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The two guests will share from a professional’s \u00a0and parent’s\u00a0point of view \u00a0and insights gained about how to help Asperger’s\u00a0children become more approachable, less stuck, and finally able to\u00a0make, and keep, a friend or two (Based on their new book: QUIRKY,\u00a0YES–HOPELESS, NO \u00a0Practical Tips to Help Your Child with Asperger’s\u00a0Syndrome Be More Socially Accepted).<\/p>\n

Speaker:\u00a0 Dr. Cynthia Norall<\/h2>\n

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Dr. Cynthia Norall is a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP) and a nationally certified Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist.\u00a0 Currently, Dr. Norall is the Clinical Director of C.A.S.E. Inc. and an Educational and Behavioral Consultant in many school districts around San Diego and Riverside counties.\u00a0 In 1992, Dr. Norall realized that she wanted to work with children and teens diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders but did not know what avenue she would take.\u00a0 Then in 1996, it came to her — behavioral therapies, developing appropriate educational programs for persons with similar communication and social challenges, would be her focus.\u00a0 She is trained in ABA, DTT, PECS, PRT, TEACCH, Floortime (DIR) and social thinking (MGW). Dr. Norall has coauthored with Beth Brust the book\u00a0 QUIRKY, YES-HOPELESS, NO: Practical Tips to Help Your Child with Asperger’s Syndrome Be More Socially Accepted. The book is a is a helpful, reader-friendly A to Z guide to understanding the most common struggles of children and teens with Asperger’s Syndrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Children suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome can be taught to be more sociable and less stuck. With patience and proper care, children can begin to interact with their peers and even make and keep one or two friends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}