Idaho Council for Exceptional Children
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 Timothy P. Kowalski, M.A.,C.C.C. Timothy P. Kowalski, M.A.,C.C.C. is a licensed speech-language pathologist specializing in social-pragmatic communication deficits and internationally known expert on Asperger Syndrome. His Orlando practice has seen clients from Europe and South America as well as throughout the USA. He regularly consults to schools on best practices for students identified or suspected of having Asperger syndrome and provides school-wide district in-services. He is a guest lecturer at universities and colleges and is also a consultant for forensic cases involving Asperger syndrome. Mr. Kowalski has worked in a variety of psychiatric healthcare delivery systems including in-patient and outpatient psychiatric hospitals, sex-offender units, and school-based settings. He obtained his Master's degree in Speech Communications from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and earned his Bachelor's degree in Communication Disorders from Southern Connecticut State College in New Haven. Mr. Kowalski is the author of Social-Pragmatic Success for Asperger Syndrome and Other Related Disorders, The Source for Asperger's Syndrome, and Assessing Social Communication in Asperger Syndrome. He is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Autism Society of America, Council for Behavior Disorders, Council for Exceptional Children, and the Florida Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is a recipient of the TEAMS 2000 Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year award for his work with Autism in the four-countywide greater Orlando, Florida metropolitan area and has served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Orlando Chapter of the Autism Society of America. He regularly presents on a wide variety of issues relative to Asperger syndrome at national and international seminars. You will find him to be an entertaining, dynamic presenter who provides insights and strategies that can be immediately implemented. |
 Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontzcak Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontzcak is a Professor in early childhood intervention, in the Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services at Kent State University (KSU). Kristie received her doctorate in early intervention from the University of Oregon and has extensive experience in preparing preservice and inservice personnel in recommended practices for working with young children and their families. She directs the Early Childhood Intervention Specialist Program at KSU, where she is responsible for preparing preservice teachers to work with children with disabilities from birth to age eight. Kristie frequency provides training and technical assistance to programs interested in the Assessment, Evaluation and Programming System (AEPS), Activity-Based Intervention (ABI), and creating legally defensible and meaningful individualized education plans (IEPs). Her lines of research center on using authentic assessment practices for accountability and programming (specifically on the utility of the AEPS), effective approaches to working with young children in inclusive settings (specifically regarding the efficacy of an activity-based approach and the application of universal design for learning principles), and the link between assessment, individualized goals, and quality curriculum. |