Upcoming Spokane City Forum

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

AUTISM

Understanding the Challenges for the Child, Families/Caregivers, Schools & Society

An expert panel with Teresa A. Cardon, PhD., CCC-SLP, Chanda Neu, M.S., CCC-SLP, & Holly Lytle, Founder and Executive Director of The ISAAC Foundation.

Dr. Cardon has worked for 19-years with individuals on the autism spectrum.  She is currently an assistant professor at Washington State University-Spokane pursuing a research career working with young children on the autism spectrum.  She’s published books and many articles on the subject. 

Chanda Neu is the director of MilestoneSpeech and Language Services P.L.L.C. and specializes working with children who have mod-erate to severe social-communication disorders.  She has lectured on autism and suprevised graduate student clinicians at Ohio, Eastern Washington, and Idaho Universities.

Holly Lytle formed the ISAAC Foundation to provide assistance in the form of therapy grants to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder after suffering the tremendous loss of her son, Isaac who was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder but passed away due to an unrelated heart defect.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 "A Medical School in the Making: Positive Impact on Spokane's Economic Future" with Rich Hadley, President of Greater Spokane Incorporated and Brian Pitcher, Chancellor of Washington State University, Spokane
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 "The Restuant Industry: Life Behind the Kitchen Doors and a Big Table" with Kevin Finch, founder of Big Table and resturant critic and food writer in Spokane

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 "Autism: Understanding the Challenges for the Child, Families/Caregivers, Schools and Society" with expert panel Teresa A Cardon, PHD., CCC-SLP, Chanda Neu, M.S., CCC-SLP, and Holly Lytle, Executive Director of The ISAAC Foundation
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 " Spokane in the Movies: Why We're Such A Great Place to Shoot Films" with Rich Cowan, CEO of North by Northwest.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 " Our Homeless Youth, Who They Are: The Kids of Crosswalk and Cup of Cool Water" with Marilee Roloff, Director of Volunteers of America' Crosswalk and Mark Terell, Founder of Cup of Cool Water.
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