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9831 Adolescence and Adulthood; Relationships, Sexuality, Independent Living and Work

Thursday, July 13, 2017: 3:45 PM-5:00 PM

Room: 101C (Wisconsin Center )

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Through intentional and proactive intervention, autistic teens and young adults can enter adulthood prepared to both be happy and to compete in their given interests. It would appear that when such interventions are absent, the autistic youth flounders, struggles and at times becomes involved in the criminal justice system.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will recognize that those with ASD grow into adolescence and adulthood having wishes, desires and hopes (as their neurotypical peers do) but often lack the skills on how to achieve them.

2. Participants will better recognize that all/anyone can have adult relationships, but due to executive functioning and theory of mind difficulties, require help in the development of these relationships.

3. Participants will better understand the process of learning what vocational interests are and are not, how to measure them and most importantly how to connect the person with autism with meaningful employment.

Through intentional and proactive intervention, autistic teens and young adults can enter adulthood prepared to both be happy and to compete in their given field of interests It would appear that when such interventions are absent, the autistic youth flounders, struggles and at times becomes depressed, isolative and some become involved in the criminal justice system.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize that those with ASD grow into adolescence and adulthood having wishes, desires and hopes (as their neurotypical peers do) but often lack the skills on how to achieve them. v
Recognize that all/anyone can have adult relationships, but due to executive functioning and theory of mind difficulties, require help in the development of these relationships.
Explore the process of learning what vocational interests are and are not, how to measure them and most importantly how to connect the person with autism with meaningful employment.

Track: Life Stage 3 - Transition

Content Area: Safety

Presenter:

Lawrence R. Sutton, Ph.D.
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church

Lawrence Sutton is a deacon and psychologist who has worked with teens and young adults with ASD in his Church over the past 14 years and published papers and curriculum on the involvement of ASD adolescents with criminal justice system including methods to proactively prevent such involvement through innovative practices.

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