We invite you to visit the Ann Sullivan Gallery at the XV Decoration & Design Exhibition of CASACOR

We invite all friends of Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru (CASP) to visit the XV Decoration and Design Exhibition of CASACOR, whose doors will be opened for the public from September 24 until November. Architects and designers well known in this field have given free rein to their creative and professional skills.

This year, our institution was assigned once again a place denominated “Ann Sullivan Gallery”, which the great designer Maria Gracia Rizo Patrón decorated on this occasion. Due to her excellent work, our gallery was awarded as the Best Public Use Project.

We want to inform that you will find works of renowned national artists in the Ann Sullivan Gallery, as well as diverse products such as agendas, photo albums, notebooks, jewel cases, sculptures, brooches among others things. 
You will be contributing to the education of people with different abilities and their families when buying some item at the Ann Sullivan Gallery.

The objective of this participation is to raise money in order to offer quality education to our low-income students, so they become independent, productive and happy people.

IV Conference-Workshop via Elluminate Live on Saturday 23 October

DISTANCE EDUCATION – ELLUMINATE LIVE

NEXT CONFERENCE – SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER

The Fourth Conference - Workshop in 2010, under the title “How to know if your child or student has a vision problem and its relationship to learning problems", will be led by USA-based Dr. Linda Lawrence, a pediatric ophtalmologist serving people with different types of developmental disorders. She is consultant for Orbis International, and recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Humanitarian Services Award from the American Academy of Ophtalmology.

From 9:00 am to 11:30 am

Registration: 8:30 to 8:45 am

Place: Judith LeBlanc Auditorium (CASP)

YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED!

FREE ADMITTANCE!

HAVE YOU ANY CONTACT IN THE FOLLOWING CITY?

If you know people who live, or have some contacts, in any city in departments such as Apurímac, Amazon and Puno or in another one of Peru, where we can offer our courses, please call the Project and Research Area at one of the following numbers: 263 – 6296 or 263 - 4880 Annex 120

Our goal is to continue to provide training to more people in our country.

Colombian psychology students knew from CASP experience

On Saturday, September 25^th, 2010, Dr. Liliana Mayo gave the keynote conference speech to professionals and students of the Faculty of Psychology of several universities in Colombia. The talk was possible thanks to the invitation done by the Colombian Association of Psychology Faculties that it is made up of the University of the Savannah and the University of San Buenaventura in Bogota. The event took place from 9 am to 12qm.

Free Videoconferencia "Ponseti Method for treatment of Congenital Talipes Equinovarus"

The Centro Ann Sullivan of Peru (CASP) organizes a free videoconference on the Ponseti Method for treatment of Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (or clubfoot), this Saturday, September 18^th, at 9 am. This training session will be broadcast via Elluminate Live, and it is aimed at pediatricians, orthopedists, physiatrists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, rheumatologists and parents

The talipes equinovarus is a congenital foot condition, which affects approximately between 150,000 and 200,000 babies per year. Muscles, tendons and bones in the foot grow abnormally while fetus is formed during pregnancy. Researchers have not identified the exact cause of the clubfoot, but they think that it may be due to genetic and environmental factors. The Ponseti method corrects the deformity through manipulation and casting without surgery or minimal invasive surgery. The Ponseti method should be started within the first or second week of the birth to take advantage of elasticity in ligaments and tendons in the foot.

Treatment is based on a solid understanding of the functional anatomy of the foot and the biological reactions within muscles, ligaments and bone, on the gradual correction of foot position through manipulation of muscles, joints and ligaments and splints.

The objective of this free conference is to discuss the biological basis of the congenital talipes equinovarus and treatment according to the principles established by Ponseti. The importance of early identification of this condition, parents’ participation, and the development of a system to refer such patients to specialized centers will be discussed too.

Jose A. Morcuende, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Surgery, University of Iowa, will conduct the conference. Dr. Morcuende is specialized in pediatric orthopaedics, osteoarticular diseases and oncology, and molecular research. He is Director of Medical Service at the Ponseti International Association,

Registration for videoconference is open. Those interested in participating should call at the numbers 263 - 6296 / 263 – 4880 / 263 – 7922 (extension 103) / Fax 263 – 1237 or come to the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP), at Calle Petronila Álvarez, No. 180, 5ta Etapa Urb. Pando, San Miguel. Registrations may also be electronically sent to asistente_direccion@annsullivanperu.org

DATE: Saturday, September 18^th, 2010

TIME: 9 am

PLACE: Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú - Calle Petrolina Alvarez 180 – Urb. Pando 5ta. Etapa – San Miguel (Altura cdra. 16 Av. La Marina – Paralela 7 Av. Universitaria)

COST: FREE OF CHARGE

Ray Klinginsmith, President of Rotary International, visited the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP)

Ray Klinginsmith, President of Rotary International, visited the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP) September 7, receiving a warm welcome from students, parents, specialists and administration staff.

The International Rotary President and Judy Gereda de Carlín, Governor for the Rotary in Peru, and CASP’s Director and Founder Liliana Mayo toured together the center and appreciated how students with different abilities were taught in the different programs.

Mr. Klinginsmith also visited the Donald Fraser room that was inaugurated in the year 2004, and is equipped with video cameras to record and monitor activities in classrooms, thanks to the donation of the Rotary Foundation, that form part of the CASP’s Distance Education Program.

Rotarians are business and professional leaders who give humanitarian service and promote ethical conduct in all the professions and occupations. Rotary is the world’s oldest service club, has more than one million members that donate their time and efforts to promote the Rotary’s motto “Service above Self."

The First Lady of Panama visited the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP)

The First Lady of the Republic of Panama, Marta Linares de Martinelli, visited the facilities of the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú the last August 26^th. During her visit she shared moments of affection with students, parents and the staff of the center that showed them the goodness and potentialities of the educational model of CASP, which owing to the aroused interest could be exported to Panama.

“The Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú is a center of excellence where children with autism are taught. I am interested in the subject because many cases of this developmental disorder have been identified in our country” said the First Lady of Panama.

The First Lady of Panama was pleasantly impressed by the success of the educational programs of CASP and hopes to consolidate conversations that have taken place to create a new center for people with different abilities in her country following the CASP model.

CASP serves more than 450 students out of which 100 are working at well-known companies, and 70 are included in regular schools. Ann Sullivan is recognized worldwide for its contributions to the inclusion of people with different abilities (autism, mental retardation, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy) and their families through its model of education, training and research.

Finally, the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú thanks the First Lady of Panama Marta Linares de Martinelli and the group of people who came with her for the visit to our center and for their interest shown in our work.

The Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP) presents a new study to identify early signs of developmental disorders

The Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP), along with the National Institutes of Health and the University of Kansas will present at press conference a new study to identify early signs of developmental disorders in children.

A thousand children with developmental delays, between 6 and 36 months old, will be evaluated free of charge to identify 250 kids at risk of aberrant behaviors such as:

1. Aggressive: hitting, biting other children, threatening other children, etc.
2. Self-injure: head hitting, self-biting, scratching self, self-pulling of hair, etc.
3. Stereotipy: head rocking, hand flapping, body rocking, etc

These behaviors are the most challenging in children with different abilities such as autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, mental retardation among other developmental disorders because they can lead to deterioration in health, prevent them from being included in society, harm children’s learning ability and socialization.

Researchers from the University of Kansas and from the Centro Ann Sullivan will speak with the press about the importance of this study and demonstrate how these evaluations will be carried out.

The press conference will be held on August 24^th, at 12am, in the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (Calle Petronila Alvarez, No. 180, 5ta Etapa Urb. Pando, San Miguel)

XLIII Meeting of Siblings

The 43rd Meeting of Siblings was held successfully on June 12, 2010 at the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP). Students whose ages are in the range of 2-13 years - from the regular program (2, 4 and 5 classrooms), total school inclusion, partial school inclusion and intensive school, participated in this event.

Sibling education is a special training that CASP provides twice a year for siblings of our students.

It is an opportunity to meet with other siblings of people with different abilities and share their experiences with them, and to take part in a question and answer session between specialists of CASP and them.

Student with autism from the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP) speaks about his in life in the United States

Juan Carlos Machaca, a 15-year old boy with autism, represented the Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru (CASP) at the University of Illinois and El Valor center in Chicago during a training session where gave his life’s testimony and showed how he had became an independent, productive and happy person.

Juan Carlos banged his head, cried a lot, didn’t eat, and didn’t walk or speak when he was three years old. Now, in his adolescence, he is fluent in conversation and he has won 48 medals in swimming.

At age 7, he learned to take public buses to go from Carabayllo (district where he lived) to the Ann Sullivan Center in San Miguel. At present, he keeps himself clean, does his daily routine like any person, and is being taught to perform job tasks in Friday’s restaurant and Repsol to get a job someday.

Juan Carlos’ mother, Ynes Mendieta, was also trained in the School of Families of the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú, where she learned to concentrate on his strong points, persist in her efforts to achieve his son’s objectives, and give him opportunities to get involved with family and society.

During his stay in Chicago, Juan Carlos explained how he had become an independent, productive and happy person. Besides he shared with young people and adults of El Valor, those whom he has inspired, things he had learned in his life.

On the other hand, his mother and the training area director, Carmen Aranda, trained directors and coordinators of the El Valor center in a program for families of children with different abilities by following the CASP model.

CASP participated in this event that took place on Thursday, May 27, in Chicago as part of the MAP-C (Metropolitan Again in Pleases with Cognitive Disabilities) project, which is funded by The Great Cities Institute and supervised by Dr. Jay Hammel of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), with which CASP has an international student exchange program since three years ago.

Dr. Liliana Mayo is honored with Defensoria del Pueblo medal

The National Ombusdman’s Office will award Dr. Liliana Mayo with the medal “Defensoría del Pueblo” for her outstanding professional experience of more than 30 years in education and inclusion of people with different abilities and their families.

Dr. Mayo, General Director and Founder of the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP), is an outstanding Peruvian professional who has received worldwide recognition for her work on families and her innovation in educational programs for people with autism, mental retardation and Down syndrome, among others developmental disorders.

She founded CASP in 1979 and her educational model is being replicated in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Spain, Ecuador and Guatemala. 100 students of CASP are currently employed in 33 companies and 59 of our students have been included in 43 regular education schools. In the last two years, 10,000 parents and professionals have been trained in 22 departments of Peru and in 10 Latin America and European countries through an innovative Internet-based distant education program.

Dr. Mayo has also been a pioneer in the School of Families, where 450 families are regularly trained to become the best teachers for their children. She has given a lot of conferences showing the impact of a Peruvian program on the lives of persons with different abilities in several continents.

Dr. Mayo has received numerous awards for her outstanding work. Previous distinctions include Spain’s Queen Sofia Award for Rehabilitation and Integration, Esteban Campodónico Figallo Award from the Universidad de Piura, Distinguished Service Citation award from the University of Kansas, the Honoris Causa Degrees granted by the Universidad Ricardo Palma and Universidad Mayor de San Marcos (Peru). In addition, the Peruvian Government honored Dr. Mayo with the Peru’s Order of the Sun (in the degree of Commander), and with the Medal of Honor of the Congress of Peru in recognition of her work.

 This fifth award-giving ceremony, which was established by the National Ombusdman’s Office in February 2006, express public recognition to those people or national and international institutions that have made a significant contribution to the promotion, defense and strengthening of the constitutional order, the institutionalization of democracy and the validity of the human rights.