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Could Early Intervention Reverse Symptoms of Autism? An In-Depth Look at Current Sensory, Communication, Relationship, & Behavioral Treatments
- Faculty:
- Susan Hamre
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 37 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Nov 18, 2015
- Product Code:
- WDS020160
- Brochure Code:
- WDPTREVERSE
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
- Access:
- Never expires.
Description
Time is not your friend when working with children on the autism spectrum. Recent studies suggest the impact of early intervention can vastly improve outcomes, result in fewer communication and developmental delays, and possibly even eliminate symptoms – but timing is crucial. This seminar is designed to help attendees identify early indicators of ASD that are often missed and build time-critical support systems for fostering academic readiness, empathy, emotional regulation, and impulse control during the most formative years. Interactive labs, videos, and case studies bring to life an effective multimodal approach as Susan Hamre, director of the Autism Trainer Center near Chicago, demonstrates real world applications and outcomes of today’s most effective early intervention strategies.
Course Content
OVERVIEW
- Updated definition/clarification of ASD according to the DSM-5®
- Early intervention and bio-markers of ASD
- Latest research on possible causes of ASD
- Impact on families
- Case studies
STAYING CALM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM
- Distinguishing between a meltdown and temper tantrum
- Functions of behavior
- Differential management of meltdowns vs. temper tantrums
- Understanding the trajectory of the storm
- Identify meltdown pre-cursors
- Noting triggers from impacted sensory system or communication challenges
- Calming strategies
- The repair period – post-escalation
- Managing YOU!
- Case studies
THE POWER OF SENSORY INTEGRATION
- Sensory systems impacted
- Neurological processing of input
- Seeking/avoiding sensory stimuli
- Sensory management strategies
- Sensory breaks
- Sensory diets
- Examples of supports
- Case studies
WHERE IS MY VOICE? – COMMUNICATION
- Communication challenges
- Apraxia
- Auditory processing
- Literal translations – black and white interpretations
- Spontaneous (social) language
- Augmentative/alternative communication strategies and cognitive development
- Picture communication system (PECS)
- AAC (iPads, apps, etc.)
- Gestural/ASL
- Scripts
- Choice boards
- Straight talk
- Case studies
ASPECTS OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Relationship of social-emotional development on cognition
- 5 features of social-emotional development
- Development of empathy, emotional regulation, and impulse control
- What happens when these skills are delayed or missing?
- How to help?
- Interacting at their level
- Video modeling
- Rules/expectations
- Social stories
- Pictures/sequences
- Engaging with their interests
- Case studies
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- Challenges (videos)
- Lights – “too busy”/over stimulating/distracting/too bright/“can’t see”
- Sounds – hallway noise/kids voices/ humming from technology/lights buzzing/pencils scratching
- Olfactory sensitivity
- Case study
- Kinesthetic – too crowded/kids touching/bumping in lines/too hot or cold
- Supports
- Organizing spaces
- Lighting adjustments
- Managing temperatures
- What to avoid
CURRENT INTERVENTIONS
- Early intervention
- Treatment strategies for infants and toddlers
- Case studies
- Relationship interventions
- Communication-based interventions
- Behavioral interventions
- Alternative interventions
VISUAL SUPPORTS – NOT JUST ANOTHER GIMMICK
- Who needs them?
- Benefits of using visual supports
- Examples of visual supports
- Case studies
DON’T FORGET MOTIVATION!
- Incorporating interests/fascinations vs. resisting them
- Building a bridge vs. dangling a carrot
- Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation
- Don’t allow motivation to rule, but rather to guide
Credits
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Manual_Could Early Intervention Reverse Symptoms of Autism? (14.12 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Course Powerpoint_Could Early Intervention Reverse Symptoms of Autism? (4.09 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Susan Hamre Related seminars and products
MA, CCC/SLP
Susan Hamre, MA, CCC/SLP, is an ASHA-certified speech/language pathologist with over 40 years of clinical, teaching, and research experience, specializing in autism interventions within home, school, hospital, and community settings. Since earning her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Northern Michigan University, she has owned and managed a private practice in Santa Fe for more than 25 years, serving individuals from infancy to adulthood, with an emphasis on developmental disabilities, ASD, and various other challenging conditions.
Additionally, Ms. Hamre is the director of the Autism Training Center at Giant Steps (a therapeutic day school for individuals with ASD) near Chicago, Illinois. She is a frequently requested speaker who has provided numerous continuing education trainings across the country on ASD. In her spare time, she has made five Operation Smile mission trips – four to the Philippines and one to Africa. While those trips were medical in nature (cleft lip and palate), on every one of those trips, Ms. Hamre helped identify the existence of probable autism, steered families in the right direction, and supported medical personnel in discovering how best to work with this unique population. Those situations underscore her belief that with trained eyes, the unique set of characteristics that cloak ASD can be not only spotted at a very young age, but worked with successfully in all sorts of environments – even when the same language is not being spoken.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Susan Hamre maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Las Cumbres Community Services. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Susan Hamre has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Additional Info
Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.Target Audience
Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Early Childhood Special Education Teachers, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists
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