Date/Time
Up to 24.25 CE hours (Up to 18.5 LIVE hours & 5.75 Self-Study hours)
Whether your client was diagnosed in childhood or only discovered their autism recently, this Symposium gives you the tools to meet them where they are……even when you’re facing real clinical challenges — untangling autism from anxiety, trauma, or ADHD; supporting clients who have spent years masking; or helping late‑identified adults make sense of the overwhelm, grief, and identity shifts that surface after a long‑delayed diagnosis.
Here, those challenges become opportunities for deeper insight, clearer direction, and more effective support by placing lived experience at the heart of every conversation.
You will learn to work with differences in communication, sensory processing, and relationship structures in ways that empower rather than “fix.”
Topics to include:
Neurodiversity-Affirming Frameworks & Identity-Centered Care
Foster authenticity, confidence, and self-acceptance in every session
Trauma, Autism, and Adversity
Understand how trauma reshapes safety responses and apply strategies that build regulation and resilience
Pathological Demand Avoidance/Pervasive Desire for Autonomy
Recognize the roots of extreme autonomy needs and apply collaborative strategies that reduce anxiety and resistance
Autism and the Perinatal Journey
Support sensory and social needs during pregnancy, bonding, and postpartum adjustment
Autism and Grief
Address invisible losses and guide clients through neurodivergent expressions of grief
Tech-Enhanced Therapy for Autism
Harness digital tools and apps to increase engagement, motivation, and therapeutic carryover
Couples Therapy on the Spectrum
Support communication and sensory needs to cultivate empathy and relational clarity
Somatic Therapy, Table-Top Role-Playing Games & More
This symposium was designed for counselors, social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, educators, and other professionals who work with autistic clients as well as those who are just starting out.
Location: Virtual
Sponsored By: PESI
Cost: $129.99
For questions, email PESI at info@pesi.com