Understanding and Caring for Adults and Adolescents with PDD/ASD
Understanding and Caring for Adults and Adolescents with PDD/ASD
An essential 1 day workshop facilitated by Dr. Mark Weinberg
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PT)
Location: Sprott-Shaw Abbotsford Campus, 33655 Essendene Ave, Abbotsford
For many years autism was a label applied to a relatively small group of people with extreme social and communication deficits. Since the 1980's, however, the diagnosis has been reconceptualized as a spectrum, currently termed Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), or more popularly, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Consequently, the number of people diagnosed with autism, or another autism spectrum disorder, especially Aspergers disorder and PDD-NOS, has skyrocketed.
This workshop focuses on the needs of adolescents and adults living with a PDD diagnosis.
Topics covered will include the following:
- A very brief history of Autism and PDD
- Understanding the conditions included in the PDD spectrum
- The relationship between PDD and developmental disability
- PDD as a spectrum - how different people are differently affected by PDD
- Behavioral support strategies
- Psychiatric support strategies
- Other psychological support strategies
- The critical importance of collaboration amongst members of a client's care network
The workshop will be highly interactive, with opportunities for participants to meet fellow caregivers, to ask questions, discuss their existing or new knowledge and practice new skills.
About the presenter: Dr. Mark Weinberg has been working with adolescents and adults with PDD, and their caregivers and families for over 15 years. He has his PHD in Counseling Psychology from the Universisty of British Columbia.
For more information please visit the WJS Canada Training site or visit this page to register online.