Objectives

After completing this course, students will:

  • Have an overview of autism and mental health.

  • Understand the Intersection of ABA and mental health in autism.

  • Be familiar with evidence-based interventions for BCBAs.

  • Understand the ethical considerations for BCBAs.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome!

    • Welcome!

    • Course Downloads: Understanding Mental Well-being and ASD: A Practical Guide for Support of our Client

  • 2

    Video Lessons

    • Welcome

    • Introducing Janis Krempa

    • Goals

    • What is Mental Health?

    • Every Person With ASD Can Look Different

    • Autism in traditional mental health

    • Autism and Anxiety

    • Autism and Depression

    • Strategies for treatment of depression

    • Autism and OCD

    • Autism and Bipolar Disorder

    • Autism and Trauma

    • Loneliness

    • Autism and Sleep

    • Sleep and rule of parsimony

    • Autism burnout recovery

    • Depression vs Autistic Burnout

    • Autism Acceptance

    • Co-existence and interactions among conditions

    • Ethics

    • Support

    • questions to ask

    • self acceptance and peer acceptance

    • Strategies for Collaboration

    • Family History

    • Theory of mindability

    • Going Forward

    • QA

  • 3

    Last steps

    • Quiz - Please select code words

    • Completion Survey

    • Confirmation of Student Profile Information for CEUs Certificate

Understanding Mental Well-being and Autism

A BCBA's Practical Guide for Support

How do you support individuals on the Autism Spectrum with compassion, effective strategies, and ethical care? Join empathy expert Janis Krempa as she explores the relationship between autism and mental health, including the most challenging and "unwritten" task list and curriculum in our profession: awareness, recognition, communication, building bridges and connections across disciplines and across professions, and maintaining boundaries. (1.0 Gen CEUs/1.0 Ethical CEUs)

Instructor

Janis Krempa

BCBA

Janis Krempa became a BCBA in 2003. Janis has practiced ABA in many settings, including school, home, and community-based consultation for kids and adults on the autism spectrum and other developmental disorders. Her experiences with early intervention through young adulthood have informed her perspective- and continues to strive to "ask the right questions" to provide top-quality teaching, support, and collaboration. She co-authored “Social Sills Solutions: A Hans-On Manual for Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism” which has become a touchstone resource in teaching social skills to children with autism. Janis is currently working on 2023 updates to the SSS book including translations to Spanish, French and Portuguese. She is also working on short books for parents new to the diagnosis of ASD and also a BCBA Guide to Supervision. Janis teaches CEU professional development courses in the US & France. She is the owner of Building Steps Forward, a practice that focuses on building social skills, communication skills, self-advocacy and executive function support to young adults on the autism spectrum. Janis is grateful to continue the partnership with Cite Pro and the opportunity to connect with its very smart and thoughtful clinicians!

Reviews

5 star rating

Great presentation

Sophia Bianco

5 star rating

Informative and eye opening

Lyndsey Binns

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