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Step into the future of transformative autism intervention at the premier autism event of the year!

Trauma often has a profound and amplified impact on autistic individuals, shaped by their unique sensory, social, and emotional processing differences.

Misunderstanding or misinterpreting these dynamics can complicate the therapeutic process—and may even unintentionally cause harm.

As a clinician, are you confident that your client’s meltdowns, emotional struggles, or aggressive behaviors stem from autism itself—or could they be responses to deeply internalized trauma, social exclusion, or abuse?

At the 2025 Autism Symposium, we'll dive into this complex interplay head on!
You'll be guided through how to accurately differentiate between trauma and autistic traits so you can provide targeted, effective, and deeply holistic care...and so much more!
Join us and hundreds of your colleagues for this powerful event featuring the most sought-after thought leaders in the field, including keynote speaker Devon Price, author of best-selling book, Unmasking Autism.

Your all-star panel of experts includes:

  • Temple Grandin – Author of 10+ books on autism and 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award winner
  • Barry Prizant - Author of Uniquely Human and Uniquely Human: The Podcast
  • Jed Baker - Award-winning author of numerous books; director of the Social Skills Training Project
  • Sean Inderbitzen – Author of popular, Autism in Polyvagal Terms
  • Deb Dana – Pioneer in polyvagal theory-informed work with trauma survivors
  • And many more!
Best of all, you can become a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) through Evergreen Certifications upon completion of this course at no additional cost to you!
As autism intervention continues to evolve, it’s paramount as clinicians we evolve with it. The future of your practice awaits—register now and save 66%!


2025 Austism Symposium
Actionable Strategies for Trauma's Impact on Sensory and Emotional Processing
May 7–9, 2025
 
$429.99$247.99
Don’t wait - early bird pricing ends soon!
Attend Live Online
Includes up to 21.5 CE Hours (16 Live and 5.5 On-Demand)
CE details coming soon...
Learn On-Demand
Includes up to 21.5 Self-Study CE Hours
CE details available 4–6 weeks after the event
BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration!
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs

 

Here's what's included in your all-access pass

Join the most skilled autism experts for a powerful training packed with the latest breakthroughs and strengths-based strategies designed for clinicians! You'll discover:

  • Innovative assessments to uncover a history of trauma experiences
  • Polyvagal-informed approaches to address atypical sensory responses
  • Exposure-based strategies to manage anxiety, meltdowns, and withdrawal
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy adaptations when mindfulness is challenging
  • Compassion-Focused Therapy to foster self-compassion
  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy to build self-esteem
  • DIRFloortime® to prevent masking and reduce suicidal ideation
  • Virtual interventions like AI and the Metaverse to tackle social trauma
  • Brain-Gut connection insights to address emotional regulation and sensorimotor skills
  • Social-emotional regulation strategies to build trust and improve quality of life
  • And so much more!

Join live virtually or get the complete recording package for only $147.99—a 66% savings. This full all access pass includes:

  • 10 Live sessions - Up to 16 Live CE Hours Included
  • 5 OnDemand Sessions - Up to 5.5 Self-Study CE Hours Included
  • Dynamic panel discussion CE session
  • Live Q&A with 17 leading autism experts
  • 14 days of unlimited replays
  • Downloadable resources

PLUS, this event 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 a ASDCS (a $249.99 value)! *Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs
Don't miss the world's premier gathering for professionals who support autistic clients! You'll be enlightened and uplifted both professionally and personally—Register now!

 

2025 Austism Symposium
Actionable Strategies for Trauma's Impact on Sensory and Emotional Processing
May 7–9, 2025
 
$429.99$247.99
Don’t wait - early bird pricing ends soon!
Attend Live Online
Includes up to 21.5 CE Hours (16 Live and 5.5 On-Demand)
CE details coming soon...
Learn On-Demand
Includes up to 21.5 Self-Study CE Hours
CE details available 4–6 weeks after the event
BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration!
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs
Your Autism Symposium Schedule
Day 1 | Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Devon Price, PhD
8:30–9:30 AM Central
Keynote Address
Unmasking for Life: Authenticity, Autonomy, and Autistic Liberation

Join Dr. Price, author of Unmasking Autism and the forthcoming Unmasking for Life, as he shares his personal journey discovering and embracing an Autistic identity. We'll explore the major gains that the Autistic community has made in public acceptance and improved accessibility in the last decade, and then outline a vision for neurodiverse justice that is rooted in the ideals of liberation, autonomy, and authenticity. Alternative models of accessing care, accommodations, and community will be explored, as will alternative paradigms for approaching neurodiversity, beyond pathology or psychiatric models.

Please note: CE hours are not offered for this session



Ruth Aspy, PhD Barry G. Grossman, PhD
9:40-11:40 AM Central
Revolutionizing Autism Assessments: Strategies to Detect and Address History of Trauma

Autistic individuals often experience events that are traumatizing such as abuse, bullying, rejection, humiliation, and loss. These factors highlight the importance of including screening for traumatic experiences in autism evaluations.

Drs. Aspy and Grossman will expertly guide you through:

  • Strategies to assess for a history of significant stressors and traumatic events
  • Skilled use of self-report data to differentiate and uncover history of trauma and overcome overreliance on observation data
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Strategies to address effects of trauma
  • Prevention of further traumatization caused by the assessment process


Sean Inderbitzen Bonnie Goldstein
12:10-2:10 PM Central
Applications of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to Autism and Trauma in Children, Adolescents and Adults
Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, MINT and Bonnie Goldstein PhD, EdM, LCSW | Click here for more information on Sean Inderbitzen. Click here for more information on Bonnie Goldstein.

Join Drs. Goldstein and Inderbitzen as they introduce an overview of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP), the evidence base for SP in traumatized autistic clients, illustrate applications of somatic resourcing through exercises and video demonstrations, and guide you through Sensorimotor Psychotherapy's PEACE Protocol's five steps to modulate activation and build resilience.



Jed Baker
2:20-4:20 PM Central
Reducing Anxiety and Trauma Responses in Autistic Children and Teens

Dr. Baker will guide you through both the science of exposure-based treatment and the art of applying these strategies to autistic clients who can often be resistant to treatment to address their anxiety issues. Strategies for both highly verbal and less verbal autistic individuals will be demonstrated through multiple case studies.


 
 
Day 2 | Thursday, May 8, 2025
Sean Inderbitzen Deb Dana
8:30–10:00 AM Central
Keynote Address
Leaving Diagnosis at the Door: Understand Atypical Sensory Responses Through the Lens of the Nervous System

Embracing polyvagal theory as a framework for people allows us to consider the nervous system present in the therapy room. Interpersonal Neurobiology Authors, pioneer Deb Dana LCSW, and Sean Inderbitzen LCSW, DSW, have a dialogue about atypical sensation presentation as a reflection of the nervous system.



Jeffrey J. Guenzel Robert Jason Grant
10:10 AM-12:10 PM Central
Masking Prevention with DIRFloortime®
Jeffrey J. Guenzel, EdD, LPC and Robert Jason Grant, EdD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S, | Click here for more information on Jeffrey J. Guenzel. Click here for more information on Robert Jason Grant.

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Jennifer Gerlach
12:40-2:10 PM Central
The Autism Self-Acceptance Toolkit: ACT and Compassion Focused Therapies

The therapy room can be a space for autistic individuals to explore their needs, how they experience the world, work toward self-discovery, build self-compassion and emerge with confidence to live life in full color with an autistic identity.

In this session, you’ll learn concrete strategies drawn for Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapies to help autistic clients spark a sense of self-compassion. We will begin with a dive into autistic identity and end with techniques that you can integrate into your therapy sessions immediately after.



Barry Prizant
2:20-4:20 PM Central
Supporting Emotional Regulation: A Neuro-Affirming Approach to Lessen Stress and Prevent Trauma in Schools and in Life
Barry Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP | Speaker Bios Coming Soon

It is now well accepted that autistic and neurodivergent individuals are at high risk for experiencing trauma. Many factors, such as the physical environment and the behavior of other people and may contribute to highly stressful and traumatic experiences across different settings. Join Dr. Prizant as we consider risk factors that may result in stressful and even traumatic experiences, and preventative strategies based on supporting emotional regulation that support trusting relationships and quality of life.


 
Day 3 | Thursday, May 9, 2025
Varleisha (Gibbs) Lyons
9:30-11:00 AM Central
Revolutionize Autism & Social Trauma Intervention with AI and the Metaverse
Varleisha (Gibbs) Lyons, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, ASDCS | Click here for more information on Varleisha (Gibbs) Lyons.

Dr. Lyons will guide you through innovative strategies and interventions that leverage AI and the Metaverse to enhance social trauma support for autistic clients. By integrating cutting-edge technologies and therapeutic techniques, you’ll learn how to create immersive environments that promote social skills, emotional regulation, and community building, ultimately transforming the therapeutic landscape for individuals on the autism spectrum.



Expert Panel Graphic
11:10 AM-12:40 PM Central
A Long-Awaited Panel Discussion

Description coming soon...

 


 

 

Your On-Demand Sessions

Varleisha Gibbs Lyons
Supporting Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Growth in Autistic Children: Navigating Neuroplasticity, Gut-Brain Connection, and Sensorimotor Techniques
Varleisha Gibbs Lyons, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, ASDCS | Click here for more information on Varleisha Gibbs Lyons.

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Ethical Considerations in Autism Related Services: Operating at the Highest Level Possible

Join Drs. Platzman and Levine as they guide you through the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) toolkit—developed by autistic self-advocates—which provides the field feedback on what is ethical and what is not. Using the ASANs toolkit as a guide, we’ll look at:

  • 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

This session is in part based on the ASAN toolkit entitled, "For Whose Benefit: Evidence, Ethics, and Effectiveness of Autism Interventions".



Joshua Feder
Treating Autism Spectrum Co-Morbidities: Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Irritability, Anxiety, ADHD, & More

Drawing on his approach from his latest book, Child Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice, Second Edition, Dr. Josh Feder will guide you through all the steps you might try before resorting to antipsychotic medications to reduce client struggles with irritability, anxiety, aggression, depression, ADHD, and sleep.

From non-pharmacological approaches to supplements, milder medications, and, if you need them, how to monitor for the side effects of antipsychotics and reduce some of the side effects, you'll be ready to match the interventions with the needs and values of autistic clients and their families.

 


Thank you to this year's Autism Symposium Sponsors
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2025 Austism Symposium
Actionable Strategies for Trauma's Impact on Sensory and Emotional Processing
May 7–9, 2025
 
$429.99$247.99
Don’t wait - early bird pricing ends soon!
Attend Live Online
Includes up to 21.5 CE Hours (16 Live and 5.5 On-Demand)
CE details coming soon...
Learn On-Demand
Includes up to 21.5 Self-Study CE Hours
CE details available 4–6 weeks after the event
BONUS! Your Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS) certification (a $249.99 value) is included in today's deeply discounted registration!
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs

 

 

Certification Made Simple
 
In just a few simple steps, you can become an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS):
 

Step 1: Complete this live interactive training and the additional self-study modules.

Step 2: Complete the CE tests and instantly print your certificates of completion.

Step 3: Submit your certificates of completion, application form, and professional license to Evergreen Certifications and we'll cover the cost of your certification for 2 years (a $249.99 value!)*

 

That's it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.

*Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/asdcs

 

FAQ
Yes, the 2025 Austism Symposium gives you the power to use in-demand, non-stigmatizing approaches to support your clients from a strengths-based, client-centered, neurodiversity-focused lens.

Becoming a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist enhances your career by aligning you with the growing demand for specialized training. As autism intervention has evolved from behavior-based interventions to acceptance and personalized support, this certification equips you with the latest modalities to tailor your sessions to each client's unique needs, making you more valuable to both clients and employers seeking expertise in this rapidly changing field.

Take the next step toward offering your clients the highest level of care – Register now to begin your ASDCS journey!

And, remember, we're covering the cost of certification - $249.99 value! YOURS FREE!

Becoming an ASDCS is simple: complete all the sessions, complete the CE test, and submit your application to Evergreen Certifications. Best of all, your certification fee for two years is paid by PESI when you register and complete all the conference training, including those on-demand.

This symposium was designed for counselors, social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, occupational therapist, speech-language pathologists, educators, and other professionals who work with autistic clients as well as those who are just starting out.

Yes, includes up to 21.5 CE Hours (Up to 16 Live and 5.5 Self-Study CE Hours) at the very low price of $147.99!

Yes! Just register for our fully on-demand version of this conference, which will be available 4-6 weeks after the live event dates of May 9, 2025. You'll get unlimited access to the training and will be able to earn self-study CE hours! Click here to learn more and register to earn CE on your own schedule.

YES! You'll be able to engage with the presenters and chat with colleagues throughout each presentation.

Yes! You get unlimited replay access for 14-days after the training. Replays will be available within the week after the training ends and will be in the same place where the live sessions took place in your account portal.

 


 
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