A Person-Centered Approach to High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
The higher functioning (previously known as Asperger's Disorder) population of Autism Spectrum Disorders has recently received a great deal of attention. DSM-5® no longer diagnoses individuals as Asperger's Disorder or PDD-NOS; they are included in the broader Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) label. This presents significant changes to the way professionals diagnose and treat this population.
Mr. Kowalski teaches participants how to apply a person-centered approach to treating individuals on the higher end of the Autism Spectrum Disorder. Attendees will encounter the typical deficits seen in the domain of social-interaction and obtain intervention techniques to address tact, proxemics, social rules, egocentricity, naiveté, and jocularity. Obsessive interests, poor play skills, dislike of physical contact, and gullibility that are often associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder will be addressed. Expand your ability to treat social-communication deficits such as abuse of conversational rules, prosody, perseverative questioning, abstract reasoning, pedantic speech, and nonverbal communication skills. Enhance clients' emotional regulation with specific techniques designed to improve stress, anxiety, self-esteem, change, ritualism, and sensory overload, and how to recognize emotional states in themselves and others. In addition, this seminar offers extensive strategies to enhance the academic needs of the ASD client by focusing on seven core academic issues: initiating work assignments, increasing motivation, decreasing distraction, compensating for gross and fine motor deficits, adapting the curriculum, academic modifications, and increasing cognitive processing. Attendees will leave this seminar feeling empowered and ready to employ these techniques, resulting in improved outcomes and functional daily living.
Course Content
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
EPIDEMIOLOGY
DIAGNOSIS
RATING SCALES
MISDIAGNOSIS IS COMMON
THEORIES AS TO WHY THEY ACT THE WAY THEY DO
SOCIAL INTERACTIVE DOMAIN
SOCIAL COMMUNICATIVE DOMAIN
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DOMAIN
ACADEMIC ISSUES
GROSS MOTOR ISSUES
FINE MOTOR ISSUES
PROGNOSIS
HANDS-ON LEARNING: PRACTICAL, SKILLS-BASED ACTIVITIES
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TIMOTHY P. KOWALSKI, MA, CCC-SLP, is a licensed speech-language pathologist specializing in social-pragmatic communication deficits and internationally known expert on individuals on the higher end of the autism spectrum. His Orlando practice has seen clients from Europe, South America, and throughout the U.S. He regularly consults to schools on best practices for students identified or suspected of social and academic difficulties associated with high functioning autism, in addition to providing school-wide district in-services. He is a guest lecturer at universities and colleges and is also a consultant for forensic cases involving Autism Spectrum Disorder. Mr. Kowalski has worked in a variety of psychiatric health care delivery systems, including in-patient and outpatient psychiatric hospitals, sex-offender units, and school-based settings. He obtained his Master's degree in Speech Communications from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and earned his Bachelor's degree in Communication Disorders from Southern Connecticut State College in New Haven.
Mr. Kowalski is the author of four books on Autism Spectrum Disorder: Asperger Syndrome Explained; Asperger's Syndrome: Social-Pragmatic Success for Asperger Syndrome and Other Related Disorders; Are You In The Zone?; and The Source for Asperger's Syndrome, as well as the article, "Assessing Social Communication in Asperger Syndrome." He is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Autism Society of America, Council for Behavior Disorders, Council for Exceptional Children, and the Florida Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is the recipient of the "2010 Clinician of the Year Award" offered by the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists for his work with Asperger's Syndrome and the FLASHA nominee for 2011 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's "Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement" – one of only eight nominees from throughout the U.S. He also holds the "TEAMS 2000 Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year" award for his work with Autism in the four-countywide greater Orlando, Florida, metropolitan area and has served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Orlando Chapter of the Autism Society of America. He regularly presents on a wide variety of issues relative to High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder at national and international seminars. Mr. Kowalski's experience makes him a skilled and knowledgeable instructor. You will find him to be an entertaining, dynamic presenter who provides insights and strategies that can be immediately implemented. For more information about Mr. Kowalski, or to order his books, visit CrossCountryEducation.com.
Disclosure:
Financial – Author of various books on the subject and receives speaking honorarium from Vyne, LLC.
Nonfinancial – VP of Professional Services for the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Educators, School Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Psychiatrists, Psychologists
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