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Diagnostic Center North: Strengthening Autism Assessments Through Behavioral Observations

December 17, 2024

8:30 am to 12:30 pm

SCOE: 5340 Skylane Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

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Presenter(s)

Intended Audience

  • Intermediate to advanced practitioners
  • School psychologists
  • Speech-language pathologists
  • Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) assessors

This training is intended for intermediate to advanced school-based practitioners who conduct autism assessments. The primary focus is to sharpen and expand assessors' ability to operationalize and collect observational data as part of a comprehensive assessment. This training will build capacity to identify and document obvious and subtle social and behavioral features of autism.

Participants Will

  • Understand the value of diagnostic criteria to determine autism educational eligibility
  • Anchor behavioral observations with key indicators of autism
  • Identify varying degrees of autism-related behaviors

A Certificate of Completion is available for virtual trainings, in-person trainings, Special Training Opportunities and Technical Assistance Projects. This may be used to document professional development hours or applied towards the credential requirements for Education Specialist Level II non-university activities.