Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP is an Educational Outreach Specialist at the Marcus Autism Center, affiliated with Emory University. She is a speech-language pathologist specialising in autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and related social learning disabilities. As a former adjunct faculty member and lecturer at Yale University, she has served as a member of their Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic. She recently participated as a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Ad Hoc Committee on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), a committee charged with developing guidelines related to the role of speech-language pathologists in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of ASD.  She is a co-author of the SCERTS Assessment Process and she provides professional development internationally to educational programs developing programs for social and emotional learning and serving children and adolescents with autism and related developmental disorders. 

Conference Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

Identify how the SCERTS scope and sequence of goals can be used to guide the development of meaningful, functional and evidence-based objectives in social communication and emotional regulation

Adjust programming related to educational objectives and appropriate strategies for enhancing active engagement

Adjust programming related to educational objectives and appropriate strategies for enhancing smooth transitions

Adjust programming related to educational objectives and appropriate strategies for enhancing conventional emotional expression  

Venue: Margaret McMillan Tower, Princes Way, Bradford, BD1 1NN

Cost:   £230 per delegate to include a light lunch, refreshments and all resources

Please contact Sally Hester for further information and a booking form: sally.hester@highpark.org.uk