Community Report on Autism (3 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course examines the 2016 Community Report on Autism from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. The course highlights the ADDM’s most recent scientific findings on autism spectrum disorder and includes a discussion of screening, diagnosis, signs, symptoms, risk factors, and prevalence. The course also includes personal stories from people living with ASD and a discussion of important developmental milestones.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of practice.
Find the reading at: https://www.freestatesocialwork.com/articles/community_report_on_autism_course_readings.pdf
Course Reading #1:
Community Report on Autism 2016 from the Autism and Disabilities Monitoring Network
Published by the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Course Reading #2:
My Story: Real Stories from People living with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published by: the Division of Birth Defects, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Course Reading #3:
Learn the Signs. Act Early.
Published by: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Learning Objectives: Identify the prevalence and distribution of ASD in the United States. Identify issues and support networks for families dealing with ASD from their point of view. Demonstrate knowledge of the CDC’s ‘Learn the Signs: Act Early’ program. Describe the risk factors for ASD. Compare the methods used to gather data about ASD.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She currently practices in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.