What is a Speech Pathologist’s role in neurodiversity-affirming social skills?
| Monday, May 27, 2024 |
| 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
| River View Room 05 |
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📚 Assumed knowledge of attendees: Intermediate (some previous learning/working knowledge of topic e.g. treated a few cases)
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What is a Speech Pathologist’s role in neurodiversity-affirming social skills?
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMPresentation summary
Join an autistic speech pathologist and a speech pathologist who is a parent to neurodivergent youth to explore perspectives on the scope of speech pathology within the provision of neurodiversity affirming social skills therapy for autistic youth and young adult clients.
Attendees will be supported to reflect on and share their perspectives on traditional approaches to social skills interventions, such as teaching and practicing neurotypical social skills. Through information and case-studies, participants will be encouraged to consider contemporary alternatives to address ongoing social communication needs of autistic youth and adults. Through a neurodiversity-affirming lens, speech pathologists will consider the value of building self-advocacy, perspective-taking and problem-solving skills, working holistically within a multidisciplinary team, and supporting understanding and acceptance of self and from others.
Participants will be encouraged to take an active role in the discussion by supporting the identification of barriers experienced by speech pathologists when implementing a neurodiversity-affirming approach, as well as sharing solutions and success stories. This session aims to support attendees to go from a theoretical knowledge of neurodiversity-affirming practice to be able to plan and evaluate practical implementations.
**This topic could be condensed into a 15-minute in-practice session to provide an introduction to this area if more suitable.**
Key messages
2. Neurodiversity-affirming alternatives for social skills goals and approaches
3. Evaluation of implementation of neurodiversity-affirming approaches across common barriers and facilitators of success
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What is a Speech Pathologist’s role in neurodiversity-affirming social skills?
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM**********
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