Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Need Information to Help Them Make Healthy Sexual Decisions
In the past 70 years, what has been thought of as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has changed dramatically. Today, an adult with ASD may be a renowned university professor, or an individual who cannot live on his or her own and needs constant supervision. Until recently, most treatment programs to help those with ASD focused on basic life skills (e.g., dressing, eating, etc.). However, with higher functioning people receiving the ASD diagnosis, the need for programs to teach this population healthy sexual behavior has become necessary.
This webinar incorporates the latest research to teach participants about methods and treatment programs that give adults with ASD the information and skills they need to date and to practice safe, appropriate, and respectful sexual behaviors.
Course Content
A. Research Findings on Sexual Development Issues for Those With Autism Spectrum Disorder
B. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sexuality, and Suicide
C. “The Talk”
1. When to have it
2. What to cover, and how
D. Dating
1. What is a date?
2. Immaturity issue
3. Where to find a date
4. Appropriate dating activities
5. Sexual harassment
E. Teaching Appropriate Dating Behaviors
1. Appropriate social risk taking
2. Watch for exploitation
3. Pornography and what to do about it
4. Henault’s programme for the development of sociosexual skills for those with ASD
F. Flirting and Social Abilities
1. Facial differences, neurological soft signs, and “odd behavior and interests”
2. How to treat flirting difficulties
3. Social Issues Research Centre’s “human flirting program”
G. Suggestions From a Successful Adult on the Autism Spectrum
1. Even nonverbal ASD adults can be sexual
2. Celibacy
H. Professionals who can Help
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This educational offering consists of 1.0 clock hour(s) of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this offering and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
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is an approved sponsor with the South Carolina Board of Examiners for LPC, AC and MFTs (Provider #104). This program is offered for 1 continuing education hour(s).
is an approved sponsor of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider number 195). This course is offered for 1 clock hour(s).
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KEVIN T. BLAKE, PhD, PLC, is a recognized national authority with over 20 years of experience working with Autism Spectrum Disorder, specific learning disorder, and AD/HD in adolescents and adults. His interest in these were spurred by his own struggles to overcome his specific learning disorder-Dyslexia with impairment in phonological processing, spelling, fluency, and comprehension, as well as severe unspecified sensorineural hearing loss. These diagnoses occurred during the first year of his doctoral program, when not much was known about adults with specific learning disorder.
As Dr. Blake struggled to understand his own specific learning disorder, he decided to make his life's work about the diagnosis and treatment of adults with ASD, specific learning disorder, and AD/HD. When he started his professional life, Dr. Blake was one of only a handful of professionals in the country with such a focus. Now he travels the country sharing his personal story and what he has learned about ASD, specific learning disorder, AD/HD, and other neurobiological disorders with professionals who work with these populations, individuals with these disorders, and their loved ones.
Dr. Blake has been a member of several state and national organizations, a facilitator for a Tucson support group for adults with AD/HD for several years, and a published author, with articles appearing in Attention!, LDA Newsbriefs, and Perspectives (of the International Dyslexia Association). He was also a member of the LEAD 2000 Congress that advised the United States Congress regarding uses faced by citizens with specific learning disorder in the 21st century.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Kevin Blake receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. and TPN.Health. He is a stockholder of Johnson and Johnson, Inc. and Amgen, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Kevin Blake is an at-large board member of CHADD of Tucson. He is a member of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CHADD), the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), and the American Psychological Association (APA).
Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Nurse Practitioners
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