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| Workshop |  | ASD Toolkit for Educational Identification of Autism-Virtual |
| Department |  | ESU#3 Student Services |
| Default Contact |  | Amy Harvey |
| Default Location | | Off Site Locations |
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| Description | | Toolkit for Educational Identification of Autism
Date: January 5, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM MT, 9:00 AM - 4 PM CST
Location: Zoom link will be sent prior to the training
Fee: FREE!
Presenters: Angie Jacobsen School Psych ESU 10, Jamie Lewis Central Region ASD Coordinator, Meggin Funk Western Region ASD Coordinator, & Annette Wragge, NE ASD Network Coordinator
Audience: This training is for all team members (ECSE, SLPs, Psychologists, Special Education Teachers, OT’s, etc.) who participate in the evaluation of individuals to consider eligibility for identification of a child, B-21 in the category of autism.
Description: This workshop will examine/review overall assessments of ASD, as well as assessments in the three core areas affected by ASD – communication, social, and behavior/executive functioning.
? This workshop will discuss identification of autism birth to 21 yrs., including those difficult to identify groups such as: Birth-3 yrs., 3-5 yrs., and girls on the autism spectrum.
? The focus will be on training tools and strategies for evaluating students suspected of having an educational disability on the autism spectrum.
? Educational teams will have an opportunity to examine a variety of formal autism assessments and utilize some informal autism assessments during workshop activities.
? Participants will benefit from attending with a focus student in mind to start their team discussion on practices for collecting a body of evidence for the identification of autism.
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