Autism in Adulthood: Promising Trends in Employment
September 1, 2017 @ 5:00 am - 8:00 am
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9:00-12:00 noon
3.0 credits
With the large cohort of children diagnosed in the 1990’s entering adulthood, autism and related developmental disabilities are a global issue. With unemployment estimated at 70-80 percent, families of teens and adults face a crisis when their children age out of special education and are no longer entitled to services unless they have a cognitive disability. This workshop will focus on promising trends and emerging practices to face this challenge.
Objectives for this workshop:
- Explain the rapid rise in the incidence of autism spectrum disorders.
- Discuss current approaches to the transition to adulthood.
- Summarize current research about adolescence and adulthood related to ASD.
- Explain why autism is considered a spectrum disorder.
- Summarize the key “soft skills” necessary for pre-employment training.
Robert Naseef, Ph.D. has a singular voice as a psychologist and father of an adult son with autism. He has just returned from international conferences in Asia and the Middle East where he trained professionals in autism screening and diagnosis. Here in the Philadelphia area, along with Stephen Shore, Ed.D., he is a lead consultant to the ARC of Philadelphia and SAP’s “Autism at Work” program which involves collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation. He speaks at conferences nationally and internationally on issues facing families of children with autism and other special needs. He has a special interest in the psychology of men and fatherhood.
His latest book, Autism in the Family: Caring and Coping Together (2013) by Brookes Publishing includes praise from autism experts, parents, and people with autism such as Temple Grandin and Stephen Shore. This book is being released in Chinese this month.
On World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2017, he gave a TEDx talk entitled “How autism teaches us about being human” which you can see on YouTube. You can also visit his blog.