SPD Foundation:Parent Connections Group

For those looking to learn more about Sensory Processing Disorders, check out the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation:

"The mission of the SPD Foundation is to enhance the quality of life for children with SPD and their families by :

• conducting rigorous RESEARCH into the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of SPD
• providing EDUCATION for those with SPD and for families, health care providers, policy makers, and the public
• conducting ADVOCACY for recognition of SPD"

For more information, go to: http://www.spdfoundation.net/aboutus.html

If you are a parent of a child who has Sensory Processing Disorder and live in Egypt, then perhaps you would like to start a parent's support group in Egypt!

"A grassroots network with active groups in more than 70 U.S. communities and several foreign countries, SPD Parent Connections provides support and information to anyone dealing with sensory processing issues. Group discussions, education, resources, and guest speakers hosted by SPD Parent Connection groups give parents, grandparents, caregivers, and others living with sensational children a place to share stories and resources and to support one another."

Start a SPD Parent Connections Group in Egypt:

http://www.spdfoundation.net/spdfoundation-cgi-bin/connections?region=international

If you are interested in becoming a host, read the host agreement on the website and get started!

Everyone needs some type of support!

Laura

The ADVANCE Society's Tenth Annual Educational Conference March 2010

EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE:

I am glad to announce that the ADVANCE Society is having their 10th Annual Educational Conference in Cairo on March 25th-27th, 2010. The Learning Resource Center is organizing the event.

At this time the workshop/lecture schedule is being organized and as soon as the schedule is confirmed I will post the link on the blog for registration and further details.

OT WORKSHOPS:

I will present two workshops at the conference. One will be on handwriting and the other will be on games (specifically card games).

I am especially excited about the games workshop, as I have contacted various games companies and asked them to donate games to be used in the workshop and then donated for a raffle/tombola (all proceeds raised from the raffle will go to the ADVANCE Society).

So far, THINK FUN, http://www.thinkfun.com/ and Grab a Pig http://www.grabapig.com/ have committed to donating some toys!

If anyone knows of any toy companies that would like to donate toys, please contact me at lme1169@gmail.com.

AMAZON WISH LIST:

I have also started an AMAZON, www.amazon.com, WISH LIST of books that can be donated for raffle at the March Conference. I also placed a visual timer on the list as many teachers and parents have inquired about it and it is great to use when setting limits in games!

I could go on and on with the wish list, but I only have so much luggage space to put the products! (I am in the US at this time and bringing the products in March) However, if someone wants to donate the cost of an extra piece of luggage to bring more products I would be happy to talk about it! (If so, you can email me at the above address...I am open for suggestions :-)

You can find my list at this link:

http://www.amazon.com/Laura-Efinger/wishlist/AINARS0EJQ0Z/ref=cm_wl_search_1

Books can be purchased and shipped to the following address:

Laura Efinger

19 Fort Worth Place

Monroe, New York 10950

• There is a link to click on for my address once you go to check out on Amazon
• You can also go to www.amazon.com and click onto WISH LIST in the upper right hand corner, go to "Find someone's wish list", type in my full name and click on my registry!

These books will be raffled off at the conference and all proceeds will go to the ADVANCE Society.

ADVANCE Society contacts:

You can also go to the ADVANCE Society website http://www.advance-society.org/ and contact them directly regarding making a donation!

A BIG THANKS, in advance, to all who participate!

Laura

OT Job Vacancy in Cairo

Job opening:

The ADVANCE: The Egyptian Society for Developing Skills of Children with Special Needs has a vacancy for a full time Occupational Therapist. Applicant should be English and/or Arabic speaking with experience in pediatrics. Experience working with children who have Autism is a plus!

Contact:

Please contact Maha Helali at mhelali@lrcegypt.org for job description and further details.

ADVANCE website: http://www.advance-society.org/

***If applying, please send cover letter and CV to Maha's email

Thanks