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4921 Explaining Autism Spectrum Disorders to Your Child and Others- IN SPANISH
Saturday, July 10, 2010: 3:15 PM-4:30 PM
Cumberland IJ (Hyatt Regency Dallas)
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Participants will explore the reasons it is difficult yet important to share information about ASD to help improve understanding, communication and relationships. Strategies are suggested for deciding what to say, how to say it, when to tell and who to tell when talking about ASD. This includes ideas for explaining what ASD means to the child, siblings and other family members, neighbors, friends and classmates. Issues such as labeling, self-advocacy and self-awareness are explored.
This session will address the following questions:
Why talk about ASD? (to promote awareness, understanding, acceptance and inclusion)
Why is it so hard to talk about ASD? (mixed emotions, limited understanding)
What about labels? (getting over the fear, using appropriate descriptors)
Who needs to know? (Circle of Friends model is used to help decide how much information to share and with whom).
What do I say or share? (Simple explanations and helpful phrases are shared).
When is the right time? (helpful hints for making this decision)
Why and how do I tell my child about their autism? For professionals, how do I help with this process? (self-awareness, self-advocacy and self-acceptance)
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will explore the reasons it is difficult yet important to share information about ASD to help improve understanding, communication and relationships.
- Participants will explore issues such as labeling, self-advocacy and self-awareness.
- Participants will learn strategies for deciding what to say, how to say it, when to tell, and who to tell when talking about ASD. This includes ideas for explaining what ASD means to the child himself, siblings and other family members, neighbors, friends and classmates.
Content Area: Life with Autism
Presenter:
Emily D. Iland, M.A.
Emily Iland Inc
Emily Iland, M.A., is an award-winning author, advocate, researcher and leader in the autism field, and the mother of a young man with ASD. Emily is the past president of the Autism Society of Los Angeles and is an adjunct professor of Special Education at California State University, Northridge.
