LIVE WEBCAST: Girls and Women with Autism 20 August 2021
$195.00 $175.00
Friday 20th August, 2021 – 9.30am – 4.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST – Brisbane)
Earlybird price til Friday 6th August, 2021
This presentation will celebrate the unique presentation of girls and women on the autism spectrum (ASD). It will increase awareness and knowledge of the female presentation of ASD and share strategies we find useful in clinical practice. We will address key challenges, including self-understanding, adolescence, relationships and expressing and managing emotions. We will provide strategies to maximise the possibility of successful outcomes.
Who will benefit?
- Parents and family members
- Autistic girls and women
- Teachers, therapists, psychologists, paediatricians and psychiatrists
Description
This presentation celebrates the unique presentation of girls and women on the autism spectrum. The presentation will equip the participant to:
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Understand why autistic girls and women are under diagnosed
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Recognise camouflaging and compensation coping mechanisms
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Recognise the ways the profile of abilities for girls may be different to boys with autism at different stages of development
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Appreciate the different pathways to diagnosis in autistic adolescent girls and women
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Utilise two new screening tools (QAS-C) designed to identify the characteristics of ASD level 1 in children and adolescents and in women
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Understand issues regarding self-identity and low self-esteem for autistic girls and women
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Strategies to enhance the concept of self
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Learn activities in a group programme (Being Me) developed for teenage girls with ASD
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Recognition of the effects of alexithymia and empathic attunement on the ability to experience and express emotions
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Strategies to recognise and regulate emotions
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The value of Energy Accounting to reduce the depth and duration of depression
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Understanding how Polyvagal theory can facilitate emotion management
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Learn strategies to develop friendship skills in childhood and adolescence
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Choose resources to improve social reasoning abilities
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Understand issues regarding adult relationships especially vulnerability, sexuality and being a mother
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Learn best ways for seeking and maintaining employment
See trailer below for more information on content for the day. (Please note that the topics for the live webcast and the online pre-recorded course are the same.)
About the speakers
Prof. Tony Attwood PhD is an internationally recognised clinical psychologist, educator, and author. Recently featured on ABC’s Australian Story, Tony is one of the world’s foremost authorities on autism. His book Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals is an international best seller and seminal in the field.
Dr Michelle Garnett PhD is a clinical psychologist who has specialised in autism for 27 years. In 2005 she founded Minds & Hearts, a now internationally recognised Clinic. Her research has informed understanding of early detection, the female profile and the importance of good mental health. She has co-authored six highly regarded books on autism, including a seminal work with Barb Cook on the female presentation, Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism.
Learning Objectives
To learn how autism can be expressed in girls and women, how they may adapt to autism and strategies to enhance specific abilities.
Module 1
- The profile of abilities of girls and women who have autism
- Imitation and camouflaging
- Girls interests
- Pathways to a diagnostic assessment
Module 2
- Question time
- A new screening tool for girls and women
- Self-identity
- Low self-esteem
- Strategies to enhance and express the sense of self
- Empathic attunement
- Alexithymia
- Energy accounting
Module 3
- Question time
- Anxiety
- Polyvagal theory and autism
- Friendships and relationships
- Psychological reactions to being different
- Issues experienced by teenage girls
- Resources
- A diagnosis of autism in the adult years
Module 4
- Question time
- Interpersonal relationships
- Being a mother with ASD
- The adult female personal expression of autism
- Employment
What will I be able to do as a result of attending this webcast?
Understand the adaptations to autism by girls and women, their daily challenges in making and keeping friends, learning, sensory sensitivity, emotion expression and regulation and sense of self as well as achieving and maintaining employment and being a mother.
Who will benfit?
- Parents and family members
- Autistic girls and women
- Teachers, therapists, psychologists, paediatricians and psychiatrists
Discounts/Cancellation/Refund Policy Australia
Please Note: The quickest and easiest way to book is online.
Discount: If you are a full time student requiring a discount please enquire about our student rate and send in a photocopy of your student ID card or if you are facing hardship please email events@attwoodandgarnettevents.com to apply for a discount.
For Cancellations: Up to 7 days notice payment will be refunded, minus a $50 administrative fee. At less than 7 days notice there will be no refund, but a credit note with Attwood and Garnett Events for future events, minus $50, will be issued. Attendance is fully transferable.
