The Language & Art of Social Skills

7 type 2 BACB CEUs

This intermediate level workshop is geared for speech-language pathologists, special educators, teachers, social workers,psychologists and parents. Workshop will focus on identifying the different types of social skills necessary, including non-verbal and conversational skills, for competent communication. It will also include assessment and remediation techniques to address common deficits of typically developing children as well as children with ASD in the area of social and behavioral functioning.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  1. Participants will be able to define Theory of Mind and implement three techniques to improve perspective taking skills.
  2. Participants will be able to identify the components needed to develop a social skills program for typically developing children and children with ASD
  3. Participants will identify three strategies to remediate challenging behaviors using problem-solving techniques.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome and Introduction

    • How to Use this Webinar
  • 2

    Session 1

    • Handout

    • Session 1 Video
  • 3

    Session 2

    • Session 2 Video
  • 4

    Session 3

    • Session 3 Video
  • 5

    Session 4

    • Session 4 Video
  • 6

    Get Your CEUs

    • Congratulations

    • Evaluation Form

Your Instructors

Perri Hecht, M.S., CCC-SLP/A, Cert. AVT, LSLS

Perri Hecht is the founder and director of Perri Hecht Speech and Auditory Services, specializing in social skills intervention, aural (re)habilitation and auditory processing disorders. She presents at conferences both nationally and internationally, and has been published in professional journals. She also consults for schools and school districts in New York and New Jersey, and has taught as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York.

Mindy Rosenthal, M.S., BCBA/LBA

Mindy Rosenthal is director of Student Services at Ilan High School. Her private practice, Behavior Educational Consulting, specializes in the remediation of social skill deficits in children, adolescents and adults with ASD and non-verbal learning disabilities. She presents and consults nationally and internationally, on social skills, executive function, and behavioral programs.