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In an empathic, wise, and insightful way, Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, a leading voice on autism and neurodevelopmental conditions, will walk you through how to put neurodiversity principles into action to support your autistic clients.
You’ll walk away with confidence to help your clients identify and leverage their strengths to enhance social communication competence and build trust and safety. Watch Barry as he steers you away from a “fix it” mentality towards one of empathy, support and empowerment!
PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 1.75 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Enhancing Social Communication for Autistic Clients (5.4 MB) | 37 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript (157.9 KB) | 30 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Enhancing Social Communication for Autistic Clients - French (5.4 MB) | 37 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Enhancing Social Communication for Autistic Clients - Italian (5.4 MB) | 37 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, is among the world’s leading authorities on autism and neurodevelopmental conditions, and is recognized as an innovator of respectful, person and family-centered approaches for autistic and neurodivergent individuals and their families. With fifty years of experience as a clinical scholar, researcher, and international consultant, he is a Visiting Scholar at Brown University, a certified speech-language pathologist and director of Childhood Communication Services, a private practice.
Barry is coauthor of The SCERTS Model: A Comprehensive Education Approach, now being implemented in more than a dozen countries. He has published four books, more than 140 articles and chapters and has received many awards, including the Honors of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (their highest recognition), the Princeton University Eden Foundation career award for improving quality of life for persons on the autism spectrum, and the “Divine Neurotypical Award” of GRASP, the world’s largest autistic self-advocacy organization.
Barry has been a two-time featured presenter at the United Nations on World Autism Awareness Day. His recent best-selling book, Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism, is now published in 22 languages, and he co-hosts and co-produces “Uniquely Human: The Podcast”.
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