Cathy Pratt is the Director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community located at Indiana University.
Cathy serves as Chair of the Board for the national Autism Society, serves on the board of the Autism Society and the Panel of Professional Advisors for the Autism Society, is a part of NATTAP (Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs) and on the College Internship Program’s advisory board.
Summer 2010 was a busy and productive semester at the Brevard Center. We worked hard but still had fun. We said goodbye to students moving on to new endeavors and hello to those who will be joining us in August. We also had the opportunity to spend time with high school students participating in CIP’s 2 Week Teen Summer Program at Florida Tech.
Dr. George McCloskey will present on the topic of Executive Functioning for Asperger’s and learning differences at a Student Education Fund (SEDF) fundraiser on Monday, September 13 at Indiana University. The fundraiser is open to teachers, clinicians, parents and others who work with individuals who have learning differences and has been approved for 0.5 CEU’s by the School of Social Work at Indiana University.
Students and staff at the Brevard Center got together in July to say goodbye to five students who are leaving CIP and taking the next step forward in their lives. All of us are very proud of them and of what they have accomplished.
Marcie Swift, M.Ed. NCSP is a Certified School Psychologist and consultant to CIP. She recently administered a battery of cutting edge vocational assessments that go far beyond traditional types of assessments.
These tests are part of a program called Roadmap for Success, designed by Marcie to quickly target student passions, talents, behavioral strengths, style of communication, conscious and unconscious motivators, and values.
CIP Berkshire students had a tremendously successful summer session in their college classes at Berkshire Community College (BCC).
While these classes are worth as many credits and have the same amount of course work as a regular semester, they are compressed into either six or eight weeks.