Susan Hamre – Autism in the Hospital

Regardless the medical appointment is scheduled or it’s a trip to the emergency room the Hospital can be a sensory minefield, causing autistic people to spiral into a terrifying meltdown.

Susan Hamre – Autism in the Hospital

Autism in Medical Settings: Challenges and Supportive Strategies

• Sensory Integration Challenges
  • Stimulation dysregulation (hypo/hyper)
  • Seeking/avoiding/both
  • Processing functions
  • May not perceive or process pain
  • Common triggers within the hospital/ER environment
  • Your hospital/ER as a ‘sensory minefield’
• Sensory Strategies
  • List of sensory triggers in the patient passport
  • You can quickly create ASD-friendly environments
  • To avoid a meltdown, allow the senses to take over.
  • How to avoid the most common sensory triggers
  • Hospital Sensory equipment to assist with sensory needs
• Social / Communication Challenges
  • Social interaction is essential the ‘key’… or not
  • Literal translation from spoken language
  • When they aren’t-Verbal or unable read body language
  • Delayed auditory processing
  • Communication and anxiety:
  • Non-Verbally offensive and compliance
• Social/Communication Strategy
  • Communication cards, checklists, and Apps for visual support
  • Social stories can help to reduce hospital procedures
  • They will use their repetitive or interesting behaviors to generate your interest ‘connection’
  • Make allowances for family members who may be far from you
• Behavior Challenges
  • The behavior functions that are important
  • May bolt/escape/elope
  • Aggression is caused by anxiety.
  • Might resist restraint
  • Transporting someone who is unable to tolerate transitions can increase anxiety. in general
  • Most likely to resist a lack of familiar/familiar routine
  • Try to pull out lines, remove bandages, etc.
  • Refuse to take medication
• Behavioral Management Strategies
  • Is it a meltdown, or a tantrum?
  • Be aware the child’s triggers
  • Avoid triggers by planning ahead
  • Particular calming techniques
  • What to do in case of a meltdown
  • Navigating ER triage and routine hospital visits, labs, and tests
  • Visual schedules of what’s going to happen
  • Strategies for making loud noises and not being touched
  • Visual timetables/timers for transitions/changes
  • Motivation and reward systems that work
  • What you need know about non-Sensory triggers
  • ‘Stimming’ As a calming method

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Description:

• Medical treatment success is affected by behavioral, communication, and sensory challenges
• Strategies for ER triage and routine hospital visits, surgery, and more
• Roadmap for treating a Non-Smoker-verbal, non-Autism person who is responsive
• ‘Stimming’ Strategies that use behaviors
• A subtle sign of ASD that is less obvious

Are you able to provide medical attention to autistic patients?

• Can’t answer your questions or identify levels of pain?
• Refuses to have blood drawn, gives urine a sample, or does dialysis or CT/MRI scan.
• You try to pull out or remove bandages.
• Flap of piercing screaming and flapping of your teeth to fight you off the arms?
• Can’t tolerate your touch and or make eye contact with you?
• Won’t stop running out of the Treatment room?
• Refuses medication?

No matter what the medical appointment is scheduled or it’s a trip to the emergency room the Hospital can be a sensory minefield, causing autistic people to spiral into a terrifying meltdown. Four and sedation-Point restraints are not practical solutions.

How quickly you can integrate into the world of your autistic patient will determine how close you are to them. Through videos, case studies, and lively discussion, you will learn practical strategies to successfully treat an autistic person.

• Hospital/EMT equipment for supporting sensory needs
• Overcoming the Most common sensory triggers
• Communication cards, checklists, and Apps for visual support
• Social stories can help to discredit hospital/EMT procedures
• Navigate to ER triage, routine hospitalizations, labs, and tests
• What to do in case of a meltdown
• Calming techniques

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