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.
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Managing Threatening Confrontations
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.”
Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person Training
Registration begins at 8:45 am. Time includes a one hour lunch break on your own. Register Here Space is limited. Please notify Training & Consultation – comm.training@waisman.wisc.edu – if you are unable to attend. Cancellations …
Autistic Flourishing: Fostering Happy, Healthy Brains & Bodies
Explore how to be an ally and foster genuine autistic happiness, health and, flourishing across the lifespan for our autistic selves, family, friends, and fellow humans.
El programa SaferKids del Waisman Center brinda tranquilidad a las familias
English Por Emily Leclerc, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center Tiaunta Martin es una orgullosa madre de tres hijos. Son de ojos brillantes, enérgicos y, por lo general, un torbellino de caos. Su hijo del medio, Benjamin, …
Waisman Center’s SaferKids Program gives peace of mind to families
Español By Emily Leclerc, Science Writer, Waisman Center Tiaunta Martin is a proud mom of three boys. They are bright-eyed, energetic, and usually a whirlwind of chaos. Her middle son, Benjamin or Benji for short, …
Safety and Autism–Having a Safety Plan
Registration: Safety and Autism–Having a Safety Plan Join Molly Naef, parent and professional, as she discusses what she learned through being a mom and through researching her doctoral project, “Home Safety Planning for Children on …
David Pitonyak: Upside Down and Inside Out: Supporting a Person in Crisis/ Supporting the People Who Care
This day-long workshop examines the strategies for supporting a person in crisis. The workshop focuses on specific physiological changes that overcome a person in distress, and strategies that make sense for the person and his …