Overview:

This session focuses on school resource officers and other first responders (including school personnel). We will address autism as a spectrum disorder with accompanying potential symptoms and traits. We will focus on escalation prevention (e.g. building safety skills, strategies, recognizing triggers and what escalation could look like) and responses (i.e., de-escalation strategies and post-crisis depletion and prevention of re-escalation). Training options and other resources will be provided.

Presenter: Toni Sabala, Special Education Teacher and PhD Candidate, University of Idaho

Session Skills and Strategies:

Use social skills curriculum or practice to build safety skills with a student or child.
Identify possible triggers for escalation in a student or child.
Identify de-escalation strategies that could be used to manage violent or aggressive behaviors in a student or child.

Session Materials:

Session Presentation: Autism for School Resource Officers and Other First Responders

**Please note: Additional materials are listed on page 24 of the session presentation.

Case Presentation:

ARHP November 18, 2022: Student and Peer Safety Concerns

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Professional Development Presentation Video: