Registrants will receive further information for participating via Zoom Webinar for the presentation.

Speaking 'Spectrum: Modifying Assessment and Treatment Strategies to Better Serve Adults with ASD   
Across the CDC surveillance sites, an average of 1 in every 36 (2.8%) 8-year-old children were estimated to have ASD in 2020, with ASD reported to occur in all gender, racial and ethnic groups. However, ASD has been recognized since the 1990's. This means there are many ASD adults and their families who experience the lifelong co-existing symptoms of mood dysregulation, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and impaired social, relational, and occupational functioning. This population needs the help of caring psychologists who offer ASD-informed and neurodiversity-affirming treatment. The presentation provides evidence-based and practice-derived best practices for (a) modifying treatment goals and therapy to best serve ASD persons, (b) incorporating family support into adult ASD therapy, and (c) making co-existing psychological disorders the focus of treatment through an ASD lens.
    
Learning Objectives
By completing this program, participants will able to:
1.    Identify and discuss the unique features of treating adult patients with ASD.
2.    Modify evidence-based treatments to improve engagement of adult patients with ASD.
3.    Compare, contrast and integrate the "medical" model of ASD with the"neurodiversity" model.
4.    Utilize strategies to create ASD-informed and ASD-affirming therapy.
5.    Respond to the need for psychologists to serve this diversity group of patients, the neurodiverse.

Presenter Bio:  Sandra Burkhardt, Ph.D., ABPP
Sandra Burkhardt, Ph.D., ABPP is a late-career clinical psychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum, across the lifespan. She is a staff therapist at CRG of Indianapolis where she provides telehealth services for adults with ASD and their families. She  is board certified in Clinical and Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 

Dr. Sandra Burkhardt

Presenter Bio:  Anna Merrill, Ph.D., HSPP
Dr. Anna Merrill is a psychologist who specialized in working with children, adolescents, and young adults with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities as well as other social, learning, and behavioral challenges. She has a particular interest in assessment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) including the female presentation of ASD and the intersectionality with gender identity and expression. Dr. Merrill currently provides only assessment services.

Dr. Merrill completed her doctoral training at Indiana University – Bloomington and has experience as part of the Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) training program. She has also worked as a licensed psychologist in Massachusetts and is currently an adjunct professor in the School Psychology Program at Indiana University – Bloomington.

Dr. Anna Merrill

Special Note to Conference Attendees
The Indiana Psychological Association (IPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Indiana Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
 
Indiana State Psychology Board and Indiana Behavioral Health Board:

• IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for psychologists.

• IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for LSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, LMFTA, LCAC and LAC.

Licensees must judge the program’s relevance to their professional practice.
 
Please note that APA rules require that credit be given only to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leaving early will not receive CE credits. Partial credit cannot be given. We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form at the conclusion of the program. Drs. Burkhardt & Merrill and IPA have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program.
 
CE certificates will be distributed via email withing two weeks post-event. 
 
Registration Fees
IPA New, Premier, Platinum, Emeritus-Practicing, and Student Members - $0
IPA Basic, Emeritus-Retired Members, and Affiliate Members - $15
Non-Members - Psychologists and Other Professionals $30
*If a non-member Student seeking to attend, please either join IPA (free membership with "sponsorship" by an IPA Academic Member or, if outside the state of Indiana, please contact info@indianapsychology.org.

Registration will close on Thursday, April 11th, 2024.