Preparing for Life: Managing Overwhelming Emotions and Teaching Key Life Skills
General Information
Title: Preparing for Life: Managing Overwhelming Emotions and Teaching Key Life Skills
Presenter: Jed Baker, Ph.D.
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2023 9:00 AM--4:00 PM ET
Fee: $315 (Earlybird discount until 3/1 $250)
Venue: Online Webinar
Preparing for Life: Managing Overwhelming Emotions and Teaching Key Life Skills
Description
: Individuals with social-behavioral challenges and/or ASD often present with difficulty regulating their feelings and interacting socially. The first part of this workshop outlines predictors of better outcome and how to maximize motivation and engagement of students. The second part discusses the pitfalls of a traditional escalating disciplinary model and the need to understand why students are having behavioral challenges. The focus is on both soothing moments of dysregulation, de-escalating meltdowns, and problem solving repeat problems. This problem solving involves identifying triggers to overwhelming frustration and anxiety, and designing effective behavior plans for each of those triggers. The third part of the presentation details strategies to teach social skills, how to generalize skills into the natural setting and increase acceptance and tolerance from peers. Information will be imparted though lecture, interactive exercises, and video clips.
Instructor
Jed Baker, Ph.D. is the director of the Social Skills Training Project, an organization serving individuals with autism and social communication problems. He writes, lectures, and provides training internationally on the topic of social skills training and managing challenging behaviors. He is an award winning author of 8 books, including Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Aspergers Syndrome and Social Communication Problems; Preparing for Life: The Complete Handbook for the Transition to Adulthood for Those with Autism and Aspergers Syndrome; The Social Skills Picture Book; The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond; No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-of-Control Behavior; No More Victims: Protecting those with Autism from Cyber Bullying, Internet Predators & Scams; Overcoming Anxiety in Children and Teens; and School Shadow Guidelines. His work has also been featured on ABC World News, Nightline, the CBS Early Show, and the Discovery Health Channel.
Preparing for Life: Managing Overwhelming Emotions and Teaching Key Life Skills
Objectives
- 1. List predictors of successful outcomes and ways to promote active engagement by students.
- 2. Understand how best to think about challenging behaviors to insure better outcomes.
- 3. Learn strategies to deal effectively with anxiety and frustration; both to deescalate and prevent meltdowns.
- 4. Identify ways to motivate verbal and non-verbal individuals to want to socialize.
- 5. Learn how to choose effective strategies for teaching and generalizing skills.
- 6. Create programs for typical peers to accept individuals with disabilities, reduce bullying and model positive behaviors.
Application Deadline
April 28, 2023 or until all training spaces are filled, whichever comes first.
Notification of Acceptance
Applicants will be notified, via email, of acceptance when registration is complete and payment is received.
Refund/Cancellation Policy
Tuition/registration payments are refundable (minus $25) until March 30, 2023. Cancellations after this date are non-refundable. In this situation, we will attempt to find someone to take your slot (based on our waiting list).
Accessibility
Conference is via webinar. For live options, there will be handicap accessibility.
Course level
Level of clinician
Accessibility
If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification
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Satisfactory Completion:
Participants must have paid the tuition fee, signed in or logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (for pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% is required.) Failure to sign/log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available electronically after satisfactory course completion. A link will be provided for those who have completed the training.
Preparing for Life: Managing Overwhelming Emotions and Teaching Key Life Skills
Schedule
| April 30th | |
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| Part 1 | Predictors of successful outcomes in those with special needs
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| Part 2 | Understanding of challenging behaviors precedes effective intervention
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| Part 3 | Managing and preventing challenging behaviors:
Anxiety management |
| Part 4 |
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