1-day Course on Treatment of More Hard-to-Reach Intellectually Able Adolescents with ASD
Where: Marcus Autism Center (3rd floor Boardroom), 1920 Briarcliff Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329
When: Monday, March 25, 2019
Attendance: No fee, but please RSVP to Irasema Perrault at Irasema.Perrault@choa.org
March 25, 2019
8:00am-11:00am: Part 1 of 2: Introduction
How Can We Try to Understand and Help Those who Reject our Help? An overview of Social Thinking Techniques
March 25, 2019
12:00pm-3:00pm: Part 2 of 2: More advanced application
Extending the discussion of developmentally-based treatment strategies for resistant (self-protective) social communicators - Practical application
Bio:
Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP specializes in the treatment of individuals with social learning challenges and is the founder and CEO of Social Thinking®, a company dedicated to helping individuals from four through adulthood develop their social competencies to meet their personal social goals. Michelle coined the term “Social Thinking” in the mid-1990s and since that time has created numerous unique treatment frameworks and curricula that help educators, clinicians, professionals of all types, and parents/family members appreciate that social capabilities are integral to a person’s success in life, socially, academically, and professionally.
The Center for Social Thinking is in Santa Clara, California. For more detailed information on Michelle Winner and on Social Thinking: www.socialthinking.com