Step by Step to Autism

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Fee €130

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Starting Date

17:30 - 19:30

Time

12 hours

Duration

Online

Location

About the Course

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a condition that affects verbal and nonverbal communication, social skills,and behaviour. This course will enable participants to obtain detailed information on ASD. Participants will learn how to understand and interact with individuals with this condition. It should appeal to parents,
educators, and other professionals and employers who would like to better their knowledge on ASD.
Learning Outcomes:
• To obtain a general view of ASD. To understand the why’s and how’s of ASD.
• To examine the communication style of individuals with ASD.
• To learn how to manage different and challenging behaviours.
• To be around to help individuals with ASD to understand the social world and to be able to interact
in it.
• To learn how to produce and use a variety of aids that will help individuals with ASD.
• How to work with individuals with ASD in the school and work environment to enable the
individuals with ASD to perform to the best of their ability.

Course Content

1. ASD: An introduction
2. Understanding the behavior of individuals with ASD
3. Communication and ASD
4. Use of visual and social tools
5. ASD in the school and work environment
6. Social In interaction and ASD

Course Trainers

Ms Kristina Agius Uhlmann (Agius) B.Sc. (hons), M.ED. Autism (Birm)

Ms Kristina Uhlmann (Agius), B.Sc. (hons), M.ED. Autism (Birm) is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) specialised in the field of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Before retiring in 2020, she was Assistant Lecturer in the Communication Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta. Kristina also worked as a Specialist SLP in ASD in the Speech-Language Department, Malta, and had a work placement at the Speech and Language Therapy Department, Yorkhill Division, NHS Greater Glasgow. Kristina has experience working with children and adults with ASD and presenting workshops

Dr Nadine Tabone, Au.D. (NSU), Ph.D. (Melit)

Dr Nadine Tabone, Au.D. (NSU), Ph.D. (Melit) is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Communication Therapy at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta. She is a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist with a special interest in hearing impairment and auditory processing. Dr Tabone holds a Master of Science degree in Audiological Science from UCL and a Doctor of Audiology degree from Nova Southeastern University. She has also obtained a Ph.D. in the area of auditory processing skills in children where she has developed a behavioural test battery for auditory processing skills in Maltese children aged between 7 and 9 years.

Contact Details

trainingservices@muhc.com.mt

21240746