Safety, Self-Care & Independence for Individuals with ASD
in United States at Dixon Elks Lodge-
Florissa Event on only April 7, 2022 | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Attend One Day Only: Teaching Safety Skills to Children with ASDOnline registration is closed for this category.
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Florissa Event on April 8, 2022 | 8:30am to 3:30pm
With April 7 optional add-on available
April 8th Registration includes LunchOnline registration is closed for this category.
About the Event |
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).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
- 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
Questions? |
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