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Kern Autism Network Presents- Aspergers Syndrome/High Functioning Autism Support Group - Free monthly parent/caregiver support group meetings at Kern County Superintendent of Schools Building at 1300 17th St. Room 1A, Bakersfield 93301.

 

Third Tuesday of each month September - May (no December meeting) from 6 - 7:30PM.

 

This group offers a forum for families to share information and learn with other families in similar situations. Occasional guest speakers address specific issues as identified by support group participants. Meetings focus on concerns for pre-teens, teens and young adults.

 

Facilitator: Holley Arbeit, M.A., Speech-Language Pathologist. For further information, call 661.204.8531 or 661.665.2800 X68.

 

Jane Burch

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Confucius

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Confucius

Memory : Popular Acronyms & Acrostics

Acronyms and Acrostics are often used to help people remember specific facts.
A few of the most popular acronyms are listed below:

To remember the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), try this man's name:
ROY G. BIV

For naming the planets in order from the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto):
My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets

The biological taxonomy (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species):
Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools

The arithmetic order of operations (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction):
PEMDAS (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally)

To remember the color codes on resistors, capacitors, and other electronic components:
Bright Boys Rave Over Young Girls But Veto Getting Wed

Medical students can remember the 12 cranial nerves with:
On Old Olympus' Towering Top, A Finely Vested German Viewed A Hawk

The basic trig functions (sine=opposite/hypotenuse) (cosine=adjacent/hypotenuse) (tangent=opposite/adjacent):
SOH CAH TOA

The great lakes of North America (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior):
HOMES

http://www.braingle.com/mind/220.html?r=1009

Robert X. Cringely

"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Robert_X._Cringely