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• Looking Beyond Behavior: Understanding Medical Aspects of Autism

  • When
    08 Jul 2017
  •  
    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Autism Connection of PA, 35 Wilson Street #101, Pittsburgh, PA 15223
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  Looking Beyond Behavior:
  

  Understanding Medical Aspects of Autism

  A WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS & PROFESSIONALS

  
  

   Presented by

  Kristi Wees, M.S. Chem

   

  Saturday, July 8, 2017

  9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  

  
  

  AOTA, Act 48, and Social Workers Credits Available

  
  

  Autism Connection of PA

  35 Wilson Street #101

  Pittsburgh, PA 15223

  
  

  Recommended audience includes parents and extended families of children with ASD, teachers, paraprofessional and BHRS support staff, guidance counselors, social workers, clinicians, advocates, psychologists, behavior specialists, and all those desiring knowledge about behaviors and autism spectrum disorders.

  
  

  Biography:
  Kristi Wees received her Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Penn State University and was one of the inaugural graduates of the Schreyer’s Honors College at Penn State. She went on to complete her Master’s degree studies at UCLA in Chemistry. She has extensive industrial experience as well as hands on medical and clinical experience as she navigated her own daughter’s medical journey back to restored health. She is a passionate advocate for all children no matter what the diagnosis, because she believes that every family deserves the best quality of life together with their child.

  
  Learning Objectives:
  
  

  At the conclusion of this program participants will be able to:

  • Describe how gastrointestinal conditions can impact behavior in children with autism and what those behaviors may look like that could signal a potential underlying gastrointestinal red flag.

  • Identify neurological co-occurring medical concerns in the autistic population and how to advocate for testing and investigation into these concerns.

  • Describe in lay man's terms the potential immune system concerns for an individual with autism and how they can be identified.

  • Define what a mitochondrial disease/dysfunction is and how it relates to an individual with autism and how it can be linked to possible behaviors exhibited by an individual with autism.
    

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• Working through Resistance: Counseling for Adolescents with Complex Needs

  • When
    22 Jul 2017
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Autism Connection of PA, 35 Wilson Street #101, Pittsburgh, PA 15223
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  Working through Resistance:
  Counseling for Adolescents with Complex Needs

   Presented by
  Rebecca Hahn, MA,CRC, LPC

   

  Saturday July 22, 2017

  10:00  a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  

  
  

  Autism Connection of PA

  35 Wilson Street #101

  Pittsburgh, PA 15223

  
  

  AOTA, Act 48, CRCC Ethics, Psychology and Social Worker Credits Available

  About Our Speaker
  

  Rebecca Hahn MA, CRC, LPC, of Counseling for Progress, LLC, is a nationally-certified rehabilitation counselor with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from IUP. She has extensive experience working with diverse adolescents and adults. Ms. Hahn has worked in social work, education, psychology, and counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her professional experience includes: working at a homeless shelter with youth and young adults (ages 12-21), teaching drug and alcohol prevention and intervention to court-ordered juvenile offenders, facilitating psychosocial rehabilitation groups, providing intensive therapy to persons in partial hospitalization, counseling abused youth in Children’s Protective Services’ custody, and providing vocational rehabilitation counseling to individuals with multiple disabilities.

  Program Description
  Is your teen (or client) with ASD overwhelmed with anger and/or anxiety? How can someone engage a teenager who wants absolutely nothing to do with them? This workshop will describe approaches and counseling strategies that diminish resistance, engage adolescents in the therapeutic process, and empower adolescents with mental health diagnoses, drug/alcohol addictions, ASD, and complex needs to progress towards transformation.

  Learning Objectives

  At the conclusion of this program, participants will:

  • Use strategies to reduce “resistance,” establish rapport, and create and maintain close relationships with teenagers;
    
  • Use specific techniques which effectively engage teenagers in the counseling process;
    
  • Apply the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification's new code of ethics to the counselor relationship with adolescents
  • Address complex needs, especially needs related to mental health, substance abuse and multiple disabilities.

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