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Creative Approaches To Enhancing Relationships With Nonverbal Children With Asd, Lauren Gagliardi Ma, Mt-Bc, Amy R. Hunter Ma, Bc-Dmt, Lpc
Creative Approaches To Enhancing Relationships With Nonverbal Children With Asd, Lauren Gagliardi Ma, Mt-Bc, Amy R. Hunter Ma, Bc-Dmt, Lpc
Annual Foundations Behavioral Health/La Salle University Autism Spectrum Disorders Conference
Relating to nonverbal children can be challenging. This workshop will offer unconventional and non-threatening ways of connecting to children based upon theories of Creative Arts Therapy. These modalities are non-verbal, developmental, and playful. Participants will engage in creative experiences that can increase interpersonal awareness, empathy, reciprocity, and shared attention with nonverbal children.
This program is designed to help you… 1. Build awareness of strengths and needs of the non-verbal population 2. Build awareness of theories and goals of Creative Arts Therapies 3. Exposure to non-verbal techniques used to relate to children with ASD 4. Creative participation in non-verbal experiences