Teaching Adults with Autism to Successfully Navigate Job Interviews via Remote Instruction

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Instructor: Courtney Butler, MS, BCBA

Instructional Level: Intermediate

 1 CE credit for Psychologists 

1 CE credit for BCBA/BCABA  

Price: $25

Description

Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience challenges securing employment, which may lead to overall underemployment or unemployment. One of the first steps to obtaining employment is participating in a job interview. However, social communication deficits may interfere with an individual with ASD’s ability to participate in a job interview. During this webinar, we will discuss the use of Behavior Skills Training, specifically modeling, rehearsal, and feedback strategies, to improve the interview skills of college students with ASD. These skills must be developed before entering into the workforce, and in many cases that time period occurs when an adult is in their last few years of college. Many universities have support programs for adults with ASD, but may lack employment readiness training for this population. The purpose of this webinar is to discuss the limitations that college students with ASD may face and offer resources and strategies to supporting them during these important years. During the webinar we will demonstrate an effective method of teaching adults with ASD interview skills via remote instruction, and provide suggestions for individualized programming, and future replication of this training. We will also discuss support for college students with ASD on a broad scale to provide a basic understanding of the programming that exists.

Learning Objectives

• Audience will be able to discuss current supports of college students with ASD and how to find/access those supports.
• Audience will be able to identify specific behavior-change procedures to increase interview skills of college students with ASD. 

Instructor Bio

Courtney Butler is the Program Coordinator of the College Support Program (CSP) for Students on the Autism Spectrum at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Courtney is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and earned her Master's in Applied Behavior Analysis at Western New England University in 2018. Prior to her current position, Courtney worked on the Intensive Treatment Team at the New England Center for Children in Massachusetts. More recently, she worked as a Behavior Technician and Behavior Analyst at the RCAAS, providing individualized community-based support for autistic adults, where her research primarily focused on decreasing maladaptive, stereotypic behavior. Courtney has presented at several conferences and is interested in the integration of Applied Behavior Analysis to the various supports of college students. The focus of her current research and clinical work includes the assessment of academic, social, and employment skills, and the development of support systems for young adults on the autism spectrum.

Continuing Education Policy:

Rutgers University- New Brunswick, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology is an approved provider of BCBA continuing education credits. “The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (“BACB”) does not sponsor, approve or endorse Rutgers University- New Brunswick, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, the materials, information or sessions identified herein.”

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