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Succeeding with Teens: Boys and Girls with Asperger's Syndrome
Saturday 10th March 2012, 9.30am – 4.00pm
 

Dr Tony Attwood
Dr Michelle Garnett
Steve Dan Kaat
 

Professor Tony Attwood is a world expert and leading authority on Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) and autism. Dr Michelle Garnett devised the world’s first screening tool for AS and is the Founder and Director of Minds & Hearts, a specialist clinic in Brisbane for children, adolescents and adults who have an autism spectrum condition (ASC). Both are internationally known presenters, having presented together around Australia, the UK, and Europe. Steve Den Kaat is a highly accomplished and skilled clinician who has specialized in ASC over the past 10 years. Steve is Clinic Director of “Embracing the Other Half”, a specialist clinic for ASC in Sydney. Tony, Michelle and Steve are clinical psychologists who together have over 60 years of experience in helping teenagers with autism spectrum conditions. They are warm, inspiring, engaging and knowledgeable presenters.

The purpose of this workshop is to equip participants with specific skills and strategies to make the teenage years a success. Important gender differences in the presentation of Asperger’s Syndrome will be clarified, with specific consideration of these differences for assisting the teenager with AS in the best possible ways. The presenters will focus on a range of areas known to be important to both boys and girls with Asperger’s Syndrome including the transition into high school, the learning profile of the person with an ASC and specific strategies to encourage learning success, the management of anxiety, stress, anger and depression, friendships, relationships and sexuality, what to do about bullying, and transition into a career.

VENUE: Campbelltown Catholic Club, Campbelltown, Sydney
REGISTER ONLINE: www.mindsandhearts.net
TELEPHONE: (07) 3844 9466