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Waconia Wire
Comprehensive News Feed for Waconia, MN.
Results 1 - 20 of 123 in Waconia, MN
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Kenneth J. Fleischacker, age 79, of Winsted, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, at the Auburn Home in Waconia. Comment?
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... d. At 1:55 p.m., responded to the Highway 5/Audubon Road intersection in Chanhassen for a traffic stop. A Waconia woman was cited for speed, possession of an open alcohol container and possession of drug paraphernalia. read more Comment?
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... d. At 1:55 p.m., responded to the Highway 5/Audubon Road intersection in Chanhassen for a traffic stop. A Waconia woman was cited for speed, possession of an open alcohol container and possession of drug paraphernalia. read more Comment?
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Funeral notice for Leonard J. Koehnen
... Lake Auburn Moravian Church in Victoria. Visitation is Thursday, Dec. 10, from 4-8 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home in Waconia and at the church one hour prior to the service. Arrangements have been handled by the Johnson Funeral Home of Waconia. ... Comment?
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Helen E. Dreier, 88 Helen E. Dreier, age 88, of Mayer, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waconia. Comment?
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... Inverness; one daughter, Karen Mya (Kevin Jennings) Riemer, Arlington, Va.; five sons, Douglas (Jennifer) Riemer of Waconia, Minn., Neal (Sarah) Riemer, Valparaiso, Fla., Gustav (Jennifer) Riemer, Kansas, The Rev. Charles (Laura) Adams, Salina, ... Comment?
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Officials: Fatal explosion in Waconia was accident
Authorities say a June explosion that killed one person at Waconia Farm Supply was an accident. Comment?
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Waconia / Fatal explosion ruled an accident
Authorities say a June explosion that killed one person at Waconia Farm Supply was an accident. Comment?
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Investigation of fatal Waconia explosion is completed
An investigation into the fatal June 10, 2009 Waconia Farm Supply explosion that killed Ryan Samuelson, 18, of Cologne has been completed, according to a press release from Carver County Sheriff Bud Olson and Waconia Fire Chief Randy Sorensen. Comment?
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Waconia ballroom septic system to shut down
Hoping to end the debate over the Waconia ballroom septic system, Carver County's commissioners on Tuesday sanctioned an immediate conversion of the ballroom's septic tank into a holding tank while the staff considers options for replacing the faulty septic system. Comment?
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EASe Funhouse Video Game Helps Children with Autism Learn to Improve Sensory Processing
- The new therapeutic PC game EASe Funhouse Treasure Hunt from Vision Audio Inc. uses 3-D game technology to help children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) learn to cope with noise and improve sensory processing. Human beings experience the world through multiple senses -- sight, sound, touch, taste, smell and balance -- but children with an ASD have debilitating difficulties filtering and processing this continuous flow of information. They can be easily over stimulated by their environment. A touch may feel like a burn, lights may be blinding, sounds deafening, smells repugnant. Some children may appear deaf or develop perseverant behaviors like hand flapping. Others may have difficulty with proprioception and balance. These reactions are well known to parents of children on the autism spectrum. Vision Audio has a long history of helping children on the autism spectrum. EASe (Electronic Auditory Stimulation effect) music CDs were the original disc-based listening therapy program, designed to stimulate, challenge and promote healthy sensory processing in children with an ASD. Tens of thousands of therapists have used them successfully since 1995. Now, EASe games are the first high-quality 3-D PC video games designed as therapeutic teaching tools for children on the autism spectrum. Therapists have clinically tested EASe video games since 2007 with positive results. "There is great value in the music, visual tracking, motor control and visual-vestibular input portion/components of the EASe program," said therapist Wendy Aeling of Waconia, Minnesota. "The CD wraps so many good therapeutic qualities into one fun game. Kids love it and frequently ask to use it." EASe Funhouse Treasure Hunt is designed to stimulate, but not over-stimulate, a child who is challenged by sensory processing and organization. "Our goal is to balance the child's sensory experiences," said Bill Mueller, president of Vision Audio in Joppa, Maryland. "Too much stimulation can result in fight-or-flight responses. Too little stimulation and we won't get past the child's existing sensory defense mechanisms.' 'Over time, the sensory events in the virtual world of the EASe game will create a palette of experiences that help the child learn to cope with similar events in the real world. For example, a child can learn to associate crowd noise with a positive experience of playing a ball game. Bouncing around in the vehicles can teach them to manage their own visual orientation and balance in the real world.' EASe Funhouse Treasure Hunt is an exciting and nonviolent video game that reinforces organization and attention through stimulation of the auditory/vestibular/visual triad. The video game encourages the child to listen and follow verbal and on-screen directions to scan the environment and to collect letters, words, faces and object treasures. In EASe Funhouse, the player controls a tiny toy tractor careening through a topsy-turvy toy land, collecting treasures and listening to EASe therapeutic music. The game is set in six virtual playrooms, each presenting unique challenges. One playroom has elevators and three vertical levels to explore. In another, the player looks down through mesh panels onto a spacious environment. The child always controls his or her movement through the virtual world. The educational aspect of the game is simple and effective. A treasure is shown on the screen and the child is instructed to find and tag it in the 3-D world. Treasures include words, dot cards (quantity), images of human faces (male, female, happy, sad, laughing, frightened, etc.), colors and geometric shapes. Features such as ball games challenge a child's hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills. "EASe Funhouse is a teaching rather than a testing environment," said Mueller. "The game encourages the child to follow directions, attend and focus, explore and learn, but they're never tested on what they know or don't know." Instead, teaching is presented as a simple gift of knowledge. A soothing voice says to 'Find the six red dots.' If the child tags a happy man instead, the voice says, 'That is a happy man. Find the six red dots.' Information is visually reinforced, creating a mental image map from which the child can recall, when later asked to find the 'happy man.' EASe Funhouse Treasure Hunt is appropriate for children six and up, but younger children can benefit from sitting on a parent's lap, wearing headphones, while the parent drives. A free demo of EASe Funhouse can be downloaded at www.easecd.com along with more information and research studies on EASe technology. Price is $39.00 plus $4 shipping and handling. Vision Audio Inc., (410) 679-1605, 611 Anchor Drive Joppa MD 21085. Click for other EASe games Vision Audio Inc. of Joppa, Maryland, creates therapeutic audio CDs and PC video games to assist children and adults with autism spectrum disorders, ADD, ADHD, Down Syndrome and other neurological conditions, learn to cope with noise and sensory hypersensitivity issues. In 1995, Vision Audio created the Electronic Auditory Stimulation effect EASe CD series, now used worldwide by tens of thousands of families as well as sensory integration, physical and occupational therapists, school systems and organizations to treat brain-injured children. Vision Audio's home-based therapeutic products allow families to improve their children's sensory coping skills, while independent therapist-directed programs like Vital Links' Therapeutic Listening program train therapists to direct and monitor the use of EASe CDs. For more information on EASe audio and video programs, visit www.easecd.com. For therapist training, visit www.vitallinks.net. ### Media Contact: Vision Audio MARY SCHANUEL (618) 206-8201 Trackback URL: XMtRW1wdC1Db3VwLVBpZ2ctWmVybw== Comment?
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EASe helps kids with Autism with their games
... motor control and visual-vestibular input portion/components of the EASe program," said therapist Wendy Aeling of Waconia, Minnesota. "The CD wraps so many good therapeutic qualities into one fun game. Kids love it and frequently ask to use it." ... Comment?
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Waconia ballroom septic system is faulty - now what?
Didn't Carver county just blast and old couple into fixing their septic system or risk jail time. You think they would have taken the same Comment?
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U.S. National Council of Churches names head
... was official installed during a service at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis. She is a native of Waconia, Minn., a minister in the Moravian Church of America, and has led the Minnesota council for the last 14 years. The National Council ... Comment?
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Follow-up inspection: Waconia system fails
By Richard Crawford The Waconia Event Center septic system fails to comply with septic codes, according to a follow-up inspection received by Carver County. Comment?
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Author-publisher rolled into one
... I have taught college writing and literature and ethics at Crown College [which is] in between St. Bonifacius and Waconia [since then]. It's a brand new college, but it's a wonderful college. I run my own publishing house out of my home," she ... Comment?
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National Council of Churches installs a new president
... was officially installed during a service at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis. She is a native of Waconia, Minn., a minister in the Moravian Church of America, and has led the Minnesota council for the last 14 years. The National ... Comment?
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Follow-up inspections begin on Waconia septic system
By Richard Crawford It may be the most studied septic system in the state, according to county officials on-site at the Waconia Event Center last Friday. Comment?
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Obituary from the Nov. 19 Villager
The following obituary is from the Nov. 19, 2009 print edition of the Chanhassen Villager newspaper: Jeanne Marie Raymond Jeanne Raymond, 91, of Waconia, has passed away. Comment?
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Beating the flu at daycare centers
... day-care centers large and small, the reports have been similar. Ladybug Child Care, which has centers in Chaska and Waconia, saw just "a little blip" of flu-like illness, said Michelle Kraus, who runs the family-owned business with her mother. "For ... Comment?
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