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Motivational Interviewing for High-Functioning Autism in Adulthood: An Insider’s Perspective
- Average Rating:
- 1
- Speaker:
- Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 31 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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23 Apr, 2021
- Product Code:
- POS064795
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
- Access:
- Never expires.
Description
Join autism expert Sean Inderbitzen, APSW, MINT, as he teaches you—from an insider’s perspective— how to use Motivational Interviewing techniques (MI) with your adult clients on the autism spectrum.
In this rare opportunity, Sean will guide you through MI techniques that will help your clients improve:
- Anxiety and depression
- Social pragmatics
- Communication
- Self-esteem
- Emotion identification
- Intrinsic motivation
- “Black” and “white” thinking
- Navigating ambiguity
- Find what changes to pursue
- Resistance to change
Learning effective techniques from a clinician on the spectrum will give you the essential skills and perspective you need to help your clients overcome the treatment obstacles that can impede the therapy they desperately need.
Stop feeling frustrated, ineffective and perpetually stuck at square one in therapy—PURCHASE TODAY!
CPD
This online program is worth 1.75 hours CPD.
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Motivational Interviewing for High-Functioning Autism in Adulthood (2.1 MB) | 39 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Text Document | Developmental vs. Chronological Age Wkst (615.3 KB) | 3 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Text Document | Transcript (41.9 KB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Text Document | Developmental vs. Chronological Age Wkst - French (615.3 KB) | 3 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Manual - Motivational Interviewing for High-Functioning Autism in Adulthood - French (2.1 MB) | 39 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Text Document | Transcript - French (41.9 KB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Text Document | Developmental vs. Chronological Age Wkst - Italian (615.3 KB) | 3 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Manual - Motivational Interviewing for High-Functioning Autism in Adulthood - Italian (2.1 MB) | 39 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Text Document | Transcript - Italian (41.9 KB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Text Document | PA Educator Instructions (15.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | |
| Text Document | Developmental vs. Chronological Age Wkst - German (615.3 KB) | 3 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Manual - Motivational Interviewing for High-Functioning Autism in Adulthood - German (2.1 MB) | 39 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Text Document | Developmental vs. Chronological Age Wkst - Spanish (615.3 KB) | 3 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Manual - Motivational Interviewing for High-Functioning Autism in Adulthood - Spanish (2.1 MB) | 39 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW Related seminars and products
DBA Inderbitzen Consulting Services LLC
Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, an autistic psychotherapist and researcher through Mayo Clinic Health System. He regularly trains healthcare professionals to be more confident when working with people on the spectrum. He is coauthor, along with Stephen Porges, of Autism in Polyvagal Terms: New Possibilities and Interventions, part of W.W. Norton’s Interpersonal Neurobiology Series.
Financial: Sean Inderbitzen has employment relationships with Northlakes Community Clinic and Inderbitzen Consulting Services, LLC. He receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sean Inderbitzen has a professional relationship with Dr. Stephen Porges, Barry Prizant, and Pat Ogden.
Objectives
- Justify the importance of using person-centred strategies with ASD patients.
- Utilize MI to integrate understanding of pragmatic language skills, motivation and depressive symptoms.
- Employ MI strategies such as flipping the righting reflex, menu of options type questions and OARS to treat anxiety and depression in adults with HFA.
Outline
- Motivational Interviewing (MI) and ASD: What the Research Says
- Matching developmental freedom and personal autonomy: Activity
- Recommendations for balancing safety and autonomy
- Person-centred strategies and their impact on patients with ASD
- Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) and MI
- MI Techniques for Improving Pragmatic Language
- Exercise on social pragmatics and depression (Thomas Gordon’s process)
- Case study: Social pragmatics and meaning-making
- Social pragmatics and its effect on self-esteem and motivation
- Help clients navigate ambiguity
- Decreasing “black” and “white” thinking patterns
- Increasing clients ability to identify reasons for change and build motivation
- Responding to change talk in HFA
- Hacks for social pragmatics
- MI Strategies for Treating Anxiety and Depression
- Recognize “black” and “white” thinking patterns
- Open-ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections and Summaries (OARS)
- Cultivate change talk for motivation: Case example
- OARS real play activity
- Flipping the righting reflex demonstration
- Evoking confidence for change in HFA: Exercise
- Menu of Options – using closed-ended questions
- MI risk and limitations in ASD population
Target Audience
- Addiction Professionals
- Case Managers
- Dieticians
- Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Nurses
- Nursing Home/Assisted Living Administrators
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Physical Therapists
- Psychologists
- School Administrators
- Social Workers
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Teachers/School-Based Personnel
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