Bergen County

Meeting Location

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
233 South Highwood Avenue
Glen Rock, NJ
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Contact Information

Susan Nierenberg
PO Box 793
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Phone: 201-391-0758
Email: aspenbergencounty@yahoo.com
Email: vjvarrassi@excite.com

We meet the 2nd Monday of the month in the evenings only. All scheduled meetings will be held at The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd downstairs in the Parish Hall.

Inclement Weather/Meeting Cancellation Procedure: If bad weather or another emergency occurs, we cannot reach all of you. Please call: 201-391-0758 after 4:00pm the day of the meeting.

May 12th, 2008

7:30pm - 10:00pm

Guest Speaker: Sheri Esteban-Elie, Ph.D.

Dr. Esteban-Elie earned her doctorate degree at Binghamton University (SUNY). Her clinical and research experiences have included working with children with autism spectrum disorders, adults with various developmental disabilities, children withAD/HD, and adults and children with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses. She is currently the Coordinator of Autism Servicesfor the Broome Developmental Disabilities Service Organization (DDSO), part of the New York State Office of Mental Health Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.

June 9th, 2008

7:30pm - 10:00pm

General Support Meeting: Parents have time to share and/or discuss their issues.

Fathers' Group

We are pleased to announce the continuation of our Father's Group for fathers of children with Asperger's Syndrome. It will be directed by Vincent J. Varrassi, MA, LDT-C. Vince Varrassi is known to families in Bergen County as the former director of the RISE Program at Pascack Hills High School. Vince is currently the Campus Director of the Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities at Fairleigh Dickinson University. The Father's Group will meet the last Monday of each month at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd.

Fathers' Group meets 7:30pm - 10:00pm on the following dates:

May 19th, 2008
June 30th, 2008

Check back in September for the new meeting updates!