Autism and friendship: clarifying the challenges and the challenge of clarifying.
March 23, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
| $150| OPEN FOR REGISTRATION | |
| Instructor: Peter Vermeulen | |
| Participants: All Interested | |
| Date/Times: 03/23/22 12:30-2:30 Cost: $150 | |
| Location: Webinar | |
| Course #: 2022-05 | |
| Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 508-717-1932,stetrault@ | |
| Course Description:One of the biggest misunderstandings about autism is that autistic people lack social motivation and want to be on their own. Autistic people have a need for connectedness, just like all other human beings. However, getting connected and staying connected is quite a challenge for them. Many of the relational skills and knowledge that neurotypical people seem to develop effortlessly and spontaneously are clogged by the way an autistic brain understands the world. In this webinar on autism and friendship, we explore the challenges children and young people with ASD are facing in making friends and keeping them and how they experience friendship. But we will also address some practical strategies for teaching and supporting them in the area of friendship. In particular, we will focus on the importance of clarifying for people with ASD the abstract, vague and context sensitive rules and ingredients of friendship. Peter Vermeulen, PhD in Psychology and Clinical Educational Sciences, has more than 35 years of experience in the field of autism. Founder of “Autism in Context”, where autism is understood in context. Peter is an internationally respected lecturer/trainer and he presents all over the world. Peter wrote more than 15 books and several articles on autism, some of them translated into more than 10 languages. For his +30 years of work in the field of autism, he received in 2019 a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Date:03/23/22 Cost: $150 Time: 12:30-2:30 Registration on Smart PD https://app.smartedu.net/ | |
