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Project Mosaic and ANGELS Center: An Innovative University-Community Partnership
Friday, July 13, 2007: 3:00 PM-4:15 PM
Lowell A & B (The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa)
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This session describes an innovative university-community partnership to meet to meet the unique needs of individuals with ASD. Project Mosaic prepares educators in a state-of-the-art Autism Spectrum program at San Francisco State University. ANGELS (Autism Network for Global Education and Lifelong Support)is an inclusive community center devoted to supporting children and adults with ASD and their family and friends.
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Presenters:
Pamela Wolfberg, Ph.D.
Professor
San Francisco State University
Pamela Wolfberg, Ph.D., is professor at San Francisco State University with UC, Berkeley and founder/director of the Autism Institute on Peer Socialization & Play. She is widely published and received distinguished awards focused on Integrated Play Groups® model training, research and global outreach efforts to establish peer socialization programs worldwide.
Pam LePage, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor
San Francisco State University
Pamela LePage, Ph.D. is a parent of a child with autism and special education professor at San Francisco State University. She has also worked at Stanford and George Mason Universities and as a special educator for 11 years. Her research interests are in teacher education and at-risk children. She is the author and co-editor of several books including: Transforming Teacher Education: Lessons in Professional Development, Educational Controversies: Towards a Discourse of Reconciliation, and Preparing Teachers for a Changing World: What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do and From Disadvantaged Girls to Successful women: Education and Women's Resiliency.
Erlinda Borromeo
Executive Director
Autism Network for Global Education and Lifelong Support
Erlinda Borromeo is a grandparent of a child with autism and founder and director of the Autism Network for Global Education and Lifelong Support (ANGELS). She is overseeing this inclusive community based center, which serves children and adults on the autism spectrum with family and friends. While leading efforts to develop state-of-the-art programs and services at ANGELS, she is completing an advanced degree in the Autism Spectrum graduate program (Project Mosaic) at San Francisco State University.