2080 S. Undermountain Road, Sheffield, MA SON-RISE (413)

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1 2080 S. Undermountain Road, Sheffield, MA SON-RISE (413)

2 The Diagnosis Seere autism Tested I.Q. of less than 30 Mute/non-erbal No eye contact Moed away from any physical contact Spent his days performing repetitie behaiors: Spinning plates (and other objects) Rocking back and forth Flapping his hands Moing his fingers in front of his face

3 The Prognosis His autism was an irreersible, lifelong condition He would occupy his own separate world for the rest of his life He would neer: - Learn to speak - Prefer people oer objects - Learn to read or write - Go to a typical school - Laugh at a joke - Go on a date - Hae a circle of friends - Drie a car - Hae a career - Lie on his own - Recoer and lie a normal life

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6 Was created by parents Began with the premise that children with autism are capable of limitless growth Started by joining their child in his world rather than forcing him to conform to ours Utilized their son s motiation, rather than repetition, as the doorway to learning and growth Addressed their attitude as the platform for effectie program implementation Addressed the whole child education and physiology Prioritized human interaction oer academics and tasks

7 Full recoery from autism No trace whatsoeer of his former condition Went on to lie a typical life Graduated from Brown Uniersity with a degree in Biomedical Ethics

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12 My father, Barry Neil Kaufman, wrote the book, Son-Rise (recently expanded as Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues) documenting our story. Our story was recounted in an NBC TV moie seen by oer 300 million people worldwide.

13 The Autism Treatment Center of America A diision of The Option Institute, a non-profit, charitable organization Located in Sheffield, Massachusetts

14 PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES COVERED: Facilitate interaction Training others Eye Contact Videos With Real Examples Reactions s. Non-Reactions Q & A Sessions Stims & How To Join High Functioning Children/Adults Your Child s Sensory Enironment Creatiely Challenging Your Child Using The Social De. Model Handling real world situations Create and sustain an attitude of hope and optimism about your child

15 Then I wrote a book!

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17 Rather than forcing our children to conform to a world that they don t understand, we enter their world first.

18 The Son-Rise Program ABC s ASSESS BOND CHALLENGE Is my child stimming? Is my child non-responsie when I speak to him? Does my child seem rigid or controlling? Join Be user-friendly Gie control Celebrate Is my child looking at me? Does my child respond when I speak to him? Does my child seem flexible? Use the Motiation Principle Set goals Request Use the 3E s

19 Participating in your child's repetitie & exclusie behaiors

20 Repetitie During Red Lights Useful to each child Can be curatie or palliatie The key which unlocks the door to your child s world!

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22 Backed by Published Studies Uniersity of Washington 1984, 1990 Geraldine Dawson (et al) Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Deelopment and Child Psychopathology Mothers imitated child for 20 minutes/day for 2 weeks à Significant increases in duration of gaze at mothers faces and creatie toy play When facilitator engaged in imitatie play with children à More socially responsie, more eye contact, and played with toys in a less perseeratie manner Uniersity of Miami 2001 Tiffany Field (et al) Autism 2 groups of children for 3 sessions: 1 group imitated, 1 group adults tried to play with them 2 nd session: Imitation group à More time than the other children looking at adult, ocalizing to adult, smiling at adult, and engaging in reciprocal play. 3 rd session: Imitation group à More time than the other children sitting closer to adult and touching the adult.

23 Customize the presentation of curriculum to match your child s highest areas of interest

24 HOWEVER: For children on the autism spectrum, traditional teaching is rarely motiating There is a mismatch between how something is being taught and what the child s motiation is. The time is wrong no Green Light.

25 The Son-Rise Program ABC s ASSESS BOND CHALLENGE Is my child stimming? Is my child non-responsie when I speak to him? Does my child seem rigid or controlling? Join Be user-friendly Gie control Celebrate Is my child looking at me? Does my child respond when I speak to him? Does my child seem flexible? Use the Motiation Principle Set goals Request Use the 3E s

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27 1. Join your child until he/she gies you a sustained look. 2. Inite your child to participate in an actiity inoling something he/she likes (wrestling, airplanes, chasing, Disney) 3. If and only if your child gets inoled: Enjoy the actiity with your child, encouraging him/her to participate as much as possible for as long as possible. Thus: We work with our child instead of against our child

28 Backed By Published Studies Uniersity of California 1998 Robert Koegel (et al) Seminars in Speech and Language Game based upon child obsessional theme à Increase in social interaction And generalized to non-obsessional themed games Uniersity of California 1987 Robert Koegel (et al) Journal of Applied Behaior Analysis Actiities chosen by adult à Child more socially aoidant Child-preferred actiities à Child less socially aoidant

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30 The Son-Rise Program Deelopmental Model Self Help. Cognitie. SOCIALIZATION The Four Fundamentals Child / Adult With Autism and other related challenges Interactie Attention Span Verbal Communication Eye Contact & Non-Verbal Comm Flexibility Socially Successful Child / Adult Gross Motor. Fine Motor.

31 Non-judgmental + Optimistic Not judging where our children are today while belieing they can go anywhere tomorrow

32 Could we kiss the ground that the others had cursed? Barry Neil Kaufman, Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues Discomfort + judgment = more withdrawal or aggression Comfort + acceptance = more interaction A non-judgmental, optimistic attitude à interaction magnet

33 Backed By Published Studies Case Western Uniersity in Ohio 2005 Gerald Mahoney (et al) Deelopmental and Behaioral Pediatrics The facilitator s (parent, other) haing a isible affect of acceptance, enjoyment, expressieness, and warmth à Significantly related to increases in the child s language, social competence, joint attention, and self-regulation.

34 Two Recent Studies Validate The Son-Rise Program Journal of Communication Disorders 2013 Promoting Child-Initiated Social-Communication in Children with Autism: Son-Rise Program Interention Effects Lancaster Uniersity (UK) & Northwestern Uniersity Control group: No change. Son-Rise Program children showed quantifiable improement in: 1) Social/communication skills 2) Interactie attention span & frequency of interactions 3) Spontaneous social communicatie interaction Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies, & Hearing Aids 2016 Training Parents to Promote Communication and Social Behaior in Children with Autism: The Son-Rise Program Northwestern Uniersity & Uniersity of Connecticut Using the Autism Treatment and Ealuation Checklist (ATEC), compared to the non-son-rise-program group, the children whose parents implemented The Son-Rise Program saw quantifiable improement in: 1) Communication scale 2) Sociability scale 3) Sensory/Cognitie scale

35 PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES COVERED: Facilitate interaction Training others Eye Contact Videos With Real Examples Reactions s. Non-Reactions Q & A Sessions Stims & How To Join Highly Verbal Children/Adults Your Child s Sensory Enironment Creatiely Challenging Your Child Using The Social De. Model Handling real world situations Create and sustain an attitude of hope and optimism about your child

36 Son-Rise WHAT MAKES OUR TEACHERS UNIQUE: Thousands of hours working directly with children Not academics / not just directorial rather, they learned from doing VERY personal experiences with autism Trained in counseling parents, not just in implementing techniques Most of our teachers hae been doing this for more than 15 years Any experience you e had with your child they e had 50 times This isn t their job. It s their life.

37 Upcoming Start-Up Programs: October 9-14 December 4 9

38 Webcasts (free of charge): Me and other teachers Find a topic that interests you Interiews with parents and, in some cases, their children!

39 Like the Autism Treatment Center of America on Facebook! Tips Techniques Thought-prooking ideas Eent updates

40 Right Here! Audiobook aailable, too! ALSO: We hae Autistic Logistics by Kate C. Wilde at half price with Autism Breakthrough

41 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Come join a passionate team of dedicated Professionals who beliee in limitless possibilities for eery child! CHANGE YOUR CAREER AND YOUR LIFE! Recruiting Coordinator: Kim Korpady at admissions@option.org

42 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: OVERVIEW AND BENEFITS Engage in hundreds of hours of hands-on experience with an extensie ariety of children and adults with special needs from around the Globe. Master comprehensie application of Son-Rise Program techniques and methodology. Create indiidual program goals and curriculum plans for each child based on intensie one-to-one obseration in all areas of social deelopment. Recruiting Coordinator: Kim Korpady at Receie indiidualized instruction, ideo-assisted learning, comprehensie presentations and extensie hands-on experience with children and adults with special needs. Expand your personal and professional confidence - deelop a new perspectie to use for the rest of your life. Become part of a passionate team of dedicated professionals who beliee in limitless possibilities for each child.

43 At My Booth: Talk to Me or Marie I ll sign your book to your child if you d like! Take an info packet with ideos, techniques, etc. Register for the Start-Up program At this conference: $500 tuition assistance Get a phone appointment (no charge) with a Son-Rise Program Adisor Get help oercoming financial and other obstacles to attending a Start-Up.

44 Jarir: 34 Years Old March 2009 September 2010 He ismed 70-80% of the time He now isms between 10-20% of the time His eye contact was minimal His eye contact is now typical He spoke mainly using single words and His aerage sentence length is around 5-6 sometimes two words words, but can sometimes be 10 words. His spontaneous language was minimal Now makes spontaneous comments daily He could maintain one loop of conersation On aerage he now can hae 3-4 loops Showed ery little interest in another s actiity, 90% of the time he now joins in and enjoys many times telling them to put it away another actiity He wanted to do eerything alone Now he wants others around him He used to shout and hit himself and others He no longer pats his chest only around seizure He couldn t handle outside enironments, used time to put his hands oer ears and hit himself Now behaes appropriately, and enjoys seeing He used to do the same thing oer and oer places and interacting with people again Now tries nearly eery actiity offered to him Would waken frequently in the night and get Wakens in the night less and only around controlling and aggressie seizures, and is much calmer and gentle Required assistance with many self help skills Now much more independent He was controlling about day-to-day routines Now much more relaxed and flexible He was anxious He s happy and confident

45 The Myth of False Hope Hope is the spark that ignites the human spirit! Hope leads to action. My recoery from autism is the product of hope. There is no false hope, only false pessimism. You don t eer hae to apologize for hoping for your child.

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