

Meet the Mentors

Speech-Language Pathologist
RDI® Program Consultant
Alissa Gargano
Alissa, a passionate Certified Speech Pathologist, specializes in Autism support. With a client-centered approach, she tailors therapy to enhance skills and participation. As a Clinical Supervisor, she guides others in their professional journeys.

Speech-Language Pathologist
Clincial Director
Prudence Low
Prudence, an experienced Speech Language Pathologist since 2005, specializes in working with children and adolescents. She has trained individuals worldwide. She integrates critical thinking skills and attachment principles into her practice.

What will this workshop cover?
Topics you will love
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Assessment
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Assessing the family situation
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Assessing the child
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Assessing who will act as the main caregiver
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Understanding different stakeholders
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Working on Episodic Memory
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What is Episodic Memory
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Input vs Output (how surrounding people influence a child’s cognition and language)
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Importance of Non-verbal
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How to implement
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How to check for effectiveness
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Increasing Resilience
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Increasing resilience in the child
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Increasing Parents and Your Own Resilience
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Recognising when it is “too much”
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Communicative Language with the ASD
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Nonverbals
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Declarative Language vs Instrumental language
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Providing parents with a programme for communication
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Extending goals into Classroom – how to negotiate with teachers if the child is put in a classroom
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Dealing with Behavioural challenges
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Identifying real behavioural challenges from dysregulation
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SSP – Safe and Sound Protocol – and the Polyvagal Theory
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Operant conditioning – to what extent would it work / otherwise
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Strategies for mediating behavioural challenges
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Other issues – diet, sleep
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Inclusion and Inclusive practices
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Celebrating Neuro-divergence
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Remediation, and Acceptance – are these polar opposites?
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Your role as an advocate
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Working within/outside of the community
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Treatment
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Types of remediation focusing on dynamic thinking
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Hands-on practical approach – Co-regulation what is this?
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Starting point – important to get this right
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Groups vs Individuals
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Using play
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Assessing Progress or Lack of
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Growth Seeking vs Safety Seeking
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On-going Communication
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Reflections on learning
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Reflections on how strategies/ideas could be implemented in your current practice
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Ongoing collaborative community

Get in Touch
Register for the Information session to know more about the Master class!
+65 9115 8895

