Supporting Autistic People in Crisis CMU Trainings- November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023

People are not well equipped enough to support autistic people in crisis.

Target Audience

Psychologist

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Understand how autistic people think, communicate, and experience the world differently than non-autistic people.

Learn to support autistic people without causing unintentional harm.

Consideration the risk factors to take when supporting an autistic person using the warning signs of the general public.

Understand sensory challenges, masking / camouflaging, communication differences, and how reaching out for support can be a formidable, unfamiliar task.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/03/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
11/03/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
11/03/2023 - 1:00pm EDT
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People are not well equipped enough to support autistic people in crisis.

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Lisa Morgan

 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.

Social Work (ASWB)

This program is offered for 1.0 hours of social work continuing education.

Other Health Care Professionals

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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