Kasari Research Lab

📸 Highlights from CAN-DO: Collaboratively Advancing the Network – Designing Opportunities, our free pre-INSAR community-academic event at the Seattle Convention Center!

Huge thanks to our speakers and attendees for making this space so meaningful 🙏🎤🧠.

🎉 Big news from the Kasari Lab! We’re officially an ACE Provider and can now offer CEUs to BCBAs for select JASPER trainings moving forward. Stay tuned for details about upcoming opportunities, including our July UCLA course. We ACE’d it! 💥

The Safe and Sound conference recording is now available! 🚨
Could not join us live? No problem — you can still catch important sessions on safety planning for autistic individuals, including topics like elopement, online safety, crisis management, and more.
🎥 Watch here: tinyurl.com/AirBwebEvent�(Available in English and Spanish!)

Join us on April 3 for “Recess for All” with Senator Josh Newman and Dr. Connie Kasari as they explore 🌟 evidence-based strategies like Remaking Recess that enhance the experience for all students🛝🚌📚✏️

🚨 Free Virtual Conference on Autism Safety! 🚨

Keeping autistic individuals safe is so important, and we’re bringing together experts to talk about key safety topics. Join us on Friday, March 21, 2025, from 10 AM to 12:30 PM (PST) via Zoom for Safe and Sound: Safety Planning for Individuals with Autism!

💡 Topics include:
✔️ Crisis management & substance abuse
✔️ Elopement, wandering, and wearable IDs
✔️ Online safety & abuse prevention

This is a great event for parents, advocates, and professionals—don’t miss it!

🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/RVSP-AIRB
📧 Questions? Reach out to Consuelo Garcia at [email protected]

📢 Partnering with Autistic People to Conduct School-Based Research

Have you worked with schools on autism research or faced challenges along the way? Join us to explore strategies, insights, and lessons learned in conducting school-based research in collaboration with autistic individuals. 📚✨

🎤 Speakers: Dr. Jill J. Locke & Zack Siddeek, MSW
📍 When & Where: April 30 | 10 AM – 12 PM | Seattle Convention Center
🔗 RSVP now: tinyurl.com/RSVP-CANDO

Community Partnership to Advance Care for People with Disabilities through Nursing Training
📢 Shaping the Future of Disability Care!
Join us at CAN-DO to learn how nurses, caregivers, and disability advocates co-designed the ASCEND nursing training program to improve care for people with disabilities. 🏥💙
🎤 Speakers: Dr. Amanda Laprime & Dr. Suzannah Iadarola�📍 When & Where: April 30 | 10 AM – 12 PM | Seattle Convention Center�🔗 RSVP now: tinyurl.com/RSVP-CANDO

Partnering for System-Wide Change in Philadelphia’s Infant & Toddler Early Intervention System
👶 Improving Early Intervention for Infants & Toddlers!
Be part of the movement to strengthen early intervention in Philadelphia’s Infant & Toddler system. Experts will share strategies for system-wide change and improving child development outcomes. 🌱✨
🎤 Speakers: Dr. Melanie Pellecchia, Dr. Jeannette Newman, & Lisa Zeigler�📍 When & Where: April 30 | 10 AM – 12 PM | Seattle Convention Center�🔗 RSVP now: tinyurl.com/RSVP-CANDO

Partnering for System-Wide Change in Philadelphia’s Infant & Toddler Early Intervention System
👶 Improving Early Intervention for Infants & Toddlers!
Be part of the movement to strengthen early intervention in Philadelphia’s Infant & Toddler system. Experts will share strategies for system-wide change and improving child development outcomes. 🌱✨
🎤 Speakers: Dr. Melanie Pellecchia, Dr. Jeannette Newman, & Lisa Zeigler�📍 When & Where: April 30 | 10 AM – 12 PM | Seattle Convention Center�🔗 RSVP now: tinyurl.com/RSVP-CANDO

📢 Free Conference for Parents, Advocates & the Community!

Join us for Safe and Sound: Safety Planning for Individuals with Autism 🛑💙

🗓 When: Friday, March 21, 2025 | 10 AM – 12:30 PM
💻 Where: Virtual (Zoom)
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/RVSP-AIRB

This event covers critical safety topics like wandering, law enforcement interactions, aggressive behaviors, substance use, and available regional center resources.

📢 Join us for CAN-DO: Collaboratively Advancing the Network – Designing Opportunities, a free community academic conference happening before INSAR!
🗓 When: Wednesday, April 30 | 10 AM – 12 PM�📍 Where: Seattle Convention Center�🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/RSVP-CANDO or scan the QR code

This event brings together researchers, clinicians, caregivers, and autistic individuals to build equitable partnerships and create lasting change in autism care.

The family resource binders have been organized by several topics: ADHD, Autism, Cerebral Palsy
Developmental Delays, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Each binder contains
both disability-specific information as well as general information about communication development,
understanding behavior, navigating the system, and much more. There are videos, activities, and resources in
each Family Resource Binder.

For Direct Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dfajYzdAYUZiqO3uyfcCluh7kLRhvrIi/view

The Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities and the Rochester Regional Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders are proud to announce the return of the Skirboll Family Autism Conference!

Join us October 16th-18th, 2024 for this free virtual conference covering topics of special interest to disability self-advocates, caregivers, and professionals.

The theme for 2024, "Inclusive Care, Inclusive Living: Support Across the Life Course" focuses on support for individuals with disabilities across the life span.

Registration: https://urmc.zoom.us/webinar/register/6217210767777/WN_hzV-2m1ERYCowydOgl2hFA