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Onsite Workshop
How to be the best educator, social worker, or professional for a child with Autism
Workshop Description
Building Success for a Child with Autism and Creating a Happy Classroom (6 hours total)
This course is designed to provide educators, social workers and professionals with a working knowledge of how an individual with autism thinks, the principles behind why children with autism respond the way they do, and the perspective needed in the classroom to work with this unique population of individuals effectively, increase the likelihood of their success, while making the classroom experience better for yourself, the child with autism, and all of his/her classmates.
Workshop Speaker
Jeanne Beard
Founder, National Autism Academy
Jeanne Beard is a thought leader in the autism arena. She is the author of Autism & The Rest of Us: How to Sustain a Healthy, Functional and Satisfying Life with a Person on the Autism Spectrum.
In this onsite workshop, she provides the training with specific tools, strategies, interventions, and a deep understanding that will support you in creating a more unified classroom by making adjustments that can benefit all students rather than creating two separate teaching methods.
“Jeanne’s personal sharing was so valuable. What a relief to hear someone share about their own life in an honest and meaningful way.” –JM
“I got a new perspective on what I was experiencing in my relationship with my son. I stopped blaming him and that has changed everything.” –VK
“I learned one important idea that helped me to shift my expectations of my son, and that led a new level of closeness and effectiveness for me as a parent.” –FL