High-Functioning Autism: Proven & Practical Interventions for Challenging Behaviors in Children, Adolescents & Young Adults
Credit Available - See CEUs tab below.
- Category:
- Children and Adolescent Behavioral
- Faculty:
- Heather Dukes-Murray
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 07 Minutes
- Original Program Date :
- 19 Jul, 2016
- SKU:
- POS062530
- Media Type:
- Online Learning
Description
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- Improve underlying core social skill deficits
- Reduce “blow ups” and “melt downs”
- Promote positive changes in difficult behaviors in home and school settings
- Use iPad® apps for social success, behavioral changes and speech and language
- DSM-5® Updates
This intensive, full day seminar provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioral techniques to help you analyze behaviors and actions, identify consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk away with practical intervention techniques for social success, behavior changes and overcoming challenging co-occurring behaviors that deliver success through adulthood. The challenging co-occurring issues to be addressed are:
- Social and communication
- Sensory
- Anxiety/Rigidity/Non-compliance
- ADHD/ADD
- OCD
- Psychotropic medications
Gain valuable insight into common psychotropic medications, including both the helpful effects and potentially problematic side effects, that these individuals are prescribed. We will explore the advantage of pro-social punishment as a new idea to target and help make changes to difficult behaviors. You will receive the tools necessary to gain effective collaboration between clinicians, educators and parents. Through case studies, video clips and class participation you will leave this seminar with the confidence to identify actions that cause impediments in change, utilize more successful consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents, and young adults with HFA. Don’t just manage these individuals; provide interventions that lead to successful independence into their adult years!
OUTLINE
DSM-5® Changes & Autism
- DSM-IV® and DSM-5®criteria comparisons
- Social (pragmatic) communication disorder
- Impact on service delivery (school/community)
- Successfully link the home, school and therapist
- IEP/504/Do they qualify for school services?
- Co-morbid disorders: Why the difference is important
Social Skills Interventions
- Improve social skill deficits
- Group and community-based activities that work
- “Kid Cop” behaviors and why other kids get angry
- How to get peers to recognize them in positive ways
- Early intervention programs that deliver long-term success
Communication Interventions
- Ways to work out conflicts that are effective in multiple settings
- Help peers, siblings and parents relate
- Verbal interventions that overload processing
Sensory Interventions
- Self-stimulation (appropriate & inappropriate)
- Sensory strategies to avoid
- Coping/calming techniques that reduce melt downs
- Sensory Diet
Anxiety Interventions
- Anxiety reducing activities
- How anxiety impacts rigidity
- Help them “self-regulate”
- Successful transitions
ADHD Interventions
- ADHD vs. hyper-focus
- Commonly prescribed medications and possible benefits and side effects
- Specific triggers and what fuels the rage
- Reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviors
- Mistakes that escalate defiant behaviors
- Overcome refusals to comply with even simple requests
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Interventions
- What to do when they become stuck on high interest areas
- Specific medication interventions
- Impact on socialization and behaviors
Interventions for Specific Difficult Behaviors
- Reduce Internet and electronic addictions
- Changes in technology, school systems and mental health delivery
Psychopharmacological Interventions
- Differentiate among common medications
- Medications that mimic difficult behaviors
- Side effects and off label use
- Impact of eating, sleeping and hormones on medication effectiveness
Case Studies, Demonstrations & Activities
- Case studies that demonstrate specific interventions for aggressive and non-complaint behaviors
- “Reminder video” technique: A way to facilitate behavioral rehearsal
- iPad® apps for social success, behavioral changes and speech and language
- Staff training techniques to experience what an individual on the spectrum might
OBJECTIVES
- Explain how the DSM-5® updates impact service delivery.
- Utilize several social skill interventions to improve long-term success for children/adolescents with HFA.
- Employ specific coping and calming techniques for children/adolescents with HFA.
- Identify medication side effects that can mimic behavioral issues and may even cause behavioral issues.
- Design effective strategies for successful transitions for children/adolescents with HFA.
- Select specific behavioral interventions that target the most difficult behaviors in children/adolescents with HFA.
ADA Needs
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To order the workbook, The Key to Autism: An Evidence-based Workbook for Assessing and Treating Children & Adolescents, please visit our product store.
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CEUs
This course is available for 6.0 total CPDs.
The HPCSA has declared that any on-line courses CPD/CEU credited by a certified US board, is automatically CPD/CEU credited in South Africa.
As there are different boards for different disciplines, we at Acacia suggest that you use the Counselling CPD/CEU credits. These correspond to South African credits of one CPD/CEU per 60 minutes. If you choose to use your discipline's credits, please do so at your discretion.
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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing and passing the on-line post-test evaluation).
Continuing Education Information: Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards
Counselors (Self-Study)
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours 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 the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists - South Carolina (Self-Study)
This program has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Approval #4540.
Counselors - Texas (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Provider #: 2477. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.
Educators (Self-Study)
This course consists of 6.25 self-study clock hours. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Educators - Indiana (Self-Study)
6.0 Professional Growth Points are available for full attendance of this self-study package per the Indiana Department of Education standards.
Educators - Montana (Self-Study)
This self-study package is offered for 6.0 Renewal Units. PESI, Inc. is an Approved Renewal Unit Provider with the Montana Office of Public Instruction.
Educators - Texas (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc., has been approved as a CPE Provider #500-981 for Texas Educators by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBED). This self-study package qualifies for 6.0 CPE clock hours.
Educators, Administrators & Education Services Personnel - New Jersey (Self-Study)
6.0 Actual Professional Development Hours (self-study). MEDS-PDN, powered by PESI, Inc., is a registered New Jersey Professional Development Provider with the NJ Dept of Education.
Marriage & Family Therapists (Self-Study)
This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 credits.
Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider # 503. This self-study package qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.
Nurses - California (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #: 13305 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.
** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.
Nurses - Florida (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.
** Florida Participants Only: To automatically be reported to CE Broker, after completing and passing the online post-test/evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com. You will need to provide the full title of the activity, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.
Nurses - Iowa (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 7.6 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.
Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists (Self-Study)
This intermediate activity is approved for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. Provider #: 3322. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 self-study contact hours or 0.6 CEUs in the Category of . The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Course Level: Intermediate. Expires: 17/03/2021.
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants - Florida (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number BAP #77. This course qualifies for 6.3 self-study continuing education credits.
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Psychologists (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI, Inc. is offering these self-study materials for 6.25 hours of continuing education credit.
Psychologists - Canadian (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 6.0 self-study continuing education hours.
Psychologists – Florida (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology. Provider Number BAP #77. This product qualifies for 6.3 self-study continuing education credits.
** Florida Participants Only: To automatically be reported to CE Broker, after completing and passing the online post-test/evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com to have your Florida credits reported to CE Broker. You will need to provide the full title of the activity, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.
Social Workers (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aswb.org through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: January 27, 2017-January 27, 2020. Licensed Social Workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social Workers participating in the course will receive 6.25 (Clinical) continuing education clock hours for completing this intermediate self-study package. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation and pass the post-test.
Social Workers - Canadian (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aswb.org through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: January 27, 2017-January 27, 2020. Licensed Social Workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social Workers participating in the course will receive 6.25 (Clinical) continuing education clock hours for completing this intermediate self-study package. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation and pass the post-test. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.
Social Workers - Illinois (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 contact hours.
Social Workers - Kansas (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours.
Social Workers - Minnesota (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.
Social Workers/Counselors/Marriage & Family Therapists - Ohio (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #: RCST071001. Successful completion of this self-study course meets the qualifications for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.
Social Workers/Counselors/Marriage & Family Therapists - Pennsylvania (Self-Study)
This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.
Social Workers/Counselors/Marriage & Family Therapists/Licensed Educational Psychologists - California (Self-Study)
The State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences will recognize and accept continuing education programs that are sponsored by providers approved by the APA and the ASWB. Full participation in this self-study course will qualify for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit.
Social Workers/Marriage & Family Therapists/Mental Health Counselors - Florida (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number BAP #77. This self-study course qualifies for 6.25 continuing education credits.
** Florida Participants Only: To automatically be reported to CE Broker, after completing and passing the online post-test/evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com. You will need to provide the full title of the activity, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.
Speech-Language Pathologists - Kansas (Self-Study)
Approved for 7.5 self-study continuing education clock hours for Kansas licensed Speech-Language Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.
Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (Self-Study)
This course contains 6.0 hours of self-study continuing education. It was not offered for ASHA CEUs. Please retain your certificate of completion. If audited for ASHA Certification Maintenance, you can submit this certificate of completion at that time. For state licensure, teacher certification renewal, or other credential renewal, contact those agencies for information about your reporting responsibilities and requirements.
Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists - California (Self-Study)
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, #PDP 319. This course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of self-study continuing professional development credit for Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists, as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board.
Θ Other Professions (Self-Study)
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
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Faculty
Heather Dukes-Murray Related seminars and products: 1
PhD
Heather Dukes-Murray, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Daily Behavioral Health. She specializes in assessing, diagnosing, and treating autism. Dr. Dukes-Murray conducts social skill groups for children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, social pragmatic communication disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and anxiety disorders. She also has significant experience treating children and adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders, behavior issues, and mental health difficulties associated with trauma exposure. Dr. Dukes-Murray provides effective treatment strategies and interventions utilizing evidence-based practices, clinical expertise, and client and parent input. In addition to her clinical skills, she excels at presenting complex information in a manner accessible to audiences with a variety of backgrounds and expertise levels. Dr. Dukes-Murray earned her Ph.D., in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia in 2011.
Speaker Disclosure:
Financial: Heather Dukes-Murray has an employment relationship with Daily Behavioral Health. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Nonfinancial: Heather Dukes-Murray has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.
Target Audience
Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health ProfessionalsOutline
DSM-5® Changes & Autism
- DSM-IV® and DSM-5®criteria comparisons
- Social (pragmatic) communication disorder
- Impact on service delivery (school/community)
- Successfully link the home, school and therapist
- IEP/504/Do they qualify for school services?
- Co-morbid disorders: Why the difference is important
Social Skills Interventions
Communication Interventions
- Ways to work out conflicts that are effective in multiple settings
- Help peers, siblings and parents relate
- Verbal interventions that overload processing
Sensory Interventions
- Self-stimulation (appropriate & inappropriate)
- Sensory strategies to avoid
- Coping/calming techniques that reduce melt downs
- Sensory Diet
Anxiety Interventions
- Anxiety reducing activities
- How anxiety impacts rigidity
- Help them “self-regulate”
- Successful transitions
ADHD Interventions
- ADHD vs. hyper-focus
- Commonly prescribed medications and possible benefits and side effects
- Specific triggers and what fuels the rage
- Reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviors
- Mistakes that escalate defiant behaviors
- Overcome refusals to comply with even simple requests
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Interventions
- What to do when they become stuck on high interest areas
- Specific medication interventions
- Impact on socialization and behaviors
Interventions for Specific Difficult Behaviors
- Reduce Internet and electronic addictions
- Changes in technology, school systems and mental health delivery
Psychopharmacological Interventions
- Differentiate among common medications
- Medications that mimic difficult behaviors
- Side effects and off label use
- Impact of eating, sleeping and hormones on medication effectiveness
Case Studies, Demonstrations & Activities
- Case studies that demonstrate specific interventions for aggressive and non-complaint behaviors
- “Reminder video” technique: A way to facilitate behavioral rehearsal
- iPad® apps for social success, behavioral changes and speech and language
- Staff training techniques to experience what an individual on the spectrum might
Objectives
- Implement interventions to teach children/adolescents diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) the skills to independently manage their own regulation, anxiety and fears.
- Design effective strategies to approach transitions and routine life challenges for children/adolescents diagnosed with HFA.
- Utilize specific interventions to improve long-term social-emotional success for children/adolescents diagnosed with HFA.
- Suggest specific sensory-based calming techniques to reduce anxiety for children/adolescents diagnosed with HFA.
- Recognize the potential side effects of psychotropic medication that can mimic or cause behavioral issues related to HFA.
- Design specific behavioral interventions to reduce frequency, intensity and duration of difficult behaviors in children/adolescents with HFA.
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