interventions to help your clients on the autism spectrum thrive!
Autism intervention continues to evolve.
We're seeing a paradigm shift to one that embraces difference, takes the client's lead, builds on strengths while supporting needs, and appreciates how the body and brain use behaviors to manage surroundings.
But keeping up with emerging evidence-based autism assessments and treatments can be time consuming and overwhelming, leaving you unsure of what steps to take next…
…that's why we're introducing the Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist Intensive Training (ASDCS) - 2nd Edition: Affirming Neurodiversity with Strengths- and Abilities-Based Interventions. Leading voices in the field will breakdown interventions and approaches that'll help bring out your autistic clients' unique skills and extraordinary potential to help them thrive!
Through the lens of lived experience, autism experts Temple Grandin, Stephen Shore, Judy Singer, Wenn Lawson, Kim Clairy, Sean Inderbitzen, and Emile Gouws, explain the importance of looking at autism through an autistic lens to address the many challenges autistic individuals often experience.
Each awe-inspiring session provides you with concrete neurodiversity-affirming interventions to work with your autistic clients' unique needs, individual differences, and passions.
During this powerful online certification course, leading experts including Stephen Porges, Barry Prizant, Varleisha Lyons, Robert Naseef, Jeffrey Guenzel, and Michael Hannon—to name a few—will guide you through interventions that leverage relationships, trust, communication, acceptance, and the neuroception of safety.
From early intervention to transitioning to adulthood, you'll walk away with dozens of transformational strengths-based interventions, strategies and approaches to support your clients regardless of age or developmental stage!
For just $199.99 — Here's what you'll get...- 10 CE sessions
- 8 bonus CE sessions
- 3 bonus content sessions
- Earn up to 25.75 CE hours, including up to 1 hour of ethics
- PLUS, this course meets the educational requirements to become a...
Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) — at no additional cost to you!
That's right, in just three easy steps, you can become an ASDCS (a $249.99 value)!
Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist Intensive Training
(ASDCS) - 2nd Edition:
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BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification fee (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration! *Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs.
- Awareness, Acceptance, Appreciation, and Action Framework: Stephen Shore, EdD, flips autism intervention on its head and forever changes the way you view and work with autistic clients.
- Polyvagal Theory: Esteemed Stephen Porges, PhD, teaches the best strategies for down-regulating threat and defensive reactions by looking at the child's (and parent's) nervous systems.
- Polyvagal Informed Framework of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Building on the work of Stephen Porges, PhD, Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, MINT, provides a lens that's modifiable resulting in increased creativity, openness, curiosity, cognitive flexibility, and social engagement!
- Dissecting Brain-Gut to Address Sensorimotor Intervention: Varleisha Lyons, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, ASDCS, teaches you how to properly select interventions to help autistic children with self-regulation, emotional regulation, and sensorimotor skills.
- Autism Assessment: Wenn Lawson, PhD, teaches you to skillfully interlace a neurodiversity-affirming lens with DSM-5™ diagnostic criteria as well as how to separate autism from other co-occurring mental health issues in adults.
- Autism, LGBTQIA+, and the Intersectionality of Gender and Sexuality: Wenn Lawson, PhD, guides you through the implications for gender and sexual development, diagnosis, as well as how to support this diverse population.
- Racial Disparities and Neurodivergence in Autism: From racial disparities in access to timely and quality care to the influences of those disparities, Drs. Robert Naseef and Michael Hannon empower you to design strategies for more equitable and just engagement with autistic clients and their families.
Plus, you'll get essential updates to some of the most important and trending topics in autism assessment and treatment, including how to help your clients:
- Prevent the need for meltdowns and emotional outbursts
- Develop social skills to successfully navigate social interactions
- Build a foundation of safety and trust
- Build on their strengths through client-centered approaches
- Recognize side effects of psychotropic medication that can mimic or cause behavioral issues
- Successfully transition through middle school, high school, and beyond
- And so much more!
“When you meet one person with Autism, you've met one person with Autism”
![ASDCS](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/jnjozhacqe6eimai_qrtpw.png)
In just three easy steps, you will become a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) starting today:
Step 1: Watch the online certification training.
Step 2: Complete the CE tests and instantly print your certificates of completion.
Step 3: Submit the Certification Questionnaire included in this training, and your application is complete.
*Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs
(ASDCS) - 2nd Edition:
BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification fee (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration! *Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs.
![Temple Grandin](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/a8yrykmzoeu0okzemqbnqq.png)
- Whole-person approaches that honor each child's uniqueness
- Moving beyond “label-locking”
- Teaching basic life skills, “stretching”, and giving choices
- Exposing clients to career options before high school
- And so much more!
![Stephen Shore](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/kggjtlesyeo4bnyu2wkxfw.png)
![Jeffrey Guenzel](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/kkyqvh0_muo8mhafkxbqw.png)
![Emile Gouws](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/plzafpjuy0saybici51_yg.png)
![Kim Clairy](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/dc_hgjmxfuuyznlyii_naa.png)
![Varleisha Lyons](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/uup1e4a6tkiz1ere6wplxg.png)
- Connect behavior to gut ecosystem to better understand the symptomatology: Enteric nervous system, primitive reflexes, neurological senses, neuronal oscillations
- Address challenging behaviors, such as hyperactivity, aggressiveness, self-stimulatory, sensory avoidance, and inattentiveness amongst other concerns
![Barry Prizant](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/ig2veih4juounpgikm0hug.png)
![Robert Naseef](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/5hrqcedsre2mp_tvfehpbg.png)
![Michael Hannon](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/zm_6rwvd1keyljxs6offea.png)
![Gil Tippy](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/r5mcfzlnei3jopmm2_soa.png)
- Understand your autistic clients' unique individual profile including: sensory-motor, social-emotional-communication, language
- Address the biological challenges that may be hindering the developmental process
- Implement the basics of DIR/Floortime® to address your clients' core deficits while strengthening their core capacities of relating, communicating, and thinking!
![Kathy Kaluza Morris](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/q7nggo4_ukmokvr3h8qo1q.png)
![Sean Inderbitzen](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/r8mpfo4my0ozwmpcdqo2xg.png)
- Polyvagal-Informed Framework of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- How this framework informs modifications for EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
![Robert Bernstein](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/2ybadelfhemas9o3qs9apw.png)
(ASDCS) - 2nd Edition:
BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification fee (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration! *Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs.
![Stephen Porges](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/9q_qfyrtusdc9uzbudmra.png)
![Wenn Lawson](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/ly_6pthvrkmxzhhxadk_pa.png)
- How to interlace a neurodiversity-affirming lens with DSM-5™ diagnostic criteria
- The interplay between poor mental health and autism and impact of unmet needs
- How autism presents differently in different gender identities
![Rebecca Sachs](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/evoiplksouk2x2qjcj6cla.png)
![Tamara Rosen](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/tn2i0l2_cuwtfxp0riubxg.png)
- When ASD is suspected and you feel stuck
- Understanding and treating challenging behaviors that may be impacting treatment
- Communicating concerns to other professionals and parents
- Making effective and appropriate referrals
- Tailoring and modifying intervention plans
![Carol Westby](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/0nzstrd8oky0vjjnqvxjuw.png)
- Current research on neural bases for emotional understanding and ToM
- Developmental stages of ToM from infancy through adolescence
- Assessment and intervention implications for ToM deficits and how to intervene with infants through school-age children
![Kathleen Platzman](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/jrierp1kkqvrdkapfntcw.png)
![Karen Levine](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/r4trdjfgp0erg2sgjrjgw.png)
- Many common practices within autism related services and supports that have serious ethical concerns
- Way to provide ethical services to ensure we are operating at the highest ethical level possible, looking through the lens of autistic self-advocates
![Cara Marker Daily](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/rqxxhobj8u2lpg0jh2hilw.png)
- Benefits of certain pharmacological interventions in treating the symptoms of ASD
- Potential side effects of psychotropic medication that can mimic or cause behavioral issues
- Your role as a treating clinician in assisting your client's with ASD in psychopharmacological management
![Laura Sibbald](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/wtoxpsspeo8rfeigxrfcw.png)
- Opportunities of exploration and autonomy within a structured setting where clients learn their best practices and how to advocate for themselves
- Evidence-based methods for promoting dynamic learning, self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-advocacy strategies to build a student's personal autonomy
![Judy Singer](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/efarb2cirkw6vwssroge4g.png)
![Varleisha Lyons](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/uup1e4a6tkiz1ere6wplxg.png)
- The concept of neurodiversity, the development of a neurodiversity movement, and its achievements in the social justice arena
- How she fits into the neurodiverse tapestry
- Ways you can look through the neurodiversity lens in support of your clients on the spectrum
![Kim Clairy](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/dc_hgjmxfuuyznlyii_naa.png)
![Marcella Raimondo](https://cdn.pesi23.com/images/voaax0mj0eqeiv0we2tv9g.png)
(ASDCS) - 2nd Edition:
BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification fee (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration! *Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs.
"This was one of the best conferences that I have attended! Excellent speakers with a wide range of knowledge. Thank you!" — Mary M., Psychotherapist
"I have learned so many practical ways to apply this information to my private practice. I want to thank the seminar hosts and the presenters for working through an essentially unyielding process with great success." — Roni C., Counselor
"Thank you to PESI, the presenters, and seminar hosts for guiding us through such a valuable 2-day summit. I am excited to view the bonus sessions for self-study." — Ingrid, D., Speech-Language Pathologist
We’re that confident you'll find this learning experience to be all that's promised and more than you expected.
(ASDCS) - 2nd Edition:
BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification fee (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration! *Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs.