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Be a catalyst for change in your workplace, school, community and beyond!

Learn six key principles that create and foster environments where everyone can thrive.

You’re invited to join us, in collaboration with our friends at AIDE Canada, for a webinar aimed at Building Understanding and Informing Action.

While our primary focus is on enhancing the experiences of Autistic individuals in their day-to-day life, these six principles are broadly applicable and beneficial to anyone who wants to create safe, welcoming and inclusive spaces.

Presented virtually, Wednesday, September 13 at 11 a.m. Mountain time (10 a.m. Pacific time)

When you click on the button below, you will be directed to AIDE Canada’s website to register and access the virtual event.

Building Understanding, Informing Action

A little about the Presenter

Jay Haukenfrers (she/her) is the Learning and Connection Coordinator for the Sinneave Family Foundation. She oversees Sinneave’s Information and Navigation Service, which provides resources to self-advocates, parents and professionals. Jay also supports with knowledge exchange activities, including community engagement, presentations, workshops and digital content. Jay has a Bachelors of Arts, with a focus in music and psychology. She has had the honour to offer support to diverse vulnerable populations for 10 years including families and kids in crisis, young people with disabilities pursue post-secondary education, adults with disabilities and co-occurring health challenges, and currently, supporting autistic and neurodivergent youth and adults with the transition to adulthood. She is excited to share more about how to make more places and spaces welcoming for autistic and neurodivergent people of all ages!

A little about AIDE Canada

At its core, the Autism and/or Intellectual Disability Knowledge Exchange Network (AIDE Canada) is a tool to connect members of our community to the information and resources that they need. We deliver credible, reliable, and evidence-informed resources in an unbiased and accessible way.

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Events

Workshop: Thriving and Autism: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Success

 

Date:

February 10th, 2022 6:30 – 8:30 PM

This workshop will be made available FREE and ONLINE via CES.

 

Ticket Price: Free

 

Workshop Description: 

We all have an intuitive notion of what it means to live well, or what it means to thrive, or what human flourishing looks like. But figuring out what thriving looks like for us personally is a really hard question to answer. If you are autistic, that question might be even harder to figure out. This is often because even well-intentioned advice and strategies were developed by non-autistic researchers and tested with non-autistic participants and thus are not always helpful. In this workshop, Dr. Brown will present findings from research conducted primarily by autistic researchers themselves, in which they examined the constructs of wellbeing and quality of life for autistic individuals. By drawing on the lessons from the neurodiversity movement and personal experience, she will also present tips, tools, and strategies for learning to Thrive. The importance of (a) presumed competence and autonomy; (b) sparks, flow, and special interests; and (c) positive identity, belonging, and connection will specifically be considered.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Heather M. Brown was originally trained as an elementary school teacher, but she is now an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta. She is also an autistic professional who studies autism. Her AIDAN lab aims to uncover strategies to support the academic achievement and overall well-being of autistic children, youth and adults. By doing so, her research is poised to empower autistic individuals to be more self-confident in their neurodiversity and to develop a better understanding of the factors that most support their well-being at home, work and school.

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