be focused on the needs of people in attendance! Come and get your questions answered about the GFCF diet, biomedical treatments, IEP’s, insurance coverage and more! This is an excellent opportunity to learn about treatment options but also connect with other autism parents.
Charla con Café en español
(Spanish Coffee Talk)
Para las fechas haga clic aquí
- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- TACA National Office
2222 Martin St., Suite 140
Irvine, CA 92612 - Direcciones/Rutas a seguir
Educación y apoyo para familias en español. Conozca más sobre nuestra organización y a otras familias donde compartiremos información, ideas y experiencias que podrían ayudarle con el bienestar de sus hijos con autismo. Para más información sobre todas nuestras charlas en español, haga clic aquí: Irvine, CA (Orange County); Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA y Las Vegas, NV.
ORANGE COUNTY
SPECIAL EVENT
Open Mic Night
Friday, June 7, 2013
- 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Open Mic Night is a community event hosted at TACA for young adults 18 years and older to come express themselves through music. Open Mic Night will be held first Friday of the month from 5:00-7:00pm. Snacks will be provided.
ORANGE COUNTY SPECIAL EVENT
Pacific Symphony Heartstrings
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 
- 4:00 PM
- TACA Irvine Office
2222 Martin St. Ste. 140 Irvine, CA 92612 - Driving Directions
TACA and Pacific Symphony Heartstrings Program have partnered together to bring music to our community by presenting this FREE event for TACA families.
Nancy Coade Eldridge is an active violinist and teacher in Orange County, Calif. She became a member of the first violin section of Pacific Symphony in 1996, and since 1998 has been a member of the Symphony’s elementary music outreach program called Class Act. In the last couple of years, performing chamber music has become a passion of hers. She has formed the Hillsboro Piano Trio with Doris Chiang and Wendy Velasco in the Southern California area and the Coade Duo with her sister Caroline. Eldridge has recorded for the motion picture industry in Los Angeles as well as performed many seasons with the San Diego Symphony, the San Diego Opera and Opera Pacific. Summers have been spent at various summer music festivals including the Oregon Coast Music Festival in Coos Bay, Ore., the Cascade Festival in Bend, Ore. and the Utah Festival Opera Company in Logan, Utah.
For Nancy's full bio, click here.
Carolyn Riley grew up in a small town in Virginia. After attending the Juilliard School and graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music, Riley accepted a viola position with Pacific Symphony. Riley has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, Russia, and Israel. Her chamber music performances have been heard in major venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, and the Kennedy Center. As former principal violist of the National Repertory Orchestra, she soloed with the orchestra numerous times. Riley also regularly plays with the Los Angeles Opera, the San Diego Symphony, the Pageant of the Masters, and records for the Motion Picture Industry.
NEW! TACA Legal Advocacy Program Collaborates with the Special Education Law Firm to provide FREE Legal Clinics
Thursday, June 13, 2013 
- 6:00 – 8:00 PM
- TACA National Office
2222 Martin Street, Suite 140
Irvine, CA 92612 - Driving Directions
Beginning in June 2013, Talk About Curing Autism (TACA), in collaboration with the Special Education Law Firm (SELF), will be hosting monthly FREE legal advice clinics for TACA families. Services for this clinic will be provided by SELF attorneys and advocates and members of TACA’s ProBono attorney panel.
RSVP: To reserve a space, click here to RSVP online or call 1-949-640-4401.
Please sign up early! We may be unable to accommodate reservations received less than 24 hours prior to the clinic.
Si usted habla español y está interesado en nuestras clínicas legales de educación especial gratis, por favor haga clic aquí.
What to bring:
• Your child’s most current, consented to (signed by you) Individualized Education Program (IEP).
• Any IEP with an offer of a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that you have not signed but are seeking consultation for.
• Any other documents relevant to issues you are seeking consultation for.
• Please do not bring documents that are more than two years old.
Other Details:
• Each family will receive a one-hour consultation with an attorney or highly experienced advocate.
• Legal consultations are free, but participants MUST RSVP to secure an available time slot.
• Legal consultations are for special education issues only. Attorneys/advocates will not consult on Regional Center, SSI, IHSS, Medi-cal or other disability related issues.
• You may bring children with you, however child care is not available and you will be responsible for monitoring your children. TACA is not responsible for unattended children.
• All consultations are private and confidential and will be conducted in a private space.
• Reservations are first-come, first-served. If we are unable to schedule your consultation, you will be placed on a wait list and may receive a consult if there is a no-show. You may also choose to reserve for the following month.
• TACA is committed to equal participation of our members with disabilities. Please contact TACA if you will require an accommodation to participate.
• Please do not contact SELF directly. If you have questions about the program, contact the TACA office at (949) 640-4401.
ORANGE COUNTY SPECIAL EVENT
Pump It Up – Play Night
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 
- 6:00 – 8:00 PM
- Pump it Up- Huntington Beach
16351 Gothard Street #C.
Huntington Beach, CA 92647 - Driving Directions
ORANGE COUNTY SPECIAL EVENT
No Limitz Tennis 
Sundays: 7/14/13, 7/21/13, 7/28/13, 8/4/13
- 1:30 – 3:00 PM
- Coach Tim Pawsat
Tustin Hills Racquet Club
11782 Simon Ranch Road
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-544-6950
Everyone is welcome to come with a smile and have fun
while playing tennis!
*$50 per player (Please make all checks payable to TACA) *100% of all proceeds benefit TACA
*For Special Needs Individuals
Ages 7 to 25
Program Directors & Mentors: Coach Tim Pawsat
Program Founder/Coordinator: Ryan Teng Ryanteng@att.net
Please register by July 9th (limited spaces available).
To request forms, please contact Ryan: RyanTeng@att.net or
Bini Teng Tengbini@att.net (714) 299-5010
(Scholarships are available)
Racquets are available for borrowing.
The TACA Family and Friends Campaign is an easy way for you to create an online webpage to receive donations for TACA Orange County from your family, friends, and co-workers in honor of your family. Get ready to take action by creating an online fundraising page for TACA’s Family and Friends Campaign. Create your page, personalize it and send the link to your family and friends asking for a donation to TACA in honor of your family. Whether your family raises $5, $50, $500 or more, TACA will appreciate your help and support!
To create Family and Friends your page, go to http://www.tacanow.org/ways-to-help/family-friends-campaign/
Introducing TACA’s Jeans Day for Autism
Would you like to help TACA and wear jeans to work?! Ask the company you work for to go “Casual for a Cause” by letting employees make a donation to TACA in exchange for wearing jeans to work. To find out more information or to sign your company up to participate, go to http://www.tacanow.org/ways-to-help/jeans-day-for-autism/
Be a Part of TACA!
Give Back to Your Community!
Become a TACA Parent Mentor!
Are you a parent or primary care giver of a child (or adult) with autism? Do you have at least 2 years of experience implementing biomed? Do you know about your local resources? Would you like to give back to your community and become a volunteer TACA Parent Mentor?
We would love to hear from you. If you meet these requirements and you are interested in volunteering, sign up on our website here:
www.tacanow.org/about-taca/parent-mentor-program/
Thank you!
Moira Giammatteo
Program Manager Scholarships, Mentors
and Parent Support
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Connect with your old and new TACA friends alike, online!
Tacos and Company is known for its delicious, authentic Mexican food catering throughout Orange County. With restaurant locations in Irvine, Newport Beach and Ladera Ranch. Their Mexican food combines the bold, memorable flavors of the famed stands in Mexico, with healthful California favorites. Their Orange County catering is a true crowd pleaser.
Tacos and Company has been proudly supporting TACA and other organizations in many ways with fund raisers on site or at the restaurants, Golf Tournaments, Sporting Events, Community Events, etc. www.tacosnco.com
Get your child Talking - Now! is a program in eBook format developed to enable parents of non verbal autistic and ASD individuals to get their child to talk interactively using an iPad or tablet and the Tactile Visual Feedback technique.
It has been discovered that children affected by autism are intuitively attracted to iPads and their speech learning process can be significantly accelerated by use of these devices. www.getyourchildtalkingnow.com
How TACA Helps Orange County Families
TACA does not charge admission to the meetings, nor does it assess annual membership fees for families it supports. Meetings feature:
- Free TACA Autism Journey Guides (over 750 pages of collective knowledge gathered from experienced paraprofessionals and parents) are offered to all parents who are attending their first Chapter meeting.
- Speakers on topics ranging from traditional therapies, integrated medical treatments, education, and legal support.
- TACA's Parent Mentors - one-on-one access to experienced families who have successfully navigated the challenges of finding appropriate treatments and educational opportunities for their children, and who receive additional education from TACA's Foundation Office.