Neurodiversity Affirming Practices & Making Sense of Sensory SASKATOON
Neurodiversity Affirming Practices & Making Sense of Sensory SASKATOON
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Full-day, live, in-person event with Cari Ebert at TCU Place in Saskatoon June 5/25.
Early Bird pricing ON NOW until March 21/25. Limited seating.
SIX hours of continuing eduction: Morning session (3 hrs) will focus on Autism strategies and Neurodiversity affirming practices. Afternoon session (3 hrs) will focus on making sense of sensory. This professional workshop is open to all professionals working with Autistic kids and their families.
Exceptional lunch provided. Continuous coffee, tea and water throughout the day.
AM Summary
This course provides an overview of how to provide strengths-based, neurodiversity- affirming services to Autistic children and their families. The strategies and goals addressed in this course are not focused on establishing compliance or fixing deficits identified on standardized tests, but rather on supporting regulation, connection, communication, and self-advocacy to help Autistic children learn, grow, and thrive as their authentic selves.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
Describe the differences in how Autistic children develop and learn using neurodiversity-affirming language.
Summarize the racial and gender disparities in diagnosing Autism.
Explain how the medical model of disability promotes ableism.
Formulate neurodiversity-affirming therapy goals.
PM Summary
This course provides an overview of the external and internal sensory systems along with observable characteristics of sensory dysregulation. Understanding that sensory input drives motor and behavioural output provides the foundation for this course. The way young children take in, process, and respond to sensory information significantly affects the way they learn, develop, and behave. While occupational therapists are the professionals who specialize sensory integration therapy, this course is designed for all therapists, educators, and administrators to better understand how to support children with sensory differences.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
List and describe the 5 external sensory systems and the 3 internal sensory systems.
Explain how unmet sensory needs can contribute to challenging behaviour.
Summarize how to create sensory-rich learning opportunities to support
children with sensory differences.
