For more than 50 years, ARI has dedicated its efforts to pioneering groundbreaking research and sharing free educational resources with people around the world. One of our main channels for distributing this information is through our free online webinars featuring highly qualified, expert presenters. Check out the five most-watched ARI webinars of 2020.
Anxiety, Autism: Five Prime Suspects
In this webinar, Christopher Lynch, Ph.D., examines the key factors that contribute to high levels of anxiety seen in autism, including cognitive rigidity, sensory sensitivities, social demands, language demands, and task frustration. He covers why it’s essential to deal with the root causes of anxiety, strategies to address these causes, and ways to identify when an individual is experiencing anxiety. Dr. Lynch also mentions how to deal with heightened anxiety as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Lynch is a child psychologist specializing in stress and anxiety management for children and teens on the Autism Spectrum.
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Promoting play and social skills at recess
Dr. Matthew Brock is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at The Ohio State University and a faculty associate at the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy. He studies the effects of practitioner training on implementing evidence-based practice and outcomes for students with significant disabilities and avenues for supporting students with significant disabilities in general education classrooms. In this webinar, he explains why peer networks at recess can be beneficial for some individuals. Dr. Brock also covers the research behind peer networks and how to implement them at your school.
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Support for Individuals with ASD: Coping with Family and Virtual Interactions During COVID-19
In this webinar, Dr. Aarti Nair talks about guidelines for increased virtual social interactions due to the pandemic. She also covers topics such as talking to your child about the pandemic, handling changes with school, steps to address mental health, developing routines at home, and how to address challenging behaviors and disagreements. Dr. Nair is a postdoctoral scholar in the Dapretto Lab at the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center.
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Coronavirus Impact: Talking to Kids About Changing Schedules, Altered Plans, and Disruption
Amanda Tami, MA, BCBA, LBA, LPC, teaches how to manage feelings of disappointment caused by pandemic disruptions. She starts the presentation by addressing the biological reasons that cause us to feel strongly about certain situations. She also discusses ways to prevent individuals from becoming emotionally overloaded during these challenging times. Amanda comes from a unique position in her education and background to understand the challenges that clients and their families face – developmentally, behaviorally, emotionally, and systematically – to see the patterns and teach the skills needed to improve quality and functioning aspects of life.
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Social Skills and ASD
Our speaker, Jed Baker, Ph.D., is the Social Skills Training Project director, a private organization serving individuals with autism and social communication problems. In this webinar, he shares his map of social skills training. He dives into assessing behaviors, targeting skills, addressing motivation, sensitivity training, measuring outcomes, and more. He also covers typical triggers for challenging behaviors and explains common intervention frameworks. Dr. Baker’s work has been featured on ABC World News, Nightline, the CBS Early Show, and the Discovery Health Channel.
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Perspective: Adult sibling with profound ASD
Mojdeh Mostafavi, MD, shares her deeply personal journey as a sibling supporting a loved one with profound autism. She describes her experiences from early childhood through adulthood, highlighting the challenges and triumphs
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Understanding Autism: From Confusion to Awareness
In the past, families were confused when they noticed something different about their children but couldn’t figure out what it was. Even after getting a diagnosis, parents still struggled because
Challenges of Medical Care for Seniors
This is a joint presentation by ARI and The World Autism Organisation. Margaret Bauman, MD, discusses the many medical challenges those aging with autism face. She highlights the lack of
Executive Function and Autism
Greg Wallace, Ph.D., discusses executive functioning and its impacts on lived experiences across the lifespan in autism. He defines executive function (EF) as it relates to cognitive processes, the neuropsychological framework, and
Systemic Inflammatory & Autoimmune Diseases—PANS
Jennifer Frankovich MD MS, clinical professor at Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, discusses the co-occurrence of systemic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases – including the overlap between pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and