TACA holds monthly meetings in many locations throughout the United States that feature educational speakers on important topics and allow family members to connect with one another and stay on top of the latest information in the autism world. Each TACA group maintains a resource library of the latest autism books and tapes that can be checked out by members at no charge.
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Santa Barbara
| Date: | Please see dates below. |
| Time: | Please see times for each date below. |
| Location: | Ocean Hills Ministry Center “The Loft” 821 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA (above Sur La Table) |
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| Information: | Contact Kathleen Reish and Jennifer Dubois |
| Child care: | Not offered at this time, sorry |
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January 17
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11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Susan Lang, MFT and Child Development Specialist Marriage and Family Susan will be discussing the strain that having a child with a disability places on marriages and families. She will be providing methods for coping with related issues. She will also address sibling issues. This is a forum where parents and siblings are encouraged to come and ask questions and get advice related to their personal situations in an open, supportive and sharing environment. We will have Kleenex boxes on hand! Susan Lang, MFT is associate faculty at Antioch University Santa Barbara and California State University Northridge. She holds a Masters in Early Childhood Education, a Masters in Clinical Psychology, and a California Elementary Teaching Credential. She has been active in a variety of early childhood settings for over thirty years and for the past ten years she has taught graduate students. She is a licensed MFT working with families who have children with special needs and is a vendor for Tri Counties Regional Center. In her work she draws upon her own experiences growing up with a sibling who had special needs. Susan is married and has two 2 adult daughters.
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Email lists are a great way to stay connected between meetings. You can subscribe, read emails and ask questions all related to autism. These lists connect you to other parents like you in California. Here is how to connect:
Step 1 - Get a Yahoo! user ID and password
Step 2 - Search for groups in your area. Here are some groups we like:
- TACA-USA
- AutismInterventionSoCal
- AutismInterventionCentralCA
- AutismInterventionCentralCoast
- AutismInterventionNorthernCA
- AutismInterventionBayArea
- AutismIntervention_SanDiego
- Autism_Inlandempire_SoCal
- TACAvalley
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