M&M Workshops is pleased to present:

“Understanding & Teaching Friendship Skills in

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.”

With Kevin Baskerville B.Ed [Hons], A.C.E. [Autism]

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

9:00am – 4:00pm

(Registration 8:30 – 9:00)

Newcastle Lions Club

324 Morrison Lane
Miramichi, NB

About the Presenter: Kevin is currently the Autism Outreach Service

(Intensive Support) Manager for Leicestershire, England. His team works –
through education – to assist school-aged children to access education.
Miramichi, NB
Many of his clients are out of school through social phobia’s or behavioural
difficulties or they are struggling to access education within the school. His
team develops community projects to assist with getting students back into
education or social settings.

Kevin started out as a teacher working within the ASD field in Australia, UK
& Kuwait but then worked as a consultant with the Geneva Centre for
Autism, Toronto working across Canada. He has presented many different
workshops & courses across Canada, the UK, US and Ireland; he also
presented at the World Autism Congress, South Africa in October 2006.

Course Description:

Understanding why we have friends, how we get them, what we do with them once we have them & how we
can keep them is a complex procedure; but complicate this by adding an ASD, with its social deficiencies &
making friends can be a very alien process, whatever the age!

This workshop explores how friends can typically be made; how to assess the strengths & weaknesses of
friendship making skills, creating a foundation to work from & looks at many strategies for
home/school/community that can help demystify the process.

The training will look at how pre-schools can identify needs and develop processes to assist in producing
children more able to sustain friendships, as well as peers who are not fazed by children who have social
difficulties. We will look at the community responsibilities to enhance potential for true integration and true
friendship. And we will also look at the future and to how there are adults with ASD who do have friendships,
marriages and socialising that works for them.

There will also be discussion of how to discuss diagnosis with individuals.

The workshop will benefit ANYBODY connected with an individual with an ASD – of all ages
(parents/professionals or individuals with an ASD). In some sections we will focus on pre-school development,
in other sections school responsibility but it will all be relevant as we are talking about the COMMUNITY
RESPONSIBILITIES. It will blend lecture style, video evidence and anecdotal stories with group activities and
discussion. Kevin tries to develop a relaxed atmosphere to the presentation to allow people to feel comfortable
in raising issues for discussion.
 Workshop Registration Form

Cost of the workshop is $50.00 per parent, $100.00 per professional if registration is
received by March 20, 2011. Thereafter, the cost of the workshop is $75.00 per parent
and $150.00 per professional.

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Registration forms may be faxed to 506-773-5919, or

send your registration form & payment made payable to M&M Workshops to:

M&M Workshops
940 Water Street
Miramichi, NB
E1N 4C3

For more information on the workshop, contact Marsha Manuel, Workshop Coordinator at 506-
778-8703 or mmworkshops@yahoo.ca

Receipts for workshop fees will be provided the day of the workshop. Coffee, tea and nutritional
snacks will be provided at breaks. Lunch is on your own. There will be no on-site registration.
Registration fees are non-refundable, but may be transferred to another individual.