Description
BENEFITS
- Certificate of Completion will be issued upon successful completion of course and quiz.
- Access to this training and related materials for one year from date of purchase.
Prerequisites: NONE. This training is appropriate for those with a beginner to intermediate level of knowledge in a mental health or medical field, which includes but is not limited to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health counselors, and nurses.
RECOMMENDED READINGS (BOOKS INCLUDED WITH PURCHASE)
- Wahlberg, T: Finding the Gray
- Beard, J: Autism & the Rest of Us
LESSONS
- Lesson 1: The Perspective that Works: Introduction to the Linear Autism Method
- Lesson 2: Understanding and Managing the Drivers Behind Autistic Behavior using LAM.
- Lesson 3: The ASD Client’s World View and the 7 Classic Thinking Patterns
- Lesson 4: Managing the Problems of a Social Disability with LAM
- Lesson 5: Motivating Children with Autism with LAM
- Lesson 5 of 9 will support the therapist’s efforts to stimulate interest and participation, gain cooperation, and increase compliance in general.
- Lesson 6: Understanding and Conquering the Executive Functioning Deficits with LAM
- Lesson 7: LAM Explains Why Communicating Effectively is so Difficult and How to Make it Easier
- Lesson 8: LAM’s Successful Therapeutic Model For Autism Treatment
- Lesson 9: Diagnosing Autism
This class supports the clinical practitioner diagnosing autism, in using LAM to more accurately recognize the subtle signs that an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis would be more appropriate than other diagnoses. This helps diagnose higher functioning individuals who are often mis-diagnosed, which is the largest growth area in autism.
