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Poster Session: Leah Kuypers, OT and autism specialist; Elizabeth Sautter, M.A., CCC-SLP; Liz Lang, M.A., CCC-SLP
The Zones of Regulation™ is a curriculum that was developed to foster skills in self-regulation and is being published by Think Social Publishing this fall.The curriculum was created by Leah Kuypers, an occupational therapist and autism specialist. The Zones concept and learning activities help children and adults manage their emotions and sensory needs while also addressing executive functioning skills and social thinking concepts.
Self-regulation and social thinking are interdependent on each other and it is difficult to perform one of these skills when the other is impaired. Based on the experience of a multi-disciplinary team, this presentation is intended to teach professionals how they can incorporate The Zones curriculum into their Social Thinking practice in order to enhance the services they provide. Ideas and video will be shared to demonstrate using The Zones with Social Thinking in a social learning group, individual therapy and infusion into the school and home.
Learning Objectives
1. Increase audience knowledge of how Social thinking and Self-regulation are interdependent
2. Increase audience comfort in implementing a self-regulation curriculum as part of their practice
3. Increase audience awareness of importance in working collaboratively with other professionals and parents in order to generalize skills across environments
Presenters
Leah Kuypers works as an Occupational Therapist and Autism Specialist for Communication Works in Oakland, CA. She wrote a curriculum, The Zones of Regulation, to teach self-regulation skills (being published by Think Social Publishing this fall). Prior to her clinical work, she practiced in the schools for several years.
Elizabeth Sautter, M.A., CCC-SLP, specializes in supporting those of all ages with social cognitive challenges. She is a director at Communication Works (CW) in Oakland, CA, where she works collaboratively with other speech and occupational therapists who are passionate about social thinking and self-regulation.
Liz Lang, MA, CCC-SLP does therapy for infants and school-age children with ASD at Communication Works in Oakland, CA. She also works on a multidisciplinary autism assessment/intervention team at Oakland Children’s Hospital. She incorporates approaches from SCERTS, Hanen, and DIR/Floortime in therapy. The families she works with inspire her everyday.
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