The most current research indicates that 1 in 59 Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (D/HH) individuals are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Shield & Meier, 2012); however, access to critical treatment, therapies, support, and research is scarce for these individuals and their families/caregivers creating substantial barriers in overall treatment and progress.
Join Stephanie Dille-Huggins, MA, BCBA who has been serving the D/HH + ASD community and their families for the past decade as she guides participants through an introductory course that provides training and insight into understanding the D/HH + ASD diagnosis to provide culturally responsive ABA-based services for this population. Participants will also be provided training on skill sets that must be developed among behavior analysts to ensure that they are practicing in their scope of competency and be provided guidance on considerations for practitioners prior to starting therapy and treatment with D/HH + ASD individuals. Participants will be guided through several case reviews of D/HH + ASD individuals that demonstrated substantial success in receiving ABA-based services rooted in cultural responsiveness before being guided through the importance of professionals developing advocacy skills within their own practice in order to effectively and ethically serve this population and their families.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will develop the ability to identify initial steps in serving the D/HH + ASD community.
- Participants will be able to list and describe at least 3 approaches to implementing culturally responsive treatment in serving the D/HH + ASD community.
- Participants will be able to list and describe at least 3 approaches to professional advocacy that behavior analysts can develop to increase ABA-based service outcomes for D/HH + ASD individuals.
About the Presenter
Stephanie was great. Her personal experiences added to her knowledge and made the training much more engaging and exciting. I appreciated the importance of building relationships centered on safety, trust and compassion. Blessings on your service to these amazing learners.
The course throws more light to the challenges those challenged with deaf and blindness have, and how to overcome such.
I'm confident this is one of the best trainings I have attended. I cannot wait to learn more from Stephanie in the future on this and other important topics relating to serving Deaf and HH individuals.
Such a thorough and well navigated presentation on the need for more awareness on how to properly serve individuals with D/HH and ASD.
Course information
- Title: Serving the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing + ASD Community
- Presenter: Stephanie Dille-Huggins BCBA, CODA
- CEUs: 2 Learning
- Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Customer Rating: (110)