Course Type: Video - 1 hour
ASHA Course Code: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) – 1050
As SLPs, it is imperative for us to understand the behavioral and communication needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Walk away with functional, evidence-based practices to use with clients and students.
Level, Authors, and Disclosures
Financial Disclosure: Phuong Lien Palafox, M.S., CCC-SLP was an employee of Bilinguistics. Bilinguistics receives royalty payments for online courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Phuong Lien Palafox does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.
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Approximately one out of fifty-nine children in the United States lives with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Understanding the behavioral, social and communication needs of individuals with ASD can maximize your efforts as a speech-language pathologist. This comprehensive course will provide effective, evidence-based practices with family-centered practice in mind.
This session provided evidence-based practices for speech-language pathologists working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Functional strategies to address behavioral, pragmatic and communication needs were discussed to maximize clinical and educational efforts. Additionally, family-centered practice was discussed to support the comprehensive needs of the client/student.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder and how it is diagnosed.
- Identify effective, evidence-based practices for clients and students with Autism Spectrum Disorder to address receptive and expressive communication, behavioral and social/pragmatic needs.
- List considerations for family-centered practices when supporting the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Time-Ordered Agenda:
02 minutes–Introductions and Disclosures
10 minutes–Definition of Autism Spectrum Disorders & Roles/Responsibilities of
SLPs
35 minutes-Evidence-Based Strategies to Address Behavior, Social Skills and
Communication
10 minutes-Family Centered Considerations for ASD
03 minutes- Closing
Participants will leave with a practical system they can implement immediately, along with renewed confidence in using language sampling as a central component of ethical, effective, and culturally responsive assessment.
Practitioners attending live events will be asked to answer questions at the end of the course about what they learned and how they will use the information they learned in practice. Once the questions (below) are completed, participants will receive their certificate.
One practical takeaway I plan to apply from this session is __________.
Overall, how familiar were you with today’s topic before attending this webinar?
After attending, how confident are you in applying at least one concept from this webinar?
Rate your overall satisfaction with this webinar.
One practical takeaway I will apply from this session is __________.
Practitioners attending recorded sessions demonstrate learning and attendance by passing a quiz with a score of 80% or greater. The quiz addresses questions from material presented throughout the course. Practitioners can retake the quiz if they do not initially obtain a score of at least 80%. For events including case studies, participants download, read, and utilize materials in order to participate.
