Howard Center will kick-off its Spring Community Education Series on Thursday, March 31, with guest speaker Anne Vernon discussing “Autism: Information, Resources, and Strategies for Transitioning into Adulthood.” Ms. Vernon has a M.A. in Psychology and Counseling and is a Senior Manager with Howard Center, where she supervises teams of staff who support adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities and co-occurring mental illness.
Other workshops in the spring series will include a presentation on April 21 about “Understanding Trauma and its Impact: Creating a Trauma Informed Community” and a May 19 presentation on “Six Myths and Five Secrets of Better Sleep.” Howard Center Director of Development and Communications, Denise Vignoe, says, “We see this series as part of our mission and service to help educate, inform, and increase awareness about a variety of health topics.”
The Community Education Series is free and open to the public and includes a presentation followed by Q & A. All workshops are from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at Dealer.com at 1 Howard Street, Burlington (@ the corner of Howard and Pine Streets).
As a special feature of the Spring Community Education Series, Howard Center will offer a screening of the film “Healing Voices: Rethinking Our Cultural Understanding of Mental Illness” on April 29. The film will be shown at 6:00 p.m. at the Lake and College Black Box Theater in Burlington and will be followed by a panel discussion. Visit www.howardcenter.org for more detailed information about the Spring Community Education Series.
For more information, contact Martie Majoros at 488-6911 or [email protected].
Howard Center offers life-saving professional crisis and counseling services to children and adults; supportive services to individuals with autism and developmental disabilities who need help with education, employment, and life maintenance skills; counseling and medical services for those struggling with substance use disorders, and intensive interventions and supports for adults with serious and persistent mental health challenges. Last year we helped more than 16,000 people. Howard Center is a funded agency of the United Way of Chittenden County.
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