UPCOMING EVENTS in April for Autism Awareness Month
Saturday, April 5, 2008 -
Charity Kickball Tournament at Bethlehem Community Park, Wheeling, WV to kick-off Autism Awareness Month. If you are interested in forming a team, please download the kickball brochure and the application.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 -
Autism Conference 2008 at the First State Capitol, 1413 Eoff Street, Wheeling, WV. If you are interested, please download the brochure for more information.
Saturday, April 26, 2008 -
Annual Steak Dinner at the Italian-American Club, 45 Sycamore Avenue, Wheeling, WV from 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Musical entertainment will be provided and a silent auction and 50/50 drawing will be held at the event.
RESOURCES
Augusta Levy Learning Center is a resource for area school districts in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Educating children with autism effectively is an immense challenge. It requires a huge commitment, great skill and parent involvement. The Center is able to centralize those skills so that it can partner with area school districts in meeting this challenge.
The Center also has a lending library available to the community..
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
Augusta Levy Learning Center conducts community workshops and trainings for parents, educators, and child care providers.
Recent workshops and trainings include:
| • Wrightslaw Workshop: IDEA 2004 and No Child Left Behind (co-sponsored by Bethany College’s Education Program), September 2005 and October 2006 |
| • What is Autism? – Child Care Resource Center, October 2005 |
| • Autism Awareness in the Classroom – Northern Panhandle Head Start, November 2006 |
| • An Introduction to Autism – The Children’s Home of Wheeling, March 2007 |
| • An Introduction to Autism - Augusta Levy Learning Center, April 2007 |
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Augusta Levy Learning Center has established collaborations in the community that benefit the Levy Center’s students, as well as our community partners. Partnerships with Bethany College and Wheeling Jesuit University provide internships and student teaching opportunities that afford students hands-on experience in the field of autism.
Other community partners include Northern Panhandle Head Start, Lovaas Institute for Early Intervention, Laughlin Memorial Chapel, and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.
