Appearances                                                        Publications

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2017: Upcoming Events
August 27, 2017 
Indiana Library Federation CYPD Conference, Indianapolis, IN

September 23, 2017
Early Childhood Professionals Conference, Elkhart, IN 

September 23, 2017
Yoga on the Gridiron, South Bend, IN

Earlier in 2017:
July 29, 2017 
Special Olympics of St. Joseph County Music Festival, Indiana
July 15, 2017
Yoga on the Gridiron, South Bend, IN 
June 20, 2017
Indiana System of Care Conference, Indianapolis, IN 
June 8, 2017
staff training at Prairie Winds Nature Farm, Lakeville, IN 
May 1, 2017
Children's Mental Health Awareness Month: Mindfulness in School
April 27, 2017
Early Childhood Career Fair, South Bend, IN 
April 25, 2017
​Breaking Down Barriers Conference, South Bend, IN 
March 11, 2017
ADEC Resource Fair, Goshen, IN 
March 1, 2017
Women in Business lunch series, South Bend, IN 
February through March
Yoga series for Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture, South Bend, IN 
January 10 and 12
Lotus Preschool, South Bend, IN 

2016
Mostly local appearances were scheduled for 2016 and included training school staff, parent groups, early childhood providers, and home health providers.
We produced a webinar for the National Autism Association that can be heard here: http://nationalautismassociation.org/webiNAArs/ColleenSpano.mp4

2015
Included speaking engagements locally as well as at autism conferences in Atlanta, Cleveland, Denver, Wisconsin, and Nebraska ( https://youtu.be/V6AoSNfXbZg) 

2014 
speaking engagements included Indianapolis, South Bend, and Florida                                                                                                                                            
                                    

Spano, Colleen. Disabilities in Early Childhood Education:
What Do Educators Know? www.eric.gov; 2010.

Trims Without Trauma
http://catalog.funandfunction.com/#p=4

Creating a Home-Sweet-Home for Everyone
http://virtualpublications.soloprinting.com/publication/?i=260528&p=14

'Kids shouldn't be held down to get a haircut!' Stylist takes the trauma out of trims for special needs children
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2923689/Kids-shouldn-t-held-haircut-Stylist-takes-trauma-trims-special-needs-children.html#ixzz3R7YUaVjP


Stylist Offers Tantrum-Free Haircuts for Special Needs Kids
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/stylist-offers-tantrum-free-haircuts-special-kids/story?id=28382981


Mishawaka business offers haircuts for kids with sensory processing disorders
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/mishawaka-business-offers-haircuts-for-kids-with-sensory-processing-disorders/article_de379189-923b-5af5-aa2c-93946037a8e1.html


How One Woman Is Using Scissors and a Smile to Help the Autism Community
http://themighty.com/2015/01/how-one-woman-is-using-scissors-and-a-smile-to-help-the-autism-community/