The Impact of ACEs on Autistic Individuals

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Target Audience

Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect many people. However, they may impact autistic individuals differently. This program will provide an overview of ACEs and review how ACEs can have an ongoing impact on an individual throughout their lifespan; it will emphasize possible differences in symptom presentation – based on autism alone, versus autism and developmental trauma. We will utilize case examples to apply concepts and provide feedback. In addition, there will be an overview of strategies for working with autistic individuals who have mental conditions resulting from Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Faculty
Molly Marus-Quinley, MSW, LCSWA
Psychotherapist
Neurodiversity Empowerment Services
Cary, NC

This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH, School of Social Work and the NCAHEC Program.

Webinar Information
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Objectives

• Define adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
• Outline how adverse childhood experiences can impact development.
• Explain how adverse childhood experiences can impact autistic individuals.
• List strategies to reduce and mitigate the impact of adverse childhood experiences in children and youth.
• Discuss the impact of experiences of ableism and microaggressions through the lens of adverse childhood experiences and the related impacts on individual development.
• Identify strategies to work with autistic adults who have complex trauma symptoms resulting from adverse childhood experiences.

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