WSPA Webinar "Moving from Compliance to Connection: Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) Interventions for Parents of Autistic Children to Enhance Emotion Regulation"
Friday, May 10, 2024, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
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"Moving from Compliance to Connection: Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) Interventions for Parents of Autistic Children to Enhance Emotion Regulation"
May 10, 2024 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM Virtual Webinar via Zoom 3 CE Credits
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Join us for an empowering workshop that revolutionizes the way we approach emotion regulation (ER) challenges among autistic children and their parents. Together, we will discover the transformative potential of the Awareness Courage and Love (ACL) model in Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) as we guide you through a protocol specifically designed to enhance the emotional well-being of both parents and their autistic children. With up to 80% of autistic children experiencing emotion dysregulation (including meltdowns, negative mood, and aggression), it's crucial to equip parents with effective tools for navigating this complex terrain. Our unique approach moves away from compliance-based methods and instead emphasizes the safety and connection of relationships to promote and reinforce ER. Through engaging discussions, experiential exercises, and reallife examples, you'll gain the skills to coach parents in fostering ER behaviors through awareness, courage, and love. We will specifically explore the role of ER in both parents and autistic children, challenge common beliefs that hinder progress, and embrace a behavioral analytic approach that center the autistic community's lived experiences. We will delve into the nuances of supporting parents of nonspeaking/minimally speaking children, those with Autistic Pathological Demand Avoidance/ Persistent Drive for Autonomy (PDA) profiles, and children who engage in masking or camouflaging. This workshop is explicitly offered from a neurodiversity affirming paradigm. While tailored to parents of autistic children, this approach holds transdiagnostic potential, making it relevant to clinicians working with parents of children with other neurodivergences.
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