Friday, March 5, 9 am - 4:00 pm
and Saturday March 6, 9 am – 2 pm

This conference incorporates new materials that are particularly relevant to teachers and those working with children and adolescents in a structured setting.

"If we don't listen to the whispers of anxiety, we are forced to endure the screams!" 
--Nathan Ory 

Come and learn how to better listen and respond using effective methods.

• Part 1: Understanding brain-based behavior disorder.
  • What is going on when someone with intellectual disabilities and/or autism doesn’t respond well to training efforts.
• Part 2: How to avoid resistive behavior and unnecessary power struggles.  
  • Specific strategies to use when behavior management doesn’t work!
• Part 3: How to use structure to support people who have trouble with transitions and “stuck” behavior.
  • Overcoming resistance with a “prop, a rule and a role.”
• Part 4: How to survive emotionally fragile and reactive behavior.
  • Working with anxiety and other mental health disorders in persons with autism and/or intellectual disability.
• Part 5: Understanding loss of self-control and the potential for violent behavior.
  • How to structure safe environments when someone becomes overwhelmed. 
• Part 6: Functional dependence.  
  • How to assist a person who is capable in some areas but dependent in others.

A registered psychologist, Nathan Ory has worked in Victoria, British Columbia since 1978 with children and adults with mentally disabling conditions. He has specialized in serving persons with intellectual disabilities and the developmental disabilities of autism spectrum and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; extremely challenging behavior, and/or diagnosis with a concurrent mental illness. Since 1990 Nathan has been a member of a multi-disciplinary mental health support team on Vancouver Island (Island Mental Health Support Team) which assists persons to remain in their community settings. He describes his roles as including functional behavior analysis, direct counseling, caregiver training about the effect of an individual's cognitive limitations on that person's coping ability, prescriptive behavioral strategies and emotional management strategies. Nathan has published the second edition (2007) of his book, Working with People with Challenging Behavior: A guide for maintaining positive relationships. (available at the event)

• Mr. Ory really does get it, and from what he shared he actually does understand the needs and frustration.
• I finally felt like someone understood what I do for my son in holding his mind and emotions together for him so much of the time.
• Seminars like this make you think outside the box and lift you out of the funk of thinking there is no hope.
• Nathan was truly awesome-so many relevant life stories and such wonderful insight and strategies.
• My husband and I would attend any session featuring Nathan Ory :) We were very pleased w/ the conference and all of the thoughtful info provided. (My child) hasn't bit me in a couple of days and I get hit a lot less. Our house feels a lot happier :) Thank you Nathan!
• The classes were invaluable in getting me to calm down, feel successful again and to do the work in a more relaxed, focused way.
• He is a wonderful speaker that speaks a language all of us can truly understand!

Please attend this event FRAGRANCE FREE

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Location
Westgate Church
1735 Saratoga Ave
San Jose, CA, 95219

Location Map with Entrances: http://www.php.com/sites/default/files/WestgateChurchEntrances.gif

Conference Pricing 

Family/Caregiver or Direct Care Attendant Pricing
No CEUs available.

• $120 after 2/10/10

Professional Pricing

• $145 after 2/10/10

Continuing education credit will be available DOWNLOAD CEU FORM

Coffee, snacks and water at breaks provided. Lunch venues available nearby (on your own). 

Sponsors are currently being sought for this valuable 2-day event!  Please contact trudy@php.com or nancyo@php.com if you would like more information about the benefits of sponsorship.  Sponsorships begin at $500 and include a vendor table at the event.

Church Contact Page for Direction links and phone numbers:
http://www.westgatechurch.org/contact_us.php