OVERVIEW

Autism Spectrum Disorder - Symptoms, Treatments, and Management is organized by AAACEUs. This Course has been approved for a maximum of Credit Hours: 6.

Course Overview:
This course will review the disease of Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as the diagnosis and treatment options, both conventional and CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine). There is a presentation of the difficult behaviors involved in ASD and recommendations for managing these behaviors, as well as the accommodations in accordance with the ADA law and Autism.

Course Objectives:
• Define the diseases of Autism Spectrum Disorder and common symptoms
• Describe methods of diagnosis for children as well as adults with ASD
• Compare and contrast traditional treatments and CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) treatments for autism
• List common behaviors in ASD and methods of managing with aggressive behaviors
• Detail programs for patients with ASD and means of funding for such programs
• Review the current research ongoing in ASD
• Present the protections of the ADA law and autism and accommodations necessary.

Course Outline:
Section 1. Overview of ASD, diagnosis, risk factors, and treatments
Section 2. Challenging behaviors and methods to manage with those behaviors
Section 3. Research in ASD - past and present
Section 4. The ADA law as it applies to ASD and accommodations necessary for ASD.