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Training Topic: Making Homes that Work for Adults with Autism
Date and Time: Friday, September 16 from 7:30-9:00pm
Location: The Buffington/RE/MAX Community Room (lower parking lot next to Curves)
3300 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832
The Foundation for Autism Support and Training – ARCHway to Independence, M&L Special Needs Planning and Montgomery County Transitions (MCTRANS) are extremely pleased to announce that we are able to squeeze in a training by ASD housing expert George Braddock on September 16th, even though this is a late notice and this is scheduled for a Friday night. This training is not to be missed by parents of loved ones with autism who envision their adult children with ASD living in the community. Best of all, we offer this excellent training by one of our nation’s leading experts at no charge to you.
George Braddock, President of Creative Housing Solutions LLC, pioneered the application of person-centered planning principles to the design and construction of homes for people with disabilities.
From Oregon, he has undertaken more than 1200 housing modifications and adaptations in order to assist people with severe behavioral challenges to live as normally as possible within the community in their own homes. In addition to developing welcoming and inclusive single and multi-family housing opportunities for people with ASD, ID/DDs, George recently co-authored Making Homes that Work: A Resource Guide for Families Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-occurring Behaviors. He also co-authored three books focusing on community housing issues for people with disabilities/ASD and their staff: Person-Centered Environments; The Bay Area Project: Housing Design Guidelines; Design for Safety.
In this training, George will touch upon the six most common home modifications and he will address specific behavioral issues such as elopement, self-injury, seizures, property damage and aggression, and how important environmental modifications are in terms of improving overall quality of life. He will also discuss issues related to which elements to consider when choosing a good neighborhood and neighbor relations.
We expect a large turn out and hope to welcome everybody, so we ask that you please reserve a seat with an RSVP confirmation ASAP by emailing Karen Kaye-Beall atkkbcast@verizon.net or calling us at 301-260-2777.
We also want to thank you all for filling out FAST- ARCHway’s housing and supports survey. Many of you have expressed an interest in being part of the FAST-ARCHway “lead housing group” to get more involved in rolling up sleeves and working on housing strategies and getting our aging kids together socially. These people will be contacted in the coming weeks with a date for our first lead group meeting. If others are interested and have not taken FAST-ARCHway’s survey, please email Karen at kkbcast@verizon.netand you will receive instructions on how to take the survey. Once you take the survey, you will be included on the list to be contacted for lead group meetings. Once again, thank you for your generous support.
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