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SIG Perspectives
Neurodivergence is a global phenomenon that transcends borders, cultures, and languages. This SIG 17 activity highlights articles that illuminate the diverse ways neurodivergence is experienced, supported, and advocated for across international contexts. “Neurodivergent Voices in the Classroom: Acquired or Innate, Still a Student” explores how neurodivergent identities shape student experiences and educational inclusion. “Contextually Responsive Advocacy for Autistic Children and Their Caregivers: A South African Perspective” demonstrates how cultural and systemic realities shape advocacy in local communities. “Embracing Neurodiversity: Exploring the Role of an Online Support Group for Mandarin-Speaking Women Who Stutter in Resource-Limited Contexts” expands the discussion beyond autism to include intersectional identities and underrepresented populations. Finally, “Exploring Autism Advocacy and Public Engagement on Instagram: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of High-Engagement Posts” illustrates the role of digital platforms in building global advocacy networks. Collectively, these articles underscore the importance of culturally responsive and globally informed approaches to supporting neurodivergent individuals, offering speech-language pathologists insight into advocacy, practice, and public engagement that resonates across international and digital landscapes.
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On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will discuss common mental health conditions that may affect autistic youth, focusing on how to recognize and manage them in the context of speech-language services. The presenters will share recommendations for when to refer patients for mental health treatment and how to establish interprofessional collaborative care with mental health providers.
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On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will equip SLPs who provide early intervention services with the knowledge and skills necessary to maximize progress through family-centered intervention. Using case studies and strategy examples, the speaker will discuss how to coach caregivers—with a particular focus on multilingual families, children with multiple disabilities, and/or families experiencing trauma or adversity.
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On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will highlight the behaviors and characteristics typically associated with hearing loss and those typically associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children from birth to age 10. The speakers will emphasize the unique characteristics that contribute to the dual diagnosis of both ASD and hearing loss. The course will explain the impacts of social determinants of health as they relate to the diagnosis of and intervention for children with ASD and hearing loss.
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On Demand Webinar
Many SLPs who provide early intervention (EI) services are aware of the neurodiversity paradigm and neurodiversity-affirming practices but still have questions about incorporating these practices into their services. In this on demand webinar, the presenter will review practical resources and evidence-based practices for implementing neurodiversity-affirming care in the EI setting, including practical strategies for assessment, goal writing, parent coaching, and intervention.
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On Demand Webinar
This on demand conversation features Naomi Grinney, a licensed clinical social worker and infant mental health specialist, who discusses strategies for building parent capacity to support social-emotional skill development for children with both language and social-emotional delays.
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On Demand Webinar
Self-advocacy and self-determination skills are important for engaging in successful interactions, achieving goals, and promoting shared perspective-taking, particularly for individuals with autism and other neurodivergent individuals. This on demand webinar explores strategies SLPs can use when working with neurodivergent and autistic children and adolescents to support their self-advocacy and self-determination skills so they can effectively express their preferences and goals.
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On Demand Webinar
SLPs who work with individuals with development disabilities across the life span are often confronted with myths that may limit the communication of their clients, students, and patients. This on demand webinar examines some of these myths and how they affect the delivery of communication services and supports. The speakers share evidence and case examples that debunk these myths and explain strategies you may use to change perceptions.
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On Demand Webinar
Down syndrome is a genetic syndrome characterized by unique anatomical and physiological traits; medical complications affecting movement, respiration, feeding, and metabolism; intellectual disabilities; as well as dysarthria and other communication challenges. This on demand webinar shares evidence-based techniques that target motor speech, voice, fluency, and functional language to maximize intelligibility and comprehensibility of speech and language for individuals with Down syndrome.
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eWorkshop
Dyslexia and developmental language disorders (DLD) – relatively common, language-based disorders that affect children’s reading and academic achievement as well as social and life outcomes – frequently co-occur in the same child. This session examines the differences between the two disorders, how to identify children at risk for either or both, and how to provide treatment and accommodations to promote positive outcomes. The speaker discusses evidence-based practices for assessing and treating reading difficulties.
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Journal (Online)
The articles in this journal self-study discuss the literacy difficulties many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience, with direct clinical implications for literacy assessment and intervention. The articles, which apply to children across the age spectrum, are from a 2021 forum published in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, titled “Literacy in Autism—Across the Spectrum.”
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eWorkshop
Autism can present quite differently in boys and girls, and research demonstrates that many girls and women are being misdiagnosed or missed entirely. In this recorded session from ASHA’s 2021 Schools Connect online conference, the presenter explores the subtle presentation of autism in general and the specific ways that girls and women can present. The speaker discusses the importance of a comprehensive social cognition assessment to increase the likelihood of proper autism diagnosis.
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On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will help fill up your toolbox of strategies to help children with autism spectrum disorder engage in learning and social interactions. The webinar will share practical, visual-based tools that SLPs who work with school-age children with autism can use to build on strengths and promote participation, engagement, and relationships.
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SIG Perspectives
This Perspectives activity focuses on communication choice and agency for individuals
on the autism spectrum. These individuals are the key informants in decisions around
the conceptualization, implementation, and evaluation of educational programming for
autistic learners. Speaking autistic adults encourage families, professionals, and society
to promote and accept all communication as equal.
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