A note of thanks for your participation and support

I would like to personally thank all of my colleagues for your time, commitment, and support during my internship.  I have learned a great deal from you all that I plan to use in my personal and professional like.  I really enjoyed the presentations.  The presentations were clear and self explanatory.  The infornmantion experiences has help me grow as a teacher and advocate.  I am looking forward collaborating with you all to do presentation and continue our advocacy efforts.  I would like to congratulate everyone on their short-term goals.  Also I would like to encourage everyone to keep on doing a good job and advocating for young children and their families. I wish everyone the bestof luck with their long-term goals and future presentains.

Continuing My Advocacy Efforts

As I prepare my presentation, I have been able to refelct on my teaching experiences.  I have also begun  t realize, plan, and organize my long-term goals.  As I prepare my information for the presemtation, I am researching Early Autism Studies.  The earlier a child recieves treatment the better outcome is to likely to be.  Treatment starts with a focus on social skills.  During the last few years, screening instruments have been devised to screen children for Asperger's Syndrome and higher functioning autism.  The Autism Spectrum Screening Questionaire (ASSQ), the Australian Scale for Asperger's Syndrome and the Childhood Aspergers Syndrome Test (CAST) are some of the instruments that are reliable for identification of school-age children with autism.  The tools concentrate on social and behavioral impairments in children without significant language delays.  Although there are no single test that is best for ASD,I encourage people togather as much information about ASD before they finalize treatment.  My long-term goal requires me to search for programs and facilities for ASD.