2014 NJSHA Schools Conference Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day:

2014 NJSHA Schools Conference
Social Thinking® Across the Home and School Day:
The ILAUGH Model of Social Thinking
Featuring:
Debbie Meringolo, MA, MS, and Nancy Tarshis, MA, MS, CCC-SLP
Saturday, October 18, 2014 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Kean University East Campus | Nathan Weiss Graduate School | 215 North Avenue | Hillside, NJ 07205
Program Summary: This Conference will introduce the ILAUGH Model of Social Thinking, which helps to demonstrate how social
processing dif iculties impact many of our students, not only their social skills but also their ability to work as part of a group and
focus on speci ic academic tasks such as written expression, reading comprehension and organizational skills. The presenters will also
address how best to approach writing IEP goals that bring about real, albeit slow, change in how students understand the world around
them. This workshop is noted for its depth in explaining WHY students with social skills dif iculties have related academic challenges,
which impact them across their school and home day.
Learner Outcomes: At the conclusion of this Conference, participants will be able to explain how teaching “think with your eyes”
is different from simply teaching good eye contact, explain why a person with social skill de icits may have reading comprehension
problems in the classroom, distinguish and describe the difference between a useful IEP goal and one that is of little bene it toward
developing their program, describe how use of strategy cards can facilitate teaching initiation of communication, explain how “thinking
with your eyes” relates to auditory processing and how gestalt processing relates to written expression and organizational skills.
About the Presenters:
Debbie Meringolo, MA, MS, a special educator and developmental specialist, is the Associate Director of the Infant/
Toddler Team at the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC), at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
She is also the director of the Baby Team parent-child treatment program, and the co-director of CERC’s RELATE program,
providing diagnostic evaluations and treatment for children/adolescents with communication and social challenges.
In this administrative and clinical role, Debbie supervises clinicians, conducts evaluations and provides treatment for
children individually and in groups. Along with colleagues at CERC she also participates in a variety of research projects, examining early
diagnosis of children with autistic spectrum disorders.
Nancy Tarshis, MA, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist whose proli ic career includes extensive experience
working with children and their parents. In 1992, she joined the professional team at the Children’s Evaluation and
Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where, in 1996, she was named Supervisor of Speech
and Language Services. Currently, she maintains a clinical practice, seeing patients birth to 21 for diagnoses and therapeutic
treatment, supervises ten speech pathologists, lectures to medical residents and psychology interns, participates in
research projects, and serves as adjunct clinical instructor at Teachers College, Columbia, Hunter College, NYU, and Hofstra University.
She is experienced in a wide variety of treatment methodologies, including Social Thinking, and is a frequent speaker across the U.S. on
its concepts and strategies.
Registration:
Register online at www.njsha.org, or complete the registration form and mail to 174 Nassau Street, Suite 337, Princeton, NJ 08542
by September 18, 2014. There is a $10 late fee for all registrations received ((or p
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$25 administration charge will be deducted from your refund.
This course is offered for 0.55 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level,
Professional Area) and 5.5 professional development hours. See
www.njsha.org for additional information and full speaker disclosure.
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2014 Schools Conference
Social Thinking® Across the Home and School Day: The ILAUGH Model of Social Thinking
Featuring: Debbie Meringolo, MA, MS, and Nancy Tarshis, MA, MS, CCC-SLP
Saturday, October 18, 2014
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Kean University East Campus | Nathan Weiss Graduate School
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