Helping Kids Master CALM

A Guide to Proactively Support Sensory Sensitive Autistic Children and Teens - A Beginning Level Guide for Occupational Therapists

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About this course

  • Free
  • 2 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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Sign up for her Comprehensive Training to cultivate emotional regulation in autistic children and teens

Instructor(s)

Dr. Lisa Marnell

Dr. Marnell is the founder of Kids Master Skills LLC and a member of the faculty at Boston University. Autistic herself, she embraces the practice of cultivating joy, emotional regulation, and agency in the lives of autistic children and teens. Dr. Marnell provides education to therapists, teachers, schools, and families to support their understanding and use of neurodiversity-affirming and strengths-based approaches. She owns a therapy practice in Thousand Oaks, California where she provides support to autistic clients as well as IEP advocacy. Dr. Lisa Marnell is a pediatric occupational therapist with over twenty years of clinical experience.

In this Beginning-Level Course . . .

occupational therapists, parents, and other child professionals will proactively support sensory-sensitive autistic children and teens through learning to:

  • Explain how sensory processing works and how it impacts function

  • Understand what sensory sensitivity means and master the basic neuroscience behind it

  • Recognize the 8 sensory systems and implement proactive supports for sensory sensitive children

  • State the 4 PROACTIVE pillars of the Helping Kids Master CALM program