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Renowned Authors Join Forces to Produce The Social Times Volume 4












Overland Park, Kansas (PRWEB) April 18, 2012

AAPC Publishing is proud of it’s decade-long tradition of publishing award-winning books and other resources that meet the highest standards in the field of education today. Continuing this tradition, we are pleased to announce the release of the fourth year of our award-winning magazine, The Social Times. New to Volume 4 this year is the joint collaboration of best-selling authors Kari Dunn Buron and Brenda Smith Myles PhD.

The only publication of its kind, The Social Times is a great resource for teachers and professionals working with students grades 3-9. Each issue offers critical information on social skills and social competence while making lessons entertaining and applicable to the lives and concerns of today’s students. Topics for the 2012-2013 school year include …


Introducing Yourself
Joining In
Making and Using a ‘To Do’ List
Sarcasm
Cyber Bullying
Hidden Curriculum
When to Tell on Another Person
Telling Jokes
It is OK to Say I Don’t Know

A 2012-2013 subscription includes:

9 issues for the entire school year (available as single sets or a set of 10 copies of each issue)
Online teacher support materials, including handouts, PowerPoints, answer keys, and much more
Opportunities to submit ideas and receive feedback from the editors, Kari Dunn Buron and Brenda Smith Myles, PhD.

The Social Times has been recognized as a Winner of the National Parenting Publications Gold Award (NAPPA) for 2010 and 2011 and received a 2011 gold medal from the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. This unique teaching tool is written directly to students in their “voice” and offers critical information on social skills presented in articles that are both entertaining and applicable to students’ lives.    

What People Are Saying About The Social Times:

“The school district that I work for purchased The Social Times for use with our Asperger students. I am enjoying every issue . . .”

Julie-Social Cognition Specialist

“If you’re searching for a way to teach social skills to students with ASD, look no further! The Social Times addresses timely, relevant social issues, using visuals that appeal to the students. A user-friendly format, on-line resources, and easy-to-implement lessons make The Social Times an excellent resource for any classroom.”

Margaret Murray-Autism consultant, Dept. of Defense Educational Activity-Pacific

“I have purchased The Social Times for every elementary and middle school site in our district. The feedback has been very positive. The staff in our district use it as a supplement to the Garcia Winner curriculum and with video modeling. We plan on purchasing it next year.”

Lynn Peal-Autism Resource Specialist

For more information about The Social Times, visit http://www.aapcpublishing.net/SocialTimes4. A sample copy of The Social Times can be downloaded at http://www.aapcpublishing.net

If you have any questions, or would like to order a sample of The Social Times, please contact AAPC Marketing at marketing@aapcpublishing.net.

About the Authors:

Kari Dunn Buron, M.S., is the coordinator of an ASD certificate program for educators at Hamline University in St. Paul. MN. She received her Master of Science degree in behavior disorders and learning disorders from Illinois State University in 1980. She recently retired from K-12 special education after more than 30 years. Kari is one of the founding members of the MN Autism Network, a statewide group of Autism Resource Specialists, and a past president of the Autism Society of Minnesota. She has spent 17 years working with the Autistic Society of Trinidad and Tobago, where she travels annually to volunteer in homes and schools. In 1995, Kari developed Camp Discovery, a summer camp for youth with Asperger Syndrome. In 2003, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study social cognition and ASD from an international perspective.

Brenda Smith Myles Ph.D., a consultant with the Ziggurat Group and the Education and Treatment Services Project for Military Dependent Children with Autism, is the recipient of the Autism Society of America’s Outstanding Professional Award, the Princeton Fellowship Award, and the Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Developmental Disabilities Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award. Brenda has made over 500 presentations all over the world and written more than 150 articles and books on ASD including Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns (with Southwick) and The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated rules in Social Situations. In addition, she served as the co-chair of the National ASD Teacher Standards Committee and was on the National Institute of Mental Health’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee’s Strategic Planning Consortium. Myles is also on the executive boards of several organizations, including the Organization for Autism Research and ASTEP – Asperger Syndrome Training and Education Program. In addition, in the latest survey conducted by the University of Texas, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world.

About AAPC Publishing:

Established in 1999, the mission AAPC Publishing is to be the first source for practical solutions related to autism spectrum and related disorders. We are an independent publisher, targeting professionals and parents alike. We strive to offer publications at affordable prices so that important resources will not be off limits to anyone with an interest in the autism spectrum.





















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Four Titans of the U.S. Armed Forces Join Honorary Advisory Board for Boulder Crest Retreat

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Bluemont, Virginia (PRWEB) April 11, 2012

Four highly decorated and respected titans of the U.S. Armed Forces have agreed to serve on an Honorary Advisory Board for Boulder Crest Retreat, a 37-acre privately funded Loudoun County facility with accommodations and recreational services designed to help wounded warriors and their families recover and heal. Former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, General Henry Shelton, (Ret.) U.S. Army, General Peter Pace, (Ret.) U.S. Marine Corps. and U.S. Navy Admiral (Ret.) William J. Fallon will serve as the Honorary Advisory Board, designed to help lead this charity in support of wounded warriors.

Boulder Crest, a not-for-profit organization, was founded by Ken Falke, a retired U.S. Navy E.O.D. (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) expert and successful local entrepreneur who donated land in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains for this purpose. The mission of Boulder Crest is to offer the wounded a restful and rural sanctuary and a break from the reminders, routines and restrictions of their treatments. A $ 10 million capital budget has been created to cover the construction of accommodations, meeting space and outdoor recreational facilities. Once the facility is completed, troops who are undergoing rehabilitation at area military hospitals will be invited to stay at no cost.

“I am deeply moved and honored by the commitment of these distinguished men to join our Honorary Advisory Board,” said Ken Falke. “Their presence on this Board will serve to inspire us to bring this project to fruition as soon as possible…as well as to encourage the many people and organizations that we greatly need to contribute to this mission to build a local retreat for our returning wounded troops. I am truly gratified by their participation and support.”

John Lehman served 25 years in the Naval Reserve, rising to the rank of Captain. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed him Secretary of the Navy where he served until 1987. During his tenure, he built a 600 ship Navy, established a strategy of maritime supremacy, and reformed ship and aircraft procurement. Lehman is the author of numerous books, including Command of the Seas, Making War, and On Seas of Glory. He is chairman of J.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity investment firm. He also serves on the board of directors for several companies and foundations.

General Henry Shelton served more than 38 years in the United States Army in a variety of command and staff positions. In 1996, he was promoted to general and became Commander in Chief of the U.S. Special Operations Command. He became the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1997.

Among his many military awards, General Shelton has received four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, two Army Distinguished Service Medals, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, and the Purple Heart. Congress bestowed the Congressional Gold Medal on him on 2002. He currently holds board seats in a number of Fortune 500 companies.

General Peter Pace served more than 40 years in the United States Marine Corps. During his distinguished career, he held command at virtually every level, beginning as a rifle platoon leader in Vietnam. He is the first Marine to ever serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008, the highest civilian honor a president can bestow. General Pace is currently serving on the Board of Directors of several corporate entities involved in management consulting, private equity, and IT security. He is Chairman of the Board for the Wall Street Warfighters Foundation; a long-standing member of the Board of Directors for the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, and serves as an advisor to Our Military Kids.

Admiral William J. Fallon retired from the U.S. Navy after a distinguished 40 year career of military and strategic leadership. He led U.S. and Allied forces in eight separate commands and played a leadership role in military and diplomatic matters at the highest levels of the U.S. government. As head of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Fallon directed all U.S. military operations in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa, focusing on combat efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He led the U.S. Pacific Command for two years, directing political-military activities in the Asia-Pacific region. He is chairman of CounterTack Inc., a cyber-security company, a partner in Tilwell Petroleum, LLC, an advisor to several other businesses, a distinguished fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses and on the Boards of several non-Profit organizations.

About Boulder Crest Retreat

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Boulder Crest Retreat will offer a rural sanctuary to wounded warriors and their families through accommodations and outdoor activities to speed their physical, mental and spiritual recovery. Founded in 2011 by retired U.S. Navy EOD technician and successful local entrepreneur Ken Falke, this not-for-profit undertaking will be built on land he donated and with funds contributed by local corporations and private citizens. For more information or to make a tax deductable donation, visit http://www.bouldercrestretreat.org.





















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26 National Groups From Across Political Spectrum Combine Forces to Protect Medical Privacy; Urge Congress to Affirm Patient Control of Medical Records Online

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26 National Groups From Across Political Spectrum Combine Forces to Protect Medical Privacy; Urge Congress to Affirm Patient Control of Medical Records Online










Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 5, 2006

As Congress moves rapidly to build a national electronic health system, a coalition of 26 organizations representing constituencies across the political and ideological spectrum urged the U.S. House of Representatives today to build a patient-centered system with patient privacy rights at the core of any national HIT legislation.

“Patients own their health data and should control who has access to their personal health records. Privacy violations will exponentially increase if patients cannot limit which health care businesses and government agencies can access our personal health data over an electronic network,” said Deborah C. Peel, MD, Chairman, Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, a national consumer medical privacy watchdog group. Patient Privacy Rights and 25 other organizations that share core principles of patient privacy signed and delivered a letter to Members of Congress in support of greater privacy protections to insure public trust in the proposed electronic national healthcare system.

“The intentions of the proposed health information technology legislation are to improve healthcare, reduce medical errors, and save money, but we believe that those benefits will be realized only if there are ironclad privacy protections,” said Tim Sparapani, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union. “Guaranteeing privacy will generate public acceptance, trust and participation in these networks,” Sparapani said.

National research has shown that Americans will avoid treatment, be less than truthful about symptoms, omit critical medical data and delay care if they are compelled to share their medical records over electronic health networks without adequate privacy safeguards.

“We don’t want our children to be denied entrance to schools or colleges, be denied their first jobs, be denied the opportunity to own their first home, or be denied insurance coverage because businesses have access to their medical records,” Tom McClusky, Director of Government Affairs, Family Research Council.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services eliminated patients’ rights to control access to their medical records in a 2002 amendment to the privacy law, which permitted over 800,000 health-related businesses and government agencies to access personal health information without patient knowledge or permission. The amendment allows health care providers to share patient records with employers, drug and insurance companies, marketing firms, credit reporting agencies, accountants, banks, lawyers, and others without patient permission, and for business and other uses, unrelated to healthcare treatment or paying claims.

“The federal ‘Privacy Rule’ is toothless,” said Dr. Peel. “It has become a ‘Disclosure Rule’. So, we urge Congress to put strong patient privacy protections into all HIT legislation they are considering.”

The 20 nationally recognized organizations are urging Congress to:

    Restore the patient’s right of consent


    Give patients the right to opt-out of having their records in any national or regional electronic health system

    Give patients the right to segregate their most sensitive medical records

    Require audit trails of all disclosures

    Deny employers access to medical records

    Require that patients be notified of all suspected or actual privacy breaches

    Preserve stronger privacy protections in state laws

    Enact meaningful enforcement and penalties for privacy violators

The organizations making up the coalition are the following:

American Civil Liberties Union

American Conservative Union

Asian American Justice Center

California Consumer Health Care Council

Christian Coalition of America

Common Cause

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Consumer Action

Electronic Privacy Information Center

Fairfax County Privacy Council

Family Research Council

Free Congress Foundation

National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse

National Center for Transgender Equality

National Health Law Program

Patient Privacy Rights Foundation

Population Research Institute

Privacy Activism

Privacy Rights Now

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Republican Liberty Caucus

Right March.com

Thoughtful House Center for Autism

U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation

U.S. Public Interest Research Group

U.S. Public Policy Committee for the Association for Computing Machinery

About Patient Privacy Rights

Patient Privacy Rights is a national consumer watchdog organization based in Austin, TX. The mission of Patient Privacy Rights is to empower Americans to protect and preserve their human rights to medical privacy. Patient Privacy Rights believes Americans should have the right to decide who can see and use their medical records and is educating Americans about threats to patient privacy. They have launched an online petition for Americans to tell Congress “I Want My Medical Privacy”.

Web site: http://www.patientprivacyrights.org

“I Want My Medical Privacy” Petition: http://www.patientprivacyrights.org/petition

Contact: Karen Hinton, 703-798-3109

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