Preparing the Community for an Autism Emergency is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of community routines and natural environments. In Preparing the Community for an Autism Emergency, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better performance, lower drift, and more sustainable team development, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Profound Autism Summit
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →Elopement, or leaving supervision without permission, is a dangerous tendency that is common in children on the autism spectrum and too often has life-threatening consequences. Although many of the same approaches to addressing other forms of harmful behavior can be applied to elopement, most require some modifications. In addition, the behavioral treatment literature has tended to focus somewhat narrowly on intervention approaches that can reduce the probability of elopement. This talk will present some of the research on that topic, as well as expand on it to share recent research to improve its practicality for families and their ability to access effective interventions for elopement. (Call) People with ASD are more likely to have a 911 encounter than a neuro-typical person. The number of responses is increasing nationwide at an alarming rate. These calls can be high risk calls for the responder and a person with ASD. Injuries and in some calls for service, death has resulted due to the lack of understanding about a person with ASD. (Cannata) Kate's son had his first encounter with police at the age of 2 and his most recent critical missing incident at 14. Kate will discuss how to prevent wandering, what to do should it occur and what resources work best for our vulnerable loved ones. (Movius)
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
| NASW | 1 | — |
| PSY | 0 | — |
Nathan Call, PhD, BCBA-D received his doctorate in school psychology from the University of Iowa in 2003. He has been at Marcus Autism Center since 2006, where he has held many positions as a clinician and leader of clinical programs. He currently serves as the Vice-President of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for Marcus Autism Center. In this role he is responsible for all operations and clinical oversight for the center.Dr. Call is also a Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Chief of the Division of Autism & Developmental Health in the Emory University School of Medicine. He has an active research agenda that includes publishing in and serving on the boards of editors for several journals. His current research interests include the assessment and treatment of severe forms of dangerous and destructive behavior, with a particular emphasis on increasing access to evidence-based practices. He has served as Principal Investigator on several federally funded projects, including randomized clinical trials of behavioral interventions targeting dangerous behavior, such as elopement, and other behavior that can negatively affect outcomes for neurodiverse individuals, such as encopresis.
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