C.A.S.E., Inc. - Comprehensive Autism Services & Education, Inc.

        
        Brian Fritz was born and raised in San Diego, California. He developed an interest in this career line when his younger brother was diagnosed with Autism as a teen. His brother made and continues to make a tremendous impact on his life, and it is their relationship that inspired him to reach out to others facing the challenges of Autism. The creativity and unique outlook on life that the children at CASE hold has taught him how to experience life in a new way. At present, he is furthering his education at UCSD and is working as a Behavior Interventionist with CASE.

In his spare time, Brian enjoys reading, surfing, soccer, playing music in his brothers band, and video games.

        
        Cassandra Canape was born and raised in Orange County and moved to San Diego to attend college. She graduated from San Diego State University, (SDSU) with a B.A. in Liberal Studies in 2008. As of May of 2009, Cassandra earned her multiple subject teaching credential at SDSU and has since worked in elementary school level classrooms. This past year, Cassandra worked as a full time student teacher in grades 2 and 5 and has now joined CASE in efforts to learn more about Autism Spectrum Disorders. She loves working with children and feels that this is what she is meant to do.

        When Cassandra is not working, she loves to play soccer, go to the beach, go shopping, and hang out with her amazing family and friends.

        
        Ashley Malone joined C.A.S.E., Inc. in July 2009. She received her B.A. in Human Development with an emphasis in Children’s Services in May 2008 from Cal State San Marcos. Ashley grew up in rural Valley Center, CA, where she enjoyed riding and showing horses, raising pigs for 4-H, and cheerleading. In her spare time, Ashley enjoys going to the beach, snowboarding, traveling, and spending time with her family and friends.

Ashley has always had a passion for working with children, especially those with special needs. She became interested in working with those on the spectrum from time spent working with children within the public schools in the area of speech language pathology. She is eager to help children to enhance their abilities and loves seeing the pride they take in their work and achievements.

Ashley is so excited to be a member of the C.A.S.E. family and to work with awesome kids!

        
        
Originally from Bend, OR, Ginny Dorflinger started her adventure to the east coast by becoming a live-in nanny for four children in the small town of Greenwich, CT. It was this three year experience that gave her a first hand lesson on parenthood and all of it's responsibilities.

In the heart of Manhattan she earned her undergraduate degree in 2004, and then returned to the west coast to be closer to her family and settle down. Ginny is now married and has long term goals at C.A.S.E. working with children and their families in the mutual goal of enhancing the quality of life.

Besides her focus on kids, Ginny would like nothing more than to cook as much as possible. She adores all animals and enjoys watching her husband play volleyball on the sunny beaches of San Diego.

        
        Janelle Polak joined the C.A.S.E. family in July 2009 as a Behavior Interventionist. Born and raised in country hills of Jamul, Ca. Janelle moved to Carlsbad in 2006 to pursue a job as a nanny and to soak up some coastal living. In 2006 Janelle graduated from San Diego State University with a B.S. in Sociology. After ten years of working with children in daycare facilities and as a nanny she decided to pursue her Multiple Subject and Special Education Teaching Credentials. She continues to take classes toward earning her Credentials, and plans to achieve a Masters in Education. Working as an Instructional Aide in a Special Day Class for one year motivated her to rethink the setting in which she wanted to work with children on the Autism spectrum, which led her to C.A.S.E. Janelle is very excited and motivated to expand her knowledge of children with autism, and hopes to make great contributions to the C.A.S.E. family.
Janelle enjoys cycling, practicing yoga, running, and playing racquetball. On the weekends she likes riding bikes, going to the zoo, and spending days at the beach with her fiancee and his two children. She also loves to cook, read Jodi Picoult novels, and paint her nails!

The hand-1, fingers-5, valid bends-10. Using those valid bends could represent an active digit. Just using one is simple enough, unless the bend(s) makes it look like something else. In addition, there may be a time one would try 2 digit displays. Which represents which may confuse the view and/or show. What would be the better way to show such a thing?

Gaming in my terms is an alternate life but now I have triumphs and torments which now hinder my real life persona. Mario Kart: This game gets most of my competitive flare going, but as you advance (mostly online), it becomes more of a gamble with prowess. In some way, it gives me an intimidation of gamblling money. At some point, the racing games gives too much on the racer status which gives fear of the basic driving [the transition from drive to race]. I have many ideas for games but are hard to memorize them all in my head; so I wind up writing/drawing them out. However, these ideas feel more like remodified-edits than full projects. Yet, it's not worth much until shown to the rest of them(which caused most of my isolation).

        
Ruchi Punatar has been studying human development since 2005. She spent three years working at the Institute of Human Development at UC Berkeley in an infant emotion, cognition, and locomotion lab. She completed her honors thesis in 2008 on the role of emotions in learning. After graduating from Berkeley in 2008 with a B.A. in Psychology, she decided that she wanted to continue working with kids but in a clinical setting. Outside of work she enjoys attending college football games, hiking, traveling, and playing scrabble.

        
Lindsey Bockoven joined C.A.S.E. in October, 2008. She recently completed her BS in Psychology at San Diego State University in 2007. Lindsey was born and raised in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and at the age of 15 made her way out to California. She attended High School in Moorpark, Ca, and moved down to San Diego 3 years ago. She enjoys running, the beach, playing golf, and tennis. Lindsey occasionally makes her way up to Ventura County to visit her parents and three fluffy pomeranians. She is excited to have joined the C.A.S.E. family, and is determined to put forth all she has to offer.  

    
       Eric Harding joined CASE in 2008 with a B.A. in psychology from Cal State San Marcos. He has spent lots of time tutoring kids in various school districts in North County, and loves the rewards that come from helping children achieve their goals. He has two little girls of his own and spends much of his free time with them. He also enjoys reading, and outdoor activities like hiking and camping.