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Social Difficulties of Learning, Attentional, and ASD
By: Kevin Blake
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Traditionally, professionals have believed the social interaction difficulties many of those with neurobiological disorders (i.e., learning disorders, AD/HD, nonverbal learning disorders, Asperger's disorder, etc.) are solely the result of a lack of social skills knowledge. They believed if their clients could be given adequate knowledge, their social interaction difficulties would disappear. Yet, after being given extensive social skills training many would continue to appear odd and be rejected in social, work and classroom situations. In the past, the only "solution" was to provide more social skills training, which would often produce the same disappointing results. Recent research utilizing advanced brain imaging techniques has identified neurobiological deficits that underlie these clients' difficulties in social interaction. These deficits must be addressed along with the provision of social skills training for clients to achieve their full "social potential."

This one-day seminar is taught by an instructor who knows the problems of both sides of the learning disorders equation. Dr. Kevin Blake was born hearing impaired and dyslexic. The techniques he will teach you would have removed a great deal of the painful frustration he experienced in his life both in the classroom and socially. Because of his disabilities and thousands of hours of work in this field, it is his goal and mission in life to share this information with every caring person he can. Attendees will learn the exciting new research on how the unique neurophysiology of those with neurobiological disorders can negatively affect their ability to interact socially. Specific treatments for a wide variety of the most common neurosocial problems experienced by those with neurobiological disorders will be discussed. What Dr. Kevin Blake will teach you really works, isn't difficult to understand, and will make your clients' lives easier, as well as your own. This course is a MUST for anyone who works with learning or socially impaired individuals.

  • Identify treatment applications that can be effective with adult, adolescent and child populations
  • Examine the latest research on brain anatomy and how it relates to difficulties in social interaction and relationships
  • Outline the important distinction between social abilities and social skills, as well as how to positively improve your relationship with these clients and the outcome of treatment
  • Describe how weaknesses in fluency and automaticity lead to poor social interaction
  • List the types of major memory problems that may be problematic in social situations for those who are LD, AD/HD, NVLD and describe what treatments are available for them
  • Effective treatments for the most common neurosocial problems in adults, adolescents and children
  • The difference between a "social skill" and a "social ability" and why this is important when working with those having LD, AD/HD, NVLD and/or Asperger's disorder
  • Practical methods of helping those with social ability deficits learn to interact appropriately in social situations
  • What kind of neurocognitive problems can negatively affect social interaction and specific suggestions of how to overcome them
  • How to coordinate treatment with those from other helping professions who may be able to aid your clients in overcoming their disabilities
  • Identify organizations and groups that can be helpful to your clients
  • Identify what Central Auditory Processing Disorder is, how it disrupts social interaction and relationships, even in the therapy room, and how it is treated
  • Explain how genetically based social anxiety can be treated
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Mental Health Administrators
  • School Guidance Counselors/School Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Licensed Professional Counselors
  • Drug and Alcohol Counselors
  • Case Managers
  • Vocational Counselors
  • Special Education Teachers
  • School Administrators
  • Psychiatric Nurses
  • Probation Officers
  • ADA Compliance Officers
  • Clergy
Kevin T. Blake, Ph.D., P.L.C., is a recognized national authority on learning disorders and AD/HD in children, adolescents and adults. He has specialized for over 20 years in learning disorders and AD/HD and lives and works as a licensed psychologist in Tucson, Arizona. The interest in learning disorders and AD/HD were spurred by his own struggles trying to overcome his reading disorder/dyslexia and hearing impairment, which were initially diagnosed during the first year of his doctoral program at the age of 26. At the time, the early 1980s, not much was known about adults with learning disorders. As Dr. Blake struggled to learn about his own learning disorder he decided to make his life's work the diagnosis and treatment of adults with learning disorders and AD/HD. Dr. Blake earned his doctorate degree from Oklahoma State University and his dissertation research focused on self-esteem and anxiety in the learning disabled college student. When he started his professional life, he was one of a handful of professionals in the country with such a focus. Now he travels the country sharing his personal story and what he has learned about learning disorders, AD/HD and other neurobiological disorders with professionals who work with these populations, individuals with these disorders and their loved ones.

Dr. Blake is a member of several state and national organizations, such as the American Psychological Association, International Dyslexia Association, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders, Learning Disabilities Association and the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association. He has been the facilitator of a Tucson support group for AD/HD adults for several years. Additionally, he is a published author with articles having appeared in Attention!, LDA Newsbriefs and Perspectives (of the International Dyslexia Association). Dr. Blake was a 1991 delegate to the National Institute for Literacy's "LEAD 2000 Congress," where he was a member of a special committee advising the U.S. Congress on diagnostic and remediation issues confronting learning disabled adults. He is an accomplished and engaging speaker whose presentations incorporate germane information, practical how-to's and appropriate life experiences. Visit his website at www.drkevintblake.com

"Best seminar that I have attended in years. The speaker was clear, concise and committed to his work. The quality and quantity of new information was impressive." - Robert Grabelsky, Psychologist, Edison, New Jersey

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