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    Building an Effective Approach in the Treatment of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum (PART 2)

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Course Description

Live Stream | 6.0 Contact Hours | Intermediate Level
Audience: SLPs, SLPAs, OTs, COTAs, PTs, PTAs, and Teachers

With so many treatment options available for individuals on the Autism spectrum, it’s easy for professionals to feel overwhelmed. This intermediate-level course provides a clear, practical framework to help SLPs, OTs, PTs, and teachers design personalized, structured programs that support student and client success.

Structure remains a central theme, with strategies focused on promoting independence, reducing challenging behaviors, and creating environments that encourage learning and engagement.

Topics include:

  • Reinforcer assessment
  • Effective use of PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)
  • Visual cueing systems
  • Environmental structuring for success
  • Work systems to support independence
  • Behavior management strategies
  • Techniques to improve motor skills

You’ll leave with practical, proven tools to help your students or clients succeed with confidence.

This course is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 and Part 2 may be taken independently of one another.

ATTENDANCE:

  1. Attend as part of the LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE in Gulf Breeze, Florida - Studio audience seats are limited - so register today!
  2. Attend via LIVE STREAM from anywhere around the world. Live stream participants will login to access the event from their computer.

NOTE:

  • This live event is streamed in real time. 
  • Course agenda is in Central time, please adjust for your time zone
  • Registrants who attend the live broadcast will be able to interact with instructor.
  • All registrants will have access to the broadcast recording for 14 days.
  • A group may view the course together, however each attendee must be individually registered in order to receive CE credit.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Attend/view entire course
  • Pass multiple choice quiz (80% min score)
  • Complete online course evaluation

CEUs:

  • SLPs - this course is registered with ASHA as Blended Learning. ASHA CEUs may be earned by attending live, viewing the recording, or a combination of both.
  • OTs - Participants who need live hours for state license renewal must attend in real time yet, will still have access to the recording for 14 days.
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Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss the most effective way to implement the Picture Exchange Communication System
  • Describe how to implement independent workstations for varying levels of children.
  • Choose reinforcers with implementation of a choice board.
  • List the types and hierarchy of a prompting system to encourage errorless learning methods to include shaping and fading techniques.
  • List ideas to make the classroom/therapy room more predictable and organized allowing patients/students to function with as much independence as possible

Jodie Dacy

M.S. CCC-SLP, NDC

Jodie graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL with a Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders. She has been a practicing speech language pathologist since 1995 with extensive experience in the private sector, school settings and clinical experience in hospital settings which include long term care and outpatient rehab. Jodie became a VitalStim® Provider in 2005. Since then she has utilized this modality in the treatment of dysphagia with both her pediatric and adult patients. Jodie is also a licensed NOMAS® practitioner and certified in NDC (NMES for Dysphagia), MDTP (McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Program) and Myofascial Release. She has presented locally and nationally on various topics such as Best Practices, The Benefits of Oral Motor/Feeding Therapy on Articulation/Speech Clarity amongst others. Currently, Jodie serves the Speech Language Pathology profession as a therapist at Val Verde Regional Hospital in TX and as a certified instructor of the VitalStim® Therapy and DINES Specialty Certificate Program for CIAO Seminars.

Financial Disclosure: Jodie receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course. She also receives royalties for the purchase of her recorded course(s)
Non-Financial Disclosure: Jodie uses VitalStim Therapy in her practice.

Live Stream is 30 minute lunch

Day 1

08:00 - 10:00
Establishing your program: Reinforcer Assessment, Environmental Considerations Work Systems, Task Analysis, Visual Systems, Behavioral Management
10:00 - 10:15
Break
10:15 - 12:00
PECS and Lab
12:00 - 12:30
Lunch
12:30 - 01:30
Lab continued
01:30 - 02:30
Strategies for improving Motor Skills, Speech and Language
02:30 - 02:45
Questions and Answers

Delivery VIA:

  • Live By Request - This course is available to come to you! Contact us to see how easy that can be. mail@ciaoseminars.com
  • Live Stream - This course is offered from our Live Stream studio. Watch and interact with the instructor from wherever you are or join us as part of the studio audience in sunny Gulf Breeze, FL. Included with each Live Stream registration is access to the course recording for the 14 days immediately following the broadcast.

Contact hours pre-approved for:

  • 6 Hours
  • CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider #AAWA (0.6 ASHA CEUs) bubble sheet submission required
  • ASHA CE Provider Approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
  • This course meets PDU requirements for NBCOT (6 PDUs)
  • CIAO is an Illinois Approved Provider for PT/PTA Continuing Education
  • CIAO is recognized as an Approved Provider for PT/PTAs by the NYSE Dept State Board for PT
  • This activity is provided by the Texas Board of PT Examiners Accredited Prov #2502009#TX
  • This activity meets continuing competence requirements for PT/PTA license renewal in TX
  • The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE
  • CIAO is a Rule Approved Provider for the Florida Board of Physical Therapy
  • CIAO is an Approved Provider for the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
  • Approved for:
  • 6 Hrs. PT/PTAs in IL, TX (APTA TX #2502009 for 6 CCUs)
  • 7 Hrs. OT/COTAs, PT/PTAs in FL (CE Broker #20-1284140)
  • 7.2 Hrs. PT/PTAs in NY
  • 6 Hrs. Registered with CEBroker for OT/COTAs in AL, AZ, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN
  • 6 Hrs. Registered with CEBroker for PT/PTAs in AZ, GA, OK, SC, TN

Course meets requirements for:

  • PT/PTAs in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, MT,
  • PT/PTAs in NE, NH, NC, ND, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WY
  • OT/COTAs in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, LA, KS, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT,
  • OT/COTAs in NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

    • Intermediate Level
    0.6 ASHA CEUs


    CIAO Automatically reports to CE Broker for Florida Occupational and Physical Therapists and Assistants. Florida SLPs can either use the ASHA CE Participant Form (Bubble Sheet) or self-submit through CE Broker.


    CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)


    Reviews

    She is an amazing instructor! Part one was my favorite

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    The presenter exceeded my expectations.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    I would take another Ciao course in a heartbeat. A professional studio and staff was apparent. The speaker was so knowledgeable and experienced. Really enjoyed it!

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    I really enjoyed both part 1 and part 2. I learned so much from Jodie. I love the broadcast environment with interactive Q & A and polls to keep you engaged. Thank you so much for such a great CEU course!

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    good visuals during the session!

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Great course--- Thank you Use of video's of the SLP in practice could possibly have engaged the audience a bot more

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Fabulous, informative course and well delivered presentation.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Excellent course that needs more exposure!

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Would like to see some of these strategies in action, in a classroom, with real application.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Excellent course with wonderful ideas and strategies to take back to my practice.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Would be nice to have a higher level course on OT strategies for regulation.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Thank you so much! I love Jodie's enthusiasm and passion when teaching and sharing.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    The cameraman did a fantastic job! Jodie is an excellent presenter. I look forward to viewing part 1. Thank you.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Great course and presenter. Lots of information that can be utilized across all settings.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    I would love to have access to Jodie's Part 1 presentation online. I enjoyed this format tremendously as it is live and eliminates the need to travel. I hope WWE will continue to utilize CIAO for future courses. I would be interested in more classes involving sensory vs behavior, sensory strategies for reg education classrooms and self contained classrooms, handwriting without tears print tool certification, and more info regarding AI resources for therapy needs. Thank you so much for a wonderful presenter, supporting staff and resources.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Great course to attend! It was super beneficial to see pt 1 and 2. I would like to see more school-based therapy training / PFD opportunities regarding specifically - OT & PT in the schools. Being a new grad in a SBPT position there are not a lot of professional development or training that occurs, and schools do not specifically cover a lot of the expected things that school based implies such as IEPs, functional goals as it relates to schools, scope in schools - wheelchairs, equipment, adaptive p.e., etc. Thank you!

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Jodie is extremely knowledgeable. She is so articulate and organized in her presentation of the material with great examples and resources--a wealth of knowledge.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    Excellent speaker, very knowledgeable, lots of resources.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    I loved that you included use of AI sites to assist me as a therapist in so many different ways. Awesome!

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    I would be interested in the school based feeding course you had mentioned! I enjoyed part1 and part 2 of this course! Thank You for the opportunity to learn.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025

    I do like the course especially the AI information. Jodi is passionate and knowledgeable. I do think the material covered may be more entry level versus for more seasoned therapists. Thank you for helping to educate therapists.

    - Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Apr 2025