Pivotal Response Training for Autism

Improving Your Child's Language and Social Skills During Natural Family Interactions
 
Pivotal Response Training techniques are one type of naturalistic behavioral intervention that has been shown effective in promoting language and social development in children with autism. Young children on the autism spectrum face communication and social challenges that are often very stressful for families. While children may have intensive intervention and preschool programs, parents often feel ill equipped to facilitate and promote their child's development when s/he is not in therapy. Parents often worry about how to promote generalization of skills being learned during structured therapies. Years of research have demonstrated that parents can provide effective intervention to their children during natural interactions and daily family routines, e.g., play, meals, bath time. When parents are taught naturalistic teaching strategies that are based on applied skills in natural contexts they feel more empowered in working with their children. These procedures are especially effective in teaching language and social skills to children with austism and related disorders.
 
Please join Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's Dr. Mendy Boettcher, esteemed clinical psychologist specializing in the behavioral treatment of children with autism and focusing on parents' education in Pivotal Response Training, for an evening seminar and discussion of

• Social and communication deficits often seen in young children with autism and related disorders
• Principles of Pivotal Response Training (PRT)
• Examples of application of these procedures to a variety of language and social goals
• How to use these strategies during parent-child interactions to improve skills

 
This seminar will be held free of charge for LPCH patient families and the community, but space is limited.  Please call Colleen at (650) 724.3783 to reserve your space.