Jay Berk – High-Functioning Autism

Case studies that illustrate specific interventions for both aggressive and non-aggressive cases-Compliant behaviors

Jay Berk – High-Functioning Autism

• DSM-5® and ICD-10 Updates
  • Social-Pragmatic Communication Disorder
  • Impact on service delivery (school/community)
  • Link home, school, therapy and success
  • IEP/504/Does he/she qualify for school services?
  • Co-Morbid disorders: Why it is important to know the difference
• Social Skills Interventions
  • Improve social skill deficits
  • “Kid Cop” Behaviors and reasons why other children get angry
  • How to get your peers to recognize you in positive ways
  • Group activities
  • Early intervention programs that deliver long-lasting results-Success in the long term
• Communication Interventions
  • Effective conflict resolution strategies that work in multiple settings
  • Peers and family members can help each other.
  • Verbal interventions that overload processing
  • Pragmatic language and abstract issues
• Sensory Interventions
  • Self-stimulation (appropriate & inappropriate)
  • Sensory strategies to avoid
  • Coping/calming techniques to reduce meltdowns
  • Sensory diet
• Anxiety Interventions
  • Anxiety-Activities that reduce stress
  • How rigidity can be affected by anxiety
  • Help them “self-regulate”
  • Transitions are successful
• Depression Interventions
  • Impact on flexibility and adaptation
  • Therapy that works with people with HFA
  • Adolescence is the time of emerging
  • Solitude vs. loneliness
• ADHD Interventions
  • ADHD vs. hyper-Focus
  • Commonly prescribed medications, side effects and benefits
  • There are specific triggers and what fuels rage.
  • Reduce disruptive and aggressive behavior
  • Make mistakes that lead to defiant behavior
  • Be able to overcome refusals to comply with simple requests
• Obsessive-Interventions for Obsessive Disorder (OCD).
  • What to do if they are stuck in high interest areas
  • Specific medication interventions
  • Impact on socialization, and behavior
• Interventions for specific difficult behaviors
  • Reduce Internet and Electronic Addictions
  • Technology, school systems and mental healthcare delivery are changing
  • Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT), for anxiety, mood, and depression
• Psychopharmacological Interventions
  • Differentiate among common medicines
  • Meds that mimic difficult behaviors
  • Side effects and off-label use
• Case Studies, Demonstrations & Activities
  • Case studies that illustrate specific interventions for both aggressive and non-aggressive cases-Compliant behaviors
  • iPad® apps for social success, behavioral changes and speech and language
  • Staff training techniques to understand what someone with a spectrum might think

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