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Early Intervention for Children with Autism and Related Disorders Seminar

Establish treatment programs that jump-start the communication process in communicatively delayed children, strengthen the parent-child bond and teach parents to persevere through structured play with resistant children

Course Description/Agenda

Delays in development, including those associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder, auditory processing deficits and motor speech disorders (apraxia), have a profound impact on parent-child interaction. Families often wait helplessly as they are told not to worry about "minor" delays. Floundering in failed attempts to interact, parents become either overindulgent or withdraw from the unfulfilling task of engaging with a non-responsive child. Therapists and teachers are equally lost in their efforts to effectively deal with parental grief.

This one-day course will examine parent-child interaction and provide videotaped interviews of parents reflecting on the impact of a developmental disability. Participants will learn how to establish treatment programs that jump-start the communication process in communicatively-delayed children, strengthen parent-child interaction and teach parents to persevere through structured play with resistant children. Videotaped illustrations of parents engaged in a small group training program with their children will be provided.

Therapists, educators and other professionals working in early intervention will heighten their personal insight into parental struggles and will acquire skills for more effective treatment of children with communication deficits.

• Identify dynamics of typical parent-child relationships
• Recognize how communication disorders impact parent-child interaction
• Redefine the grief process based on parent input
• Develop methods of collaborating with parents to establish effective intervention goals
• Design early intervention techniques that enhance communication, engagement and interaction between parents and children
• Recognize the importance of early intervention on the parent-child dyad
• Examine the grieving responses experienced by parents of delayed children
• Determine effective methods of working with parents in grief and establishing support networks
• Discuss methods for maximizing positive interaction between parents and delayed children
• Develop practices that support a collaborative relationship with and address the unique needs of individual parents and their children
• Recognize how gestures, modified signs and sound play are effective in jump-starting the communication process, teaching parents to facilitate language and strengthening parent-child interaction
• Identify strategies to help children generalize communication skills into successful interaction with peers
• Recognize how to help families work effectively with educational and funding systems

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Cross Country Education Course Summary Establish treatment programs that jump-start the communication process in communicatively delayed children, strengthen the parent-child bond and teach parents to persevere through structured play with resistant children Delivery Method  Seminar Also Available As  On-Site Training Who Should Attend Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Pathologist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants, Behavioral Therapists/Recreational Therapists, Social Workers , Counselors, Case Managers, Early Interventionists, Preschool Directors

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