When working or living with a child/adolescent with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, meltdowns may occur that may be a result of sensory overload, cognitive overload or due to inability to self-regulate emotions. This full day seminar will provide many practical hands-on strategies to:
Increase positive and acceptable behavior while decreasing undesirable behaviors
Prevent meltdowns, tantrums, rages
Provide suggestions for instructional consequences and self-management techniques to help prevent another melt-down
Provide a system of visual supports throughout the day
Demonstrate how to use high focus and interest areas as incentives
View videos and demonstrations using these techniques
This information and fun-packed seminar is designed for parents, educators, therapists and all those who are interested in providing supports to children/adolescents with an ASD, ADHD, behavior disorders or other disabilities.
Why you should attend
Do you work with children or adolescents with autism who exhibit behaviors that interfere with their ability to effectively and efficiently navigate their environment? They may appear willful, obnoxious, overreactive, anxious, or unfeeling or withdraw. They may lose control of their ability to cope or regulate their behavior which can send them spiraling into a meltdown. You may feel helpless, frustrated, and powerless after each meltdown.
Drawing on 45 years of experience and research based strategies, Kathy will lead the viewer with many practical strategies to prevent the meltdown, as well as intervention strategies and how to address post-vention strategies. Many videos demonstrating the examples will be presented to help support and demonstrate the strategy.
Areas Covered in the Session
Participants will be able to:
Identify the stages of a melt-down
Distinguish between a meltdown and tantrum
Differentiate between punitive consequences and instructional consequences
Brainstorm an instructional consequence as a result of a behavior
Identify whether statements about autism are myths or facts
View practical strategies for Social Stories, Power Cards, t-charts, keychain rules, reminder
Cards, breathe charts, emotion cards, SOCCSS, and many other visual strategies to meet the needs of the persons who are on the Spectrum or may be experiencing similar characteristics or needs.
Who Will Benefit
General Education and Special Education Teachers Serving Students on the spectrum grades 6-12
Administrators (Principals, Assistant Principals, Deans)
Diagnosticians
Counselors
Social Workers
Parents
Paraeducators
School and Clinical Psychologists
Speech Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
School Nurses