Description:
ASDs and the House of Human Development, with Teresa Bolick, Ph.D.
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) show a vast array of strengths and
challenges. All too often, their challenges lead to behavior that interferes with success in
everyday life at home, at school, and in the community. Because their developmental profiles
are so complex, intervention is complicated and potentially overwhelming to families, schools,
and other treatment teams. The House of Human Development is a user-friendly model of
human development that suggests that communication, learning, and social competence rest
upon the foundation of efficient sensorimotor processing and self-regulation. It emphasizes
the interaction between an individual’s developmental strengths and challenges and the
situation at hand. Finally, it allows us to identify efficient modifications, accommodations, and
interventions that support learning and social competence.

Achieving Reading Comprehension for Autism and Other Disabilities, with Marion Blank, Ph.D.
Effective reading comprehension has proven to be one of the most elusive skills for children
with language problems. Even when decoding is not an issue, difficulties in understanding
what has been read persist, affecting the child’s chances for both academic and life success.
Using insights from linguistics and cognitive psychology, the workshop will demonstrate
innovative programs that use new materials and techniques to steadily guide children to
significant levels of comprehension. The approach also provides a comprehensive framework
that parents and practitioners can use for more effective communication in a variety of
settings.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will also learn:
-Developmental challenges that can interfere with everyday life
-Environmental modifications and accommodations that enhance availability for learning
-Strategies for teaching adaptive and efficient skills for self-regulation, communication,
learning, and social/emotional/behavioral competence

-Increase knowledge of the underpinnings of effective comprehension
-Increase awareness of the problems raised by many commonly used materials
-Implement instruments to assess children’s functioning
-Implement programs to enhance their functioning
-Increase awareness of ways to interpret language issues in a variety of settings
-Develop ways to apply the concepts to a variety of communicative situations

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CEUs
Reading Comprehension and Transition for Students on the Autism Spectrum is approved for up to 1.2 CEUs.

To register for CEUs, click on the link below to download the Session Attendance Report Form, complete the form, and save the file using this file name model:

2008-Autism-CrystalLake-Lastname-Firstname.xls.

Then send the file as an email attachment to ceus@aacinstitute.org. This is a spreadsheet file (.xls). If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format.

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Evaluation and Learning Assessment
Please take a moment to download, complete, and return the Evaluation and Learning Outcomes Form. After completing the form, save it, attach it to an email message, and send it to ceus@aacinstitute.org.

Download Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form now.

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CEU Certificates will be sent to those submitting all forms.