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This is a list of events organized, conducted or contributed to by IRIS.
2007	APRIL
	Facilitating Communication and Play ASHA, Bangalore 12th April 2007
	FEBRUARY
	Early Detection, Intervention - SPASTN, (TN) 7th February 2007
2006	NOVEMBER
	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Community Particpated Rehabilitation- Rotary International Hyderabad Golgonda Club. 10 November 2006 Educating the Children with Autism in Regular Schools World Autism Congress, Cape Town/S October 30-November 4th 2006
	OCTOBER
	Educating Children with ASD in Regular Schools The Socially Challenged and the Social Challenge- World Autism Congress Cape Town, South Africa October 31 Autism and Learning Disability workshop conducted at Ideal Jawa Rotary School Mysore 13, 14 October 2006
	SEPTEMBER
	Facilitating Communication through Play Workshop National Conference of Developmental Pediatrics Kochi, Kerala 16 September, 2006 Paper presented- Development of Autism in Young Children Developmental Pediatrics Conference 16 September, 2006 Assessment of Abilities in Autism Indo US Science Forum and Tamana Associaion 14, September, 2006
	MARCH
	All India Institute for Speech and Hearing, Mysore. Available for training and /or consultation March 10-13, 2006
	FEBRUARY
	Individual Futures Planning Workshop Feb 27, 2006 Target audience: Parents of adolescents or adults with special needs and challenging behaviors.
	JANUARY
	AUTISM CONFERENCE: THE SOCIALLY CHALLENGED & THE SOCIAL CHALLENGE January 25-26 , 2006 Fortune Katriya Hotel #8 Raj Bhavan Road Somajiguda, Hyderabad-500082 Andhra Pradesh

2005	OCTOBER
	2 DAY TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS - BANGALORE 8th October - Strategies to facilitate play and communication. (children aged 0-5 years) 9th October - Individual Future Support Planning (Grown up individuals with challenging behaviours)
	SEPTEMBER
	INDIVIDUAL FUTURE PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKSHOP - NEW DELHI Date 18th (Sunday), September 2005.
	AUGUST
	AUGUST 1st to 5th Onsite hands on Training on Autism Placement options
	JULY
	Saturday classes for parents and professionals Course Outline The course is designed to provide insight into the nature and needs of autism, covers all apsects of the disorder using lectures, interactive sessions, video presentations and reading material.
	APRIL
	April 18 - May 18 Summer Camp for Children Autism in Integrated Setting Training will include communication, play and social skills training. One caregiver will be required to attend along with the child who will be trained onsite. Limited seats only. Age group 2 years to 7 years. For details and registration contact Mythily at (40) 2331-3587 (10am to 6pm) Autism Training Programme at Calicut Organizers Association for the Welfare of Handicapped Contact person Mr. Jeyaraj, 0495-2720434, mobile 9447-950747
	MARCH
	March 19-20 Autism Nature Needs Training Programme for Teachers Venue: Builders' Association of India, 5th Floor, Penthouse, Santhi Sikhara Complex, Block A, Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. March 26-27 Autism Workshop at Chennai In collaboration with Downs' Syndrome Association of India
	FEBRUARY
	February 25-26 Teaching Strategies workshop at Adarsh Charitable Trust, Tripunithura, Kerala State For Registration Contact Mr. Neelakantan 0484-2301394 February 27-28 Teaching Strategies workshop at Sanjivani Autism Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 3 Day Workshop on Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders, Hyderabad
	JANUARY
	Auditory Integration Therapy by Enhanced Auditory Rehab Service (EARS) in FARIDABAD, HARYANA, INDIA January 4-13, 2005
2004	AUGUST
	WE CAN Resource Centre for Autism, Chennai 2 day workshop On Applied Verbal Behaviour "Teaching language & appropriate behaviour to children with Autism" By Duncan Fennemore (BCABA) Director Centre for Educational intervention in Early Childhood, London, U.K. At Hotel Chola Sheraton, Chennai Time: 9.00 a.m to 5.00 p.m
2003	DECEMBER
	Special Sahaja Workshop December 12-2003
	NOVEMBER
	Breakthrough in Autism November 30-2003 Venue: 80 A Defence Officers Institute, Defence Colony, Chennai 600-032 Institute for Remedial Intervention Services (IRIS) introduces Ms. Jalaja Naraynan for a talk on Breakthough in Autism followed by an interactive session.
	JUNE
	A course on Understanding Autism and Interventional Strategies. June 1-3, 2003
	APRIL
	Unique Training Camp for Social Communication Skill April 15-May 15, 2003 A curriculum developed for Students with Asperger’s Syndrome/High Functioning Autism (AS/HFA) to cope with the varied demands of social needs, imparted through socially assisted training is being organized by Ms. Mythily Chari M.Ed., Ed.S at V-Excel, 23/77, Anugraha Apartments, Greenways lane, RA Puram. The Pragmatics training programme focuses on developing adequate skills at the linguistic level and the social usage of the same. To qualify the student should be able to use speech for communication. Follow up support can be provided for the individual student at his or her school/home/community. AUTISM : Alternative Strategies A three-day international conference (3rd -5th Sept, 2003) followed by a two-day PECS training programme (6th -7th Sept. 2003), in New Delhi, India. Speakers: Dr. Rita Jordan (University of Birmingham, UK) Dr. Gary Mesibov ( TEACCH, USA) Dr. Richard Mills (The National Autistic Society, UK) Ms. Melanie Peter and Mr. Dave Sherratt (EASE, UK) Dr. Tony Attwood (The AS Clinic, Australia) Ms. Amanda Reed and Ms. Zena Barton (Pyramid Consultants) Dr. Shobha Srinath (NIMHANS, India) Ms. Mythily Chari (IRIS, India) Tamana Association, India Tamana Association, D-6 St., Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-110057, India Ph: ++91 11 2614 3853 / 26142615 Fax: ++91 11 2614 3853 Email: tamanassociation@hotmail.com Or book online at www.tamana.org
2002	NOVEMBER
	PRIMARY CARE GIVER TRAINING ORGANIZED BY IRIS & SANKALP November 30-December 6, 2002
2001	DECEMBER
	FREE AUTISM SCREENING CAMP Organized by IRIS, V-EXCEL & WE CAN December 16, 2001 The aim of the screening is to give parents a head start in caring for their child who may be at-risk. The procedure is listed below: Assessment using CHAT (Checklist for Autism in Toddlers) Examination by Speech & Language Pathologist Examination by Occupational Therapist Counseling by Special Educator Designing follow-up program Note that early diagnosis and intervention are crucial in putting the child on the path of growth and development Multidisciplinary Team for the screening Dr. Vidya Venkatesh- Developmental Pediatrician (Vijaya Clinic) Dr. Suryanarayanan -Emergency care Specialist (Dr. MGR Medical College) Mr. Ganesh- Occupational Therapist (Santosh Medical College) Ms. Sowmya- Speech Language Pathologist (Dr. MGR Medical College) Ms. Girija Shashankh-Special Educator (WE CAN Trust) Mrs. Mythili Chari- Special Educator (IRIS) Dr. Vasudha P. Natarajan-Special Educator (V-EXCEL Educational Trust)
2000	DECEMBER
	International Conference on Autism and Asperger Syndrome from Theory to Practice. December 6-8, 2000, Chennai India Co - organised by Enhanced Auditory Rehabilitation Services Lowell, Massachusetts, USA A conference for families and professionals who provide support for persons with Autism and Asperger syndrome.
	SEPTEMBER
	AUTISM spectrum Disorder (ASD) September 8-14, 2000 Co - organised by SANKALP
1999	May
	Launch of the AUTISMINDIA.COM website
1998	DECEMBER
	Autism and Learning Disabilities (Kulachi Hansraj Model School) (New Delhi) The series of lectures were part of the on going training programme conducted by the Institution December ‘98 Positive Behavioural Support (Okhla Institute) The participants of Bridge Course were given an intensive one day training focusing on their cases in Behaviour Management. One teacher of 16 years experience put it succintly " When we present the cases I wonder if it is the same case; all along we have been focusing on the deficits of the children, wheres now the emphasis is on the strengths." Home Based training for parents Children have been assessed at home and suitable placements found for them depending on the individual cases. Parents have been trained at home to remodel or rearrange the environment in a cost-effective manner. Teachers at creches, day care centers and integrated nursery schools have been given input on how best to handle the children. Usually a three month programme is given for the teachers to implement.
	NOVEMBER
	Bridge Course (Okhla Institute for Mental Retardation) (New Delhi) The training is mandatory under the Rehabilitation Council of India Act (1992) for field workers and rehabilitation professionals who have no training but have been working with children with special needs since 1990. The course (75 hours) focused on all aspects of Special Education in a lecture cum participatory mode. The trainees were trained on site.
	OCTOBER
	Autism workshop (ASTHA) (New Delhi) The Institution works with children in the rural area at Tuglakabad. Two day on the site training was given on the nature and needs of autism. Though 3 days were planned initially, lack of time forced us to restrict the programme. The staff felt that they could intake a few children with autism instead of referring them to other institutions; which had a very long waiting period. Behavioural Support (New Delhi) The core audience was the same that attended the earlier workshops. In addition teachers from regular schools, who had a few high functioning students with Asperger’s Syndrome, attended the workshop. The workshop covered the basic tenets of behavioural principles, and the historical perspective of Behaviour Mangement. PBS is a practical training programme for supporting the individual with challenging behaviours. However the cases were restricted to those with autism. Participants were " walked through" the various steps in securing community support, and creating a support network for the clients.
	SEPTEMBER
	Socio Communicative Behaviour (New Delhi) The focus audience consisted mostly of the same group, in addition speech therapists also participated. Parents felt that this workshop was very much to their level and had greater applicability, especially those children who talked but did not communicate. Speech therapists wanted a much more intensive training suited to their clinical work, which covered a wider range of language disorders.
	AUGUST
	Play Based Assessement ( New Delhi ) Participants included parents, psychologists, special educators, pediatrician, professionals in leadership positions, occupational therapists and social workers. The focus was on the problems faced by early childhood caregivers, and the strategies to overcome those hurdles. Parents felt there was information overload. But the professionals, especially the teachers have given feed back that they were greatly empowered in their professional work