Neurodiversity Affirming Goals That Freakin' Rock for Autistic Kids
Join us for an engaging discussion on Neurodiversity and its application in communication therapy for Autistic clients. Explore innovative approaches to communication therapy that honor individual differences and empower clients. Gain insights into using neurodiversity-aligned terminology and strength-based goals to create more effective and inclusive therapy sessions!
Speaker
Chris Wenger is an enthusiastic school-based SLP and creator of both the Dynamic Assessment of Social Emotional Learning and the newly released Neurodivergent Affirming Activity Book. He is an internationally-acclaimed presenter who loves to share the most current trends to help autistic teens. A prominent thought leader in the field of speech pathology, and known on social media as ?Speech Dude,? Chris motivates and entertains fellow educators and clinicians through his humorous and inspiring posts and videos. Chris sells an ND Affirming Activity Book and an assessment tool called the DASEL. These resources are designed to support educators and therapists in implementing neurodiversity-affirming practices.
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Who this course is for
Every minute is written for working clinicians, educators, and families. You walk away with real-world tools to try with your next learner, not abstract theory.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Behavior Specialists
Educators
Parents & Caregivers
After this course
What you’ll walk away with.
You leave with concrete skills and frameworks you can apply in your next session, classroom, or family visit, not just ideas to think about later.
Earn your CEUs
Attend the full course and pass the post-session assessment at 80% or higher. Your 0.1 ASHA CEUs are reported to ASHA when you opt in on the assessment.
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You’ll be able to
Describe 3 key differences between traditional, medical model-based IEP goals and neurodiversity-affirming goals and explain how these differences impact student identity and autonomy.
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You’ll be able to
Identify and explain at least 2 neurodiversity-affirming strategies that support perspective-taking in therapy sessions and contrast them with approaches that may unintentionally encourage masking.
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You’ll be able to
Reframe at least 2 traditional social skills goals into connection-based goals that support authentic peer relationships and friendships.
The full 1 hour
Your learning path.
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Introduction
5 minutes - 2
The Problem with Current Social Skills Goals Discuss common issues with traditional goals
15 minutes - 3
Case Study: A Better Way
20 minutes - 4
How shifting to neuro affirming practices transformed student experiences
15 minutes - 5
Q&A
5 minutes
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