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Families are invited to come in costume and trick-or-treat throughout the Model Railroad Garden to celebrate Halloween and the end of the railroad’s season at Trains, Tricks & Treats on Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26.  The Model Railroad Garden will be decorated with spider webs, spiders, ghosts, goblins, and pumpkins, as well as seasonal plant materials. Visitors, volunteers, and Garden staff are encouraged to come in costume.  An array of treats including candy, temporary tattoos, and glow sticks can be picked up throughout the Model Railroad Garden. Kids can take part in planting activities.

The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3-12. Members save $1.

Event hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, weather permitting.

LFCA: 2008 Fall Autism Training Schedule
(Click here for registration and info and to see additional dates/times/topics.)

11/11 Little Friends Center for Autism: Parent’s Perspective, by Carol Paske, LEVEL 1, 2:30-4:30 COST: $35 per person
This training will help staff to better understand the many challenges parents face while raising a child with autism. Staff members are often so focused on assisting the individual with autism that it is difficult to really understand the struggles and complexities that parents face. This presentation will help professionals to become more sensitive toward parents, and will offer tips for working with the parents.  Carol Paske, a parent of a boy with autism, will talk about what it is really like living with someone with autism 24-7. She will share her joys, her fears and what is helpful from the professional community.

12/2 Little Friends Center for Autism: Positive Proactive Programming for Individuals with Behavior Problems, Part 1 of 2, by Patti Boheme, LEVEL 1, 2:30-4:30 COST: $35 per person
Presentation will discuss principles of behavior management and how to develop positive proactive programs for individuals with behavior problems. Other areas covered will be how behavior issues impact staff, and how we can inadvertently reinforce negative behavior and ways to avoid this trap. Also covered will be how the educational environment can help or negatively impact a student and tips for organizing a classroom. Strategies on how to develop effective reinforcement programs and schedules will be covered along with effective ways to increase appropriate behaviors and decrease inappropriate behaviors.

12/4 Little Friends Center for Autism: Positive Proactive Programming for Individuals with Behavior Problems, Part 2 of 2, by Patti Boheme, LEVEL 1, 2:30-4:30 COST: $35 per person
Presentation will discuss principles of behavior management and how to develop positive proactive programs for individuals with behavior problems. Other areas covered will be how behavior issues impact staff, and how we can inadvertently reinforce negative behavior and ways to avoid this trap. Also covered will be how the educational environment can help or negatively impact a student and tips for organizing a classroom. Strategies on how to develop effective reinforcement programs and schedules will be covered along with effective ways to increase appropriate behaviors and decrease inappropriate behaviors.