Contact
Rachael Benson, Administrative Assistant
The Spiral Foundation
74 Bridge Street
Newton, MA 02458
courses@thespiralfoundation.org
617-969-4410 ext 231
When
Monday, December 7, 2015
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Anywhere! This is an online event.
Continuing Education
Who:
Occupational therapists, OT assistants, physical therapists, PT assistants and students, speech and language therapists, parents, teachers, teacher aides, and paraprofessionals.
Introductory
Prerequisites: None
AOTA:
Completion Requirements:
To receive contact hours for this course you must attend this course live or view it as a recording and successfully complete the course exam.
Contact Hours:
This course is worth a total of 1.5 contact hours or .15 AOTA CEUs.
All registrants recieve a downloadable copy of the recorded webinar for personal use 1 to 5 business days after the course is completed.
ADA/Section 504: If you require special accommodations, please contact us at the address above.
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Continuing Education
Occupational Therapy Practitioners/ Occupational Therapy Assistants: The Spiral Foundation is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants by the American Occupational Therapy Association. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
FAQ
Q. How do I get my CEUs?
A: If you registered under the professional rate you will receive an email about how to access the CEU exam the morning of the presentation. You will be able to download your CEU certificate after completing the exam.
Q. How does purchasing the ParentSpeak Series work?
A: When you register select one of the ParentSpeak Series options under fees - professional or parent, CEUs or no CEUs. You will receive a confirmation email with call-in information for this ParentSpeak webinar. If you missed one or more ParentSpeak webinars you will receive a download link (and exam information, if applicable) for them within one to five business days. You do not need to reregister for future webinars in this ParentSpeak series; you will receive the call-in (and exam, if applicable) information via email one to five business days prior to the event.
Q: I am unable to attend / will miss part of the presentation. If I register now will I still be able to view the whole webinar?
A: Yes. All registrants reveive a download of the recorded webinar, regardless of live attendence. Download links are sent out via email one to five business days after the presentation is completed.
ParentSpeak
An All New Four Part Webinar Series
Part Four:
Improving Social Interaction and Play Skills in Children with Autism
Presented by: Sarah Friel, MA, CCC-SLP
Monday, December 7, 2015
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
ParentSpeak is a special four part webinar series suitable for parents and professionals focused on promoting functional skills in children with autism. Each webinar addresses a different area of function - executive functioning, language, play and social skills - as well as strategies for facilitating them. You won’t want to miss a single one!
Part Four of this series, 'Improving Social Interaction and Play Skills in Children with Autism,' will address important elements needed for the development of play skills. Strategies to promote social interaction in children with autism will provided and the relationship of social interaction to play skills will be discussed. Specific intervention strategies, designed for parents, teachers, and therapists to use at home and in the school, to to facilitate development of these skills will also be provided.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar participants will be able to:
- Identify at least 3 strategies to support play skills development in children.
- Describe the relationship between social interaction and play skills development in children with autism.
- Identify 3 problems in nonverbal thinking which can interfere with play skills development in children with autism.
About the Speaker: Sarah Friel, MA, CCC-SLP trained as a speech therapist in London, UK, where she gained her professional degree at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She gained her post-professional masters in Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of London. Over the last 23 years her career has been focused on pediatric caseloads in a wide variety of settings such as schools, hospitals and in-home therapy. Before moving to the USA, Sarah was an assistant professor of speech pathology at the university of Reading, UK, and senior specialist SLP in cleft palate, and craniofacial disorders at Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London. She moved to the USA in 2004 where she taught and conducted research in pre-school education at the University of Virginia. Sarah is trained in the Hanen© programs: ‘It Takes Two to Talk’ and ‘Learning Language and Loving It’ and is passionate about working with families in a functional way to improve communication skills at home and at school. She is comfortable working with all pediatric client groups but has particular interest in developmental speech and language disorders, motor speech disorders, cleft and craniofacial disorders and phonological and emergent literacy disorders.
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ParentSpeak webinars!!!
ParentSpeak Part 1:
Facilitating Executive Functioning Skills in Children with Autism
ParentSpeak Part 2:
Facilitating Sensory Integration and Language in Autism
ParentSpeak Part 3:
Facilitating Social Skills in Autism
Professional Rates (CEUs Available)
Cost for ParentSpeak Part 4 only: $65
Cost for ParentSpeak Webinar Series: $234
Parent Rates (NO CEUS)
Cost for ParentSpeak Part 4 only: $50
Cost for ParentSpeak Webinar Series: $180
PLEASE NOTE: If you register for the ParentSpeak Webinar Series under the Parent Rate you will NOT be able to receive a certificate of contact hours / CEUs.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds except in the event the course is cancelled by Spiral. Recorded downloads are available for those who miss the live event. Please see here towards the bottom of the page for the Spiral Foundation's complete policy regarding cancellations and refunds. For questions, contact us at courses@thespiralfoundation.org or 617-969-4410 ext 231.
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