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5924 Using Executive Function Assessment to Drive Social Instruction
Thursday, July 26, 2012: 1:15 PM-2:45 PM
Pacific Salon 4-5 (Town and Country Resort and Convention Center)
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Individuals with social cognitive deficits struggle with “social” & executive functioning issues throughout their lives. This presentation will examine the effectiveness of using a standardized measure of executive functioning (The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) (BRIEF Professional Manual, 2000) to assist in creating social cognitive intervention tools and strategies related to emotional regulation. This presentation will further outline therapeutically based interventions to support clients learning social cognitive and EF tools/strategies for everyday use.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will have a greater understanding of how to define and educate others on "invisible deficits" such as executive functions that impact people diagnosed with an ASD.
- Specific EFs will be explored and explained in terms of their impact on social cognitive development.
- Participants will have concrete interventions to help improve social cognitive abilities and EF deficits used within individual or groups settings.
Content Area: Social Skills
Presenter:
Chris Abildgaard, NCSP, LPC, NCC
Director
the Social Learning Center
Chris Abildgaard NCSP, LPC, NCC is the director of the Social Learning Center, LLC. located in Cheshire, CT.
Chris is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist, a Nationally Certified Counselor & Licensed Professional Counselor with a specialization in ASD's and counseling techniques used with working with individuals on the Autism Spectrum.
