Introduction to the SCERTS® Model – Specially Designed Instruction for Autistic Individuals (Teleconference)

Delaware Speech-Language-Hearing Association presents
Spring Conference 2021

Introduction to the SCERTS® Model – Specially Designed Instruction for Autistic Individuals
Amy C. Laurent Ph.D., OTR/L

Friday March 19, 2021
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST

Course Description
This course introduces the SCERTS framework, its components, and guiding principles. The SCERTS Model is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary educational approach designed for autistic individuals. This model is not exclusive of other treatment approaches and educational methodologies, but rather provides a framework for those who are seeking guidelines for implementing a comprehensive educational plan that is based on our knowledge of the core developmental challenges faced by children with ASD, family-centered care, and our knowledge of the recommended tenets of educational programming.

Learning Objectives
1. Describe essential components of a comprehensive educational program for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2. Describe core challenges in social-communication and emotional regulation faced by children with ASD at different stages of development.

3. Describe the SCERTS assessment process for prioritizing learning objectives for children with ASD.

4. Identify how the SCERTS curriculum-based assessment can be used to guide the development of objectives in social communication, emotional regulation, and transactional support at various developmental stages

5. Identify the interplay between social communication, emotional regulation, and transactional support essential for active engagement.

Schedule
8:30 to 10:15
Identifying the core domains, developmental stages, and empirical evidence  addressed within the SCERTS framework

10:15 to 10:30
Break

10:30 to 12:00
Identifying developmental priorities and provision for children with social emotional learning differences who are pre-symbolic (before words) and at the emerging language stages

12:00 to 1:00
Lunch

1:00 to 2:15
Identifying developmental priorities and provision for children with social emotional learning differences who are pre-symbolic (before words) and at the emerging language stages

2:15 to 2:30
Break

2:30 to 4:00
Identifying developmental priorities and provision for children with social emotional learning differences who are at conversational stages

Location
This event will be hosted via Zoom teleconferencing.

A link will be sent to registered attendees prior to the event. Partial credit will not be awarded, attendance will be monitored throughout the presentation. A post-test will be sent to all attendees during the event and must be completed and returned to DSHA within 48 hours of the event in order to receive a certificate of attendance.

Register
Register by March 4, 2021 online at https://dsha.org/events
Members should login before attempting to register.

DSHA Member:                           ($70.00)
Life Member:                                ($50.00)
Student Member:                        ($25.00)   
Non-member Professional:      ($80.00) 
Late Fee:                                       ($25.00)

Speaker Biography
Amy Laurent, PhD, OTR/L is a developmental psychologist and a registered pediatric occupational therapist. She is a co-author of the SCERTS model, a comprehensive, evidence-based model for supporting autistic individuals across the lifespan. She frequently lectures and provides training throughout the United States and internationally on topics related to therapeutic and educational intervention for autistic individuals. She is the recipient of Patricia Buehler Legacy Award for Clinical Innovation from the University of Southern California and has received numerous international grant funded training initiative awards. Her research interests include emotional regulation and active engagement in natural contexts. She is passionate about neurodiversity and helping others to understand and honor the implications of “different ways of being” in relation to navigating the physical and social world. Amy strives to practice what she preaches and uses her love of play, dance, and movement to meet her own regulatory needs.

DISCLOSURE: Amy Laurent will receive financial compensation for this presentation. She receives royalties from Brookes Publishing for the SCERTS Model Manuals, royalties from National Professional Resources for the Emotional Regulation Guide, and she receives a salary from Autism Level UP! LLC.  She does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.  The DSHA conference committee members have no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.  

Continuing Education Units

This course will be offered for 0.6 ASHA CEUs

(Intermediate level; Professional area)

An annual ASHA CE Registry fee is required to register for ASHA CEUs.  Contact the ASHA CE Division (1-800-498-2071 ext. 4219) for  CE Registry fee subscription information.