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Strengths-Based and Neurodiversity Affirming Approach to Autism Assessment: A Practitioner’s Guide
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Have you ever worked with a client and noticed that treatment wasn’t progressing as expected? Or perhaps you noticed a concern related to typical development or an unexplained struggle, and you thought Autism, but didn’t know what to do next?
Join Rebecca Sachs, PhD, ABPP, and learn how to skillfully use specific screening and assessment-based tools and strategies for:
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When Autism is hypothesized, and you feel stuck
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Understanding unmet needs, delayed skills, and information processing differences that may be impacting treatment
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Confidently communicating Autism related considerations to clients, family, and other professionals
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Making effective and appropriate referrals
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Using assessment as a therapeutic process
By incorporating this knowledge and using the clinical skills that you already have, you will be able to support your client’s underdeveloped areas and unmet needs, as well as harness their strengths and passions!
Rebecca Sachs, PhD, ABPP
Rebecca Sachs, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of individuals on the Autism spectrum who also experience difficult co-occurring disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and severe anxiety. She works with individuals across the life span and believes in empowering individuals and their families with knowledge and skills. Board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology, Dr. Sachs was recently awarded a federally funded grant through the New York State Office of Mental Health, aimed at helping train community-based service providers better serve children and youth who are dually diagnosed with mental illness, like OCD, and a developmental disability. She has a private practice in New York and is co-director of Successful School Transitions, a comprehensive program for school refusal. Dr. Sachs received her bachelor’s degree, and PhD from New York University and Hofstra University, respectively, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Miami. In addition to these roles, Dr. Sachs is mom to an energetic and determined 6-year-old and stepmom to the coolest 15-year-old around.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Rebecca Sachs is the co-founder of Successful School Transitions and maintains a private practice. She has employment relationships with the International OCD Foundation and the LIU Post. Dr. Sachs receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Rebecca Sachs is a member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Associations, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the New York State Psychological Association.
