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9878 Essential Safety Information for Parents of Newly Diagnosed Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder


Friday, July 14, 2017: 1:15 PM-2:30 PM
Room: 101C (Wisconsin Center )
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This presentation features a review of the safety risks facing children with ASD then offers strategies to keep them safe. Suggestions are provided to prevent wandering, enhance water safety, increase transportation safety and general home safety. For parents these suggestions will improve the safety profile of your child.
Essential Safety Information for Parents of Newly Diagnosed Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Safety from unintentional injury must be a major concern for all parents and especially for parents of young children with ASD. Yet research tells us that many parents get little if any safety information. Most are not even alerted to the elevated risk for unintentional injury status of their child with ASD. We know these children are at much higher risk for a wide range of dangers including elopements – wandering, drowning, poisoning, falls, burns, transportation injuries and several other areas of risk.

This presentation features a review of the safety risks facing children with ASD. Then it offers an array of specific strategies for helping to keep the young child with ASD safe. Suggestions are provided to prevent wandering, enhance water safety, increase transportation safety and general home safety. In addition, I will give strategies for keeping the child with ASD safe at school and in the community. For parents these sugggestions will improve the safety profile of your child. For professionals this presentation will, hopefully, encourage you to give greater consideration to the information you or your agency provides to new parents.

I will use a number of props such as safety devices to illustrate the kinds of things parents should be considering. I will feature two brief video segments that illustrate an elopement and general water safety procedures. I will use a powerpoint but will encourage parents to ask questions as we proceed and address situations they may have as current challenges during the presentation.

Presenter: Jack Scott, PhD, BCBA-D

Jack Scott is the executive director of the Florida Atlantic University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) and serves over 4,400 families in a five county area of South Florida.

Contact jscott@fau.edu 561 251 4104

Media Needs: projector, screen and if a big room, a microphone and sound.

Learner Ojbectives: At the end of this presentation the participant will be able to:

  1.  State the top three risks faced by young children with ASD
  2. Describe the four majors “functions” of child elopement.
  3. Name 10 ways to improve the safety of a young child with autism. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Learner Ojbectives: At the end of this presentation the participant will be able to: 1.
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Track: Life Stage 2 - School Age

Content Area: Safety

Presenter:

Jack Scott, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Florida Atlantic University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)

Jack Scott is executive director of the Florida Atlantic University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities. This agency provides parents with information on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) safety with an emphasis on preventing elopement and wandering. Jack, an associate professor at FAU also teaches courses on autism and behavior analysis.

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