Training Videos

Brought to you by the Delaware Network for Excellence (DNEA) as they host the Swank Autism Center at Nemours Children’s Health. This webinar addresses considerations in providing neurodiversity-affirming care to autistic individuals and families from an intersectional lens.

Brought to you by the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism (DNEA) with Trauma Matters Delaware (TMD) in support of Trauma Awareness Month, this mental health and autism training provides an introductory understanding of autism and commonly occurring mental health diagnoses. This webinar discusses the core characteristics of autism, the prevalence and presentation, and an introduction to evidence-based resources that can be used to support individuals with autism who have mental health needs.

Join the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism (DNEA) as they host Dr. Sarah Curtiss in an educational workshop as she discusses the research on autism and human sexuality. This webinar discusses understanding and describing what sexual expression looks like, sexual abuse risk and resiliency, and how to best teach sex education. This workshop discusses evidence-based resources, including some Delaware specific resources.

Brought to you by the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism (DNEA), this prompting tutorial reviews how to support teaching a person with autism a new skill or task. This tutorial has been designed to support professionals and family members using the evidence-based practice of prompting which is appropriate to use across multiple settings.

Brought to you by the Delaware Network for Excellent in Autism (DNEA), this tutorial reviews how to support teaching a person with autism a new multi-step or chained skill. This tutorial has been designed to support professionals and family members using the evidence-based practice of chaining which is appropriate to use across multiple settings.

This prompting tutorial reviews how to support teaching a person with autism a new skill or task. This tutorial has been designed to support professionals and family members using the evidence-based practice of least to most prompting which is appropriate to use across multiple settings. Most to least prompting can be used to teach both discrete and chained skills. When using least to most prompting, prompts are systematically provided from the least intrusive to the most intrusive.

This prompting tutorial reviews how to support teaching a person with autism a new skill or task. This tutorial has been designed to support professionals and family members using the evidence-based practice of most to least prompting which is appropriate to use across multiple settings. Most to least prompting can be used to teach both discrete and chained skills. When using most to least prompting, prompts are systematically provided from the most intrusive to the least intrusive.

Join the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism (DNEA) as they host Dr. Priya Lalvani as she discusses ableism and what it means to disrupt it. This webinar discusses ableism, how discrimination against people with disabilities is embedded in our language and culture, and how professionals and families can become allies for disability justice. 

Dr. Lalvani has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology and is a professor at Montclair State University. She teaches courses in Disabilities Studies and is the coordinator for the graduate programs in inclusive education. Through her research, she seeks to confront ableism in schools and society and to problematize the practice of segregated education for many students with disabilities in schools. She is the co-author of the book: Undoing Ableism: Teaching About Disability in K-12 Classrooms and the editor of Constructing the (M)other with Narratives of Disability, Motherhood, and the Politics of Normal.

This short video was produced by the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism (DNEA) team at the University of Delaware’s Center for Disabilities Studies. In this video, we will talk about the importance of using visual supports in medical settings for individuals with autism. Visual supports help clarify expectations in medical settings by making foreign concepts like medical procedures more predictable and understandable. 

Brought to you by the Delaware Network for Excellent in Autism (DNEA), this social skills instruction training discusses social skills developed and how that development can look different for students with autism. The training considers ways of assessing social skills, skills to target and explores evidence-based strategies that can support autistic students.

This content was developed as part of a collaboration between the Delaware Department of Education, Delaware Office of Statewide Autism Programs, and Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism at the University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies.