Past Event Category: Autism
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Jun 24Humanizing Mental Health – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
If you are a human and interact with other humans, you are “doing” mental health. It is not only something “done” in offices by mental health professionals.
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Jun 9Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin, MSSW
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic-when to talk, when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.” This seminar is designed to put order to the …
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May 14Neurodivergent Flourishing: Fostering Happy, Healthy Brains & Bodies – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Because much of the current clinical and scholarly information around neurodivergent is deficit-based, limited, and some, even completely inaccurate, much of the clinical support is also misguided and unintentionally harmful. However, when we know better, we do better! Explore how to be an ally and foster genuine neurodivergent happiness, health and, flourishing across the …
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Apr 30Recognizing Power Dynamics – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Amanda Pandl
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: As caregivers, we are in a close and complicated relationship with the individuals we support. We are asked to ensure certain levels of health and safety, while also giving the client the dignity of personhood and autonomy. This complicated relationship can be wrought with disagreements that may lead to power struggles and attempts to …
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Apr 23Whose Life Is It, Anyway? – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: In this training session we will look at power and control in support relationships. Many people being supported feel that others are too often telling them what to do. Many supporters feel that guiding and deciding are expectations of their job or supervisor. We talk about choice all the time, but what does choice …
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Apr 4Seminar – Ruth Carper, PhD – “Neuroimaging Findings in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Ruth Carper, PhD San Diego State University Lab Website About the Speaker: Dr. Ruth Carper is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology from San Diego State University, and is also Co-Director of the Brain Development Imaging Laboratories. She has been studying the brain bases of autism, from childhood to aging, for more than …
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Mar 15Alternative and Augmentative Communication Improv ShowFeaturing: Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk
Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium Waisman Center
The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, is hosting an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Improvisation Show led by Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk, an autistic improviser who can speak most of the time, but not always. Come watch local improv performers use tools designed for AAC to communicate including technology designed to support communication for people …
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Feb 28Seminar – Carla Mazefsky, PhD – “Emotion Dysregulation and Suicide in Autism: What We Know and Where We Are Going”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Carla Mazefsky, PhD University of Pittsburgh Lab Website About the Speaker: Carla Mazefsky is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her undergraduate training at The College of William and Mary, followed by a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth …
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Feb 26Whose Life Is It, Anyway? – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713 UW South Madison Partnership
In this training session we will look at power and control in support relationships. Many people being supported feel that others are too often telling them what to do.
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Feb 26Accepting Our Complex Bodies – Community of Practice ASD/DDFeaturing: Colleen McCluskey, AAS, BS, MS
Virtual - Register for Zoom Code Register Here
Come Join us for a discussion around the intersection of our bodies and disability focusing on gut health and sleep health. We will learn about existing research and discussion on these issues. Following that we will hear from panelists talking about impact and solutions. Keynote: Colleen McCluskey, AAS, BS, MS Panel on Gut Issues Panel …