Social Challenges for Teens and Tweens on the Autism Spectrum

Join Partnership for Extraordinary Minds for our next Speaker Meeting on
Wednesday, February 12 from 7 - 9 pm at the Rockville Public LIbrary. Dr. David
Black will discuss the social challenges of tweens and teens on the Autism
spectrum.

Adolescence can be a highly social time in children’s lives when social
interactions become increasingly complex and, consequently, create significant
challenges for students on the autism spectrum. Dr. David Black will discuss
social skills development in adolescents, focusing on how the challenges for
this age group differ from those experienced by younger children. Dr. Black will
introduce the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills
(PEERS), a social skills training intervention for adolescents and young adults,
including research that supports its efficacy. Strategies that can be
implemented at home will also be discussed.

Dr. Black is a pediatric neuropsychologist who is a nationally recognized expert
in autism spectrum and related disorders. He is a researcher in the Pediatrics
and Developmental Neuroscience Branch at the National Institute of Mental
Health, NIH. Dr. Black’s clinical and research interests have both focused on
the neurocognitive and psychological underpinnings for effective navigation of
the social world. Dr. Black currently works at The Center for Autism Assessment
and Treatment (CAAT), which was created to improve the lives of children, teens,
and adults, who struggle with social and self-regulatory disorders, such as
autism spectrum disorders, social anxiety, and emotion and behavioral
dysregulation.

The meeting is free to xMinds members and $15 to non-members.

Be sure to check out our roster of extraordinary spring speaker meetings at
www.xMinds.org!