Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Early Intervention

Belinda Worley, MS-SLP-CCC

Online Course

Includes all course content in digital format

Prerequisites Required
2 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

This 2-hour dynamic course will take you on the autism journey helping you understand the importance of patterns of development and early intervention for this growing population. Participants will be provided with practical techniques and strategies to use in the home, natural setting, therapy setting or school. The workshop will provide participants with resources they can implement tomorrow as well as a greater appreciation of the child with autism.

Highlights

  • Confidently recognize the primary characteristics and patterns of development in infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developing autism spectrum disorders
  • Treatments and resources available to children with autism spectrum disorders as presented by very young children

Learning Objectives

  1. Distinguish the primary characteristics and patterns of development in infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developing autism spectrum disorders.
  2. Analyze the various treatments and resources available to children with autism spectrum disorders as presented by very young children.

Course Content

Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Early Intervention
SCORM Package
Next Steps
Module
  1. Reflection: Introduction and Personal Journey
  2. Patterns of Development for Children with ASD
  3. Social Interaction Warning Signs
  4. Cognitive Communication Warning Signs
  5. Sensory Motor Warning Signs
  6. Common Questions Parents Have
  7. Important Resources I Use DAILY
  8. Approaches to Intervention & Skilled Therapies
Belinda Worley, MS-SLP-CCC is a speech pathologist specializing in early intervention and autism. She has been a practicing clinician since 2000 and has worked in many professional settings including the home, natural environment, outpatient, private practice and school setting. She is the owner of her own pediatric clinic in southeast Missouri serving children in a rural area where resources are very limited. She prides herself in providing professionals with practical, inexpensive strategies and techniques that can be used with clients on the autism spectrum. Belinda Worley has presented nationally on topics related to functional communication, early intervention and autism spectrum disorders. She is a licensed SLP and certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. She is currently a private practitioner providing services to individuals with speech, language, and communication disorders in Dexter, Missouri. She is passionate about autism awareness serving on various local and state boards advocating for children on the autism spectrum. Her greatest accomplishment is her daughter who has an autism diagnosis. Her journey has been such a successful and powerful journey and true inspiration for all.

DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Belinda Worley is compensated as the owner of Bootheel Pediatric Therapy LLC and by Summit as an instructor. She receives a percentage of the sale of her book, "The Autism Journey of Hope".

NONFINANCIAL: Belinda Worley has a daughter diagnosed with Autism.

Summit receives financial support for this course from Physitrack

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