The Power of No: Teaching Young Autistic Children to Self-Advocate
In the course participants will be able to identify how a child is currently communicating 'no'. The participants will learn to teach young children how to communicate 'no' more effectively. Participants will identify strategies to support young children tolerate situations when 'no' is not an option.
Speaker Name
Lisa Wallace, MS, CCC-SLP
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Participants will be able to identify how a child is currently communicating 'no'
Participants will learn to teach young children how to communicate 'no' more effectively
Participants will identify strategies to support young children tolerate situations when 'no' is not an option
Lisa Wallace, MS, CCC-SLP
Lisa Wallace, M.S. CCC-SLP is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist. Lisa has worked for Vanderbilt University Medical Center for over 25 years in a variety of clinical and research roles and is currently the director of the Tadpole clinic which provides social-communication and engagement focused ABA intervention to very young children diagnosed with autism. In addition to her clinical work, Lisa has worked in private practice and as a consultant for several school districts in Tennessee.
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