Webinar: Advancing Social Communication in Autism: Insights from 20+ Years of JASPER Research becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside language assessment, teaching sessions, caregiver coaching, and natural communication routines. In Advancing Social Communication in Autism: Insights from 20+ Years, for this course, the practical stakes show up in clearer case conceptualization, better instructional targets, and stronger generalization, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →The ability to engage with others and communicate effectively is a core focus of early interventions for children with autism. This talk will present over two decades of research on the JASPER model and its impact on social communication and language development in autistic children. JASPER is a naturalistic, developmental, and behavioral intervention with more than 12 randomized controlled trials involving parents, therapists, and teachers as implementers. The session will provide an overview of the model and highlight recent efforts to support children who are often underrepresented in research—those who have limited language, are minimally verbal, or have intellectual disabilities.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
Connie Kasari, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Distinguished Professor of Human Development & Psychology in the School of Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has been on the faculty at UCLA where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses and has been the primary advisor to more than 90 PhD students. She is a founding member of the Center for Autism Research and Treatment at UCLA. Her research aims to development novel, evidence-tested interventions implemented in community settings. Recent projects include targeted treatments for early social communication development in at risk infants, toddlers and preschoolers with autism, and peer relationships for school aged children with autism. She leads several large multi-site studies including a network on interventions for minimally verbal school aged children with ASD, and a network that aims to increase equity in access to interventions for children with ASD who are under-represented in research trials. She is the current past-president of the International Society of Autism Research.
Dig into the research behind this topic — plain-English summaries written for BCBAs.
280 research articles with practitioner takeaways
279 research articles with practitioner takeaways
258 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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