{"id":2452,"date":"2014-03-31T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/education\/2014\/03\/31\/chapman-lights-it-up-blue-for-world-autism-awareness-day\/"},"modified":"2014-03-31T12:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:11:06","slug":"chapman-lights-it-up-blue-for-world-autism-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2014\/03\/31\/chapman-lights-it-up-blue-for-world-autism-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapman Lights It Up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2014\/03\/blue-attallah2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2455\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2455 alignleft\" alt=\"Attallah Piazza fountain\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2014\/03\/blue-attallah2.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2014\/03\/blue-attallah2.jpg 484w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2014\/03\/blue-attallah2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 2, 2014 is the seventh annual <a title=\"Autism Speaks.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/what-autism\/world-autism-awareness-day\" target=\"_blank\">World Autism Awareness Day<\/a>. WAAD, which aims to increase awareness about people, especially children with autism. \u00a0Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that affects approximately 1 in 100 children. Autism affects girls and boys of all races and in all geographic regions and has a large impact on children, their families, communities and societies. The prevalence is currently rising in many countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Help bring awareness and join Chapman University and the\u00a0<a title=\"Chapman University College of Educational Studies Center for Autism &amp; Developmental Disorders\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/autism\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">College of Educational Studies<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Chapman Ability Project (C.A.P.)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/academics\/extended-education\/professional-development-opportunities\/chapman-ability-project.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chapman Ability Project<\/a>, and <a title=\"Families And Schools Together (F.A.S.T)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forockids.org\/FAST_CAP.html\" target=\"_blank\">Families And Schools Together<\/a>, as we <b><i>Light it Up Blue<\/i><\/b>. Last year more than 7000 buildings in more than 90 countries were lit up in blue to show our worldwide connection and commitment in raising autism awareness and working toward effective education, interventions and support services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2014\/03\/blue.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2451\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2451 alignright\" alt=\"World Autism Awareness Day Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2014\/03\/blue.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>In support of autism awareness Chapman\u2019s Attallah Piazza Fountain and Beckman Hall will be lit with blue lights for the month of April. On Wednesday April 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, wear blue to\u00a0support World Autism Awareness Day, stop by the College of Educational Studies\u2019 <a title=\" Communication Sciences and Disorders\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/communication-sciences\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Communication and Sciences Disorders<\/a> (CSD) and <a title=\"Counseling and School Psychology programs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/counseling.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Counseling and School Psychology<\/a> (CSP) hosted informational booth in the piazza, and at 12:00 p.m. join us in the Attallah Piazza for a group photograph so we can show the world how Chapman Lights It Up Blue!<\/p>\n<p>The College of Educational Studies is dedicated to educating students on autism disorders through the <a title=\" Communication Sciences and Disorders (\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/communication-sciences\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Communication Science Disorders and Speech Pathology<\/a>\u00a0(CSD), <a title=\"Master of Arts in Special Education and Education Specialist Credentials\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/special-ed.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Special Education,<\/a> and <a title=\"Programs Ed.S. in School Psychology   Ed.S. in School Psychology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/school-psychology.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">School Psychology<\/a>\u00a0programs. \u00a0These programs train future educational professionals on best practices in working with students with autism spectrum disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Students in the <a title=\"M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/communication-sciences\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">CSD and Speech Pathology <\/a>program will learn how to assess and treat persons with developmental or acquired communication disorder, such as articulation disorder, child language disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. \u00a0Students in the CSD program can focus their study emphasis in either a school based setting, or a medically related condition. \u00a0The school-based setting emphasis prepares candidates to assess and treat preschool through high school students with communication disabilities that adversely affect their academic success. \u00a0The medically-related conditions emphasis focuses on the conditions of voice disorder, neuro-physiological syndromes, dysphagia (swallowing), and stroke rehabilitation, and any injury or illness that results in speech language impairment. Speech-language pathologists work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, community clinics and private practices. \u00a0In addition, the Counseling and School Psychology (CSP) Program prepares School Psychologist to work collaboratively with other educational professionals in evaluating the educational needs of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). \u00a0School Psychologists support the creation and implementation of evidenced based academic, behavioral and mental health interventions and services.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Educational Studies has been approved by the <a title=\"Commission on Teacher Credentialing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">California Commission on Teacher Credentialing <\/a>(CTC) to offer the<a title=\"Master of Arts in Special Education and Education Specialist Credentials\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/special-ed.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> Educational Specialist Credential in Moderate and Severe Disabilities<\/a>.\u00a0Students receiving an Educational Specialist Credential will be able to teach, and make adaptions for students with autism spectrum disorders within grades K-12 and adults up to age 22. \u00a0The Education Specialist Programs prepare candidates to serve as special education teachers in K-12 public schools in primarily, inclusive, resource, and when necessary, special day class settings. \u00a0The Education Specialist Credential (Special Education) programs are embedded within the Master of Arts in Special Education program, although the <a title=\"Master of Arts in Special Education and Education Specialist Credentials\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/special-ed.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Master of Arts in Special Education <\/a>can be completed without obtaining a teaching credential.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ed.S. in School Psychology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/graduate\/school-psychology.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) 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On Wednesday April 2nd, wear blue to support World Autism Awareness Day, stop by the College of Educational Studies\u2019 Communication and Sciences Disorders (CSD) and Counseling and School Psychology (CSP) hosted informational booth in the piazza, and at 12:00 p.m. join us in the Attallah Piazza for a group photograph so we can show the world how Chapman Lights It Up Blue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":6753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,18,37,41],"tags":[519,382,2,520,521,522,523],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attallah-college-of-educational-studies","category-college-news","category-education-issues","category-events","tag-attallah-piazza","tag-autism","tag-college-of-educational-studies","tag-light-it-up-blue","tag-special-education","tag-speech-pathology","tag-world-autism-awareness-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Attallah College of Educational Studies | Chapman Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2014\/03\/31\/chapman-lights-it-up-blue-for-world-autism-awareness-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chapman Lights It Up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day - Attallah College of Educational Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In support of autism awareness Chapman\u2019s Attallah Piazza Fountain and Beckman Hall will be lit with blue lights for the month of April. 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