Course Description
Autism spectrum disorders affect one out of every fifty-four boys in the US and are becoming more common according to current statistics. Children with autism may face challenges on a daily basis across various areas of daily living. Communication deficits, difficulties with processing sensory input, challenges with skills in daily living may all contribute to the formation of behaviors. It is important to consider behavior as a form of communication. The ways in which a child may verbalize or demonstrate difficulty with transitions are explored in this course. Autism itself does not cause behavior; rather the child's response to various stimuli is demonstrated by the behaviors he exhibits.
Knowing how to determine the cause of a child's behavior can un-lock potential for intervention and strategy formation to better assist students with autism. This course explores the use of strategies and supports that a child can employ to ease transition, improve task initiation and completion, and better improve overall function. Numerous strategies that have significantly improved participation and overall behavior during ADLs of children with autism are discussed and assessment tools and observation techniques discussed.
This Seminar-On-Demand is 2 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
 Contact Hours: 2 |  |
 Target Audience: OT/COTA, SLP |
Instructional Level: Intermediate |
Accreditation Information:
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Course Outline
Hour 1
- Autism diagnostic changes
- Behavior in Autism
- Everyday situations which can create behavioral challenges for children with autism
- Analyzing behavior
Hour 2
- Tools to support behavior
- Intervention behavior techniques – including visual strategies to assist students during difficult times
- Progress monitoring strategies
- Case studies
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional through a study on strategies and supports to ease transition, improve task initiation and completion, and better improve overall function in autistic children.
Professional Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the participant will be able to:
- Describe behavior and its function.
- Identify and describe everyday situations in which a child with autism may have behavioral challenges.
- Identify potential behavioral meltdowns during ADLs prior to their occurrence.
- Utilize tools to support behavior.
- Select and implement intervention behavior techniques-including visual strategies to assist students during difficult times.
- Develop progress monitoring strategies
Disclosures:
Contact Hours: 2
Target Audience: Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistants, and Speech-Language Pathologists.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Course Type: Seminar-On-Demand
This course is offered for 0.20 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).
Personnel Disclosure:
- Financial - Cara Koscinski owns Route2Greatness. She receives royalty payments from HomeCEUConnection.com for the presentation of this course.
- Nonfinancial - Cara Koscinski is a serving member on the 2014 advisory board for AutismAsperger's Digest Magazine.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service.
Authors:
Cara Koscinski, MOT, OTR/L
Cara Koscinski received her Master's degree in Occupational Therapy in 1997. She is the mother to two sons with autism spectrum and sensory processing disorders. She was one of the founders of Aspire Pediatric Therapy, LLC. Cara currently owns Route2Greatness where she creates, produces, and distributes CDs and products for children with autism and fear of loud noises. The CDs that Cara has created, Sound-Eaze and School-Eaze, are featured in several catalogues for children with special needs.
Cara provides direct therapy, school consultation, IEP advocacy, and continuing education to OTs, teachers, and parents across the United States. Cara enjoys writing articles for special needs publications including Autism Asperger's Digest; Something Special Magazine; Special Moms; American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders; and NEWS-Line. Ms. Koscinski was the recipient of the distinguished Innovative Practice Entrepreneur Award from Duquesne University for her creativity in helping children with special needs. She was named as an "Asperkids Advisor of Awesomeness" and will serve on the 2014 advisory board for AutismAsperger's Digest Magazine.
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