The Sonya Ansari Center for Autism offers training and resources for those who work with children having an autism spectrum disorder.

Training is provided to teachers and school personnel, police and emergency personnel, health care professionals to help the community be more understanding of the needs and gifts of persons with autism. Contact Dan Ryan, Director, Ansari Center for Autism, for information.

Recent speakers and topics

Dr. Carrie Cadwell, Clinical Psychologist, "Executive Functioning and Autism"

Dr. Joshua Diehl, Asst. Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, "Neurodevelopment and Children with Autism"

Debora Blake, J.D., ACCESS Director and Special Education Hearing Officer, Legislative Attorney for Education and Disability, Civil Rights Children/Juvenile Law Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, "Communicating Effectively with Your School"

Jane Schmidt, MA, OTR and Diane Stacker, OTR, Occupational Therapists, "The Sensory Connection" - DIR/ Floortime

Eustacia Cutler, mother of Temple Grandin, live videoconference

Dr. Rick Solomon, "The P.L.A.Y. Project - Level II Workshop"

David Hamrick, Meteorologist and diagnosed with autism at age 3, "Weathering Autism"

Cathy Pratt, Director of Indiana Resource Center for Autism, Indiana University, "Behavioral Issues in Autism/Asperger's: Practical Recommendations for Change"

Carol Gray, Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding, "Friendship, Bullying & Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders"

Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of "The Out of Synch Child"

Our Resource Library provides a host of materials, books, and videos