Project ImPACT Advanced Workshop Melbourne September 2024

This in-person workshop will be held over 2 days (September 5th - 6th 2024) from 8:30am-4:00pm NAustralian Eastern Standard Time.

This course is hosted by Susan Marden, a Speech Pathologist and Project ImPACT Consultant Trainer from Australia.

Participants will receive access to the online Beginner e-Course with registration to this workshop. The Beginner e-Course takes approximately 6 hours to complete and needs to be completed before doing the Advanced Workshop. Access to Beginner e-Course will be provided on 15th August 2024. If you would like to have access earlier, please contact Susan Marden at [email protected]

Participants will also receive an e-book copy of the curriculum, Teaching Social Communication to Children with Autism, Trainer and Parent manual set.

PROJECT IMPACT:

Project ImPACT is recognized as one of the most effective coaching programs for parents of young children (up to age 6) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other social communication challenges. Research on parent mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder and related social communication challenges shows that it is an effective treatment approach that leads to improvements for the child and family. Project ImPACT targets core skills in four areas of social communication: Social engagement, communication and language, imitation, and play. It is a naturalistic developmental behavioural intervention, or NDBI, that uses evidence-based intervention strategies to promote the child’s social communication. NDBI is a newer class of interventions that has been informed by the fields of developmental and communication sciences and applied behaviour analysis, or ABA. You can find more information about Project Impact at https://www.project-impact.org/.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

This in-person workshop is open to providers who would like to use the Project ImPACT intervention with children with ASD and related disorders. Project ImPACT is recognised as one of the most effective coaching programs for parents of young children (up to age 6) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related social communication delays. Attendees will learn how to use the Project ImPACT (Second Edition) curriculum to teach parents of children with autism to promote social communication during daily routines and activities. Additional information regarding Project ImPACT via telehealth and research on use of Project ImPACT via telehealth has been added this workshop. Attendees will be able to share videos of their direct in-person or telehealth sessions for feedback during the role play sessions if they choose.

The cost of the 2 day course with the Beginner e-Course is US$675.00 and includes the Beginner e-Course and eBook of the curriculum, Teaching Social Communication to Children with Autism, Trainer and Parent manual set.

ABOUT THE TRAINER:

The workshop will be conducted by Susan Marden, Speech Pathologist B.App.Sc(SpPath)

Susan Marden is a speech pathologist in private practice in Sydney, Australia and provides consulting, parent training and individual speech and language services to families and children with autism. She is a Project ImPACT Consultant Trainer.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Rydges Melbourne, 186 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, Australia