Level: Introductory

Intended Audience: Parents, caregivers, clinicians, teachers, mental health and medical professionals

Presenter: 

Carrie Dishlip, MS, CCC-SLP is a speech and language pathologist and has practiced in several different pediatric settings including a multidisciplinary SPD clinic, public schools, a hospital-based mental health treatment program, and private practice clinics.  She served as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) specialist and has experience developing and running social skills programs. Carrie has taken the University of Southern California Advanced Training in Sensory Integrative Dysfunction and is PROMPT trained and Hanen Certified.  She has led professional and parent workshops on social skills and AAC and has run the Hanen It Takes Two to Talk® and PROMPT PARENT/CAREGIVER® workshops

Learning Objectives:

1) Introduction
2) Background information on Social Foundation
3) Review of factors impacting social development

a. Human development

b. Speech and Language Development

c. Self-regulation

d. Sensory Processing

e. Body Awareness

f. Sequencing

g. Play

i. Development of play

ii. Styles of play

h. Executive functioning and problem solving

i. Theory of Mind

4) Key stages of social development by age
5) Questions from live stream audience #1
6) Red flags for social challenges
7) Strategies to facilitate social interactions
8) Resources

9) Questions from live stream audience #2