April 8, 2022 | 8:30am to 3:30pm
Registration is at 8:00 am and the program is located at the Dixon Elks Lodge, 1279 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, Illinois.

Autism: Addressing Hygiene, Puberty,
Personal Safety, and Sexuality Issues

This day-long workshop will address strategies for: teaching and promoting self-care and independence, teaching puberty, emphasizing modesty and privacy, increasing personal safety, reducing fear and confusion and teaching sexuality related issues to children and adults with ASD and related disabilities. The workshop will begin addressing the needs of children from the age of 3 (teaching hygiene and self-care) to elementary students (modesty, privacy, pre-puberty instruction and hygiene changes) to teenagers and young adults (puberty, personal safety and sexuality).

• Learn specific skills to teach students with ASD regarding hygiene, modesty, puberty, personal safety and sexuality.
  
• Learn strategies and techniques to effectively teach the workshop topics to individual students.
  
• See examples of how to present and teach the various workshop topics to students.
  
• Learn how to use visual supports and step-by-step instructions to teach skills to students.
  
[*]Discuss and problem-solve specific situations and students regarding hygiene, modesty, puberty, personal safety and sexuality

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