Career Planning for Individuals with
Autism Spectrum Disorders

April 21 - 22, 2009
St. Louis, MO

Conference web site: http://spectrumtrainingsystemsinc.com/conferences.html

Day 1

Career Planning
A. Communication Skills in the Initial Interview
B. Interview Communication Graffiti Activity
C. Structuring the Interview Environment
D. Interview Structure Activity
E. Theory of Mind
F. Building the Career Portfolio
G. Career Portfolio Development Activity

Career Assessment
A. Creating the Evaluation Plan
B. Assessment Processes for Job Seekers With ASD
C. Skill/Interest Testing
D. Assessing Social/Communication Skills
E. Career Assessment Activity

Workplace Supports
A. Workplace Problems
B. Natural Support Development
C. Take Workplace Supports
D. Minnesota Work Adjustment Theory
E. Work Values Graffiti Activity


Day 2

Social Communication in the Workplace
A. Basic Self-Advocacy
B. Asking for Help Activity
C. Sins of the System Overview
D. Sins of the System Graffiti Activity
E. Courtesy Rule Card Activity
F. Social Skill Supports
G. Workplace Visuals Graffiti Activity
H. Workplace Social Story Make/Take

Implementing the Career Plan
A. Career Strategies in Action
B. Working with the Business Community
C. Final Wrap Up - Q & A Session

Learning Objectives

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:

1) Conduct a career planning interview;

2) Conduct a career assessment;

3) Address workplace supports;

4) Identify social communication issues in the workplace; and

5) Implement a career plan.

CEUs
Career Planning for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders is approved for up to 1.2 CEUs (12 hours).

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:

2009-Autism-St.Louis-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.

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CEU Certificates will be sent to those submitting all forms.