Young Adults with Autism: A Challenge for Aging South Asian Parents

6:00pm to 7:30pm

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Veera Mookerjee, Ph.D, LMSW

NASW-NYS Members: Free | Non-Members: $30

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Presenter: Veera Mookerjee, PhD, LMSW 
NASW-NYS Member Fee: Free
Non-Member Fee: $30
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Transition remains a major stress for parents of autistic children, especially when they age out of the mandatory education system and move into larger communities. Aging parents engage in intense planning for their child’s future. Such arrangements are difficult as parents representing diverse ethnic groups are not able to access services.  

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this webinar, participants will:

• Describe essential cultural elements of the US-based South Asian Community as an important guiding for their work within that community.
• Predict the role of South Asian parents' perception of autism plays in accessing and utilizing community resources.
• Review Social Capital Theory and construct associated interventions appropriate for work within the South Asian Parental Community impacted by Autism and other developmental disabilities.

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Veera Mookerjee, Ph.D., LMSW is an NASW-NYS Diversity Committee member and on the Board of New York Zero- To-Three (NYZTT), a statewide organization for Early Intervention. She owns Resolveera that helps special needs parents. Veera is a P/T mental health therapist and F/T Medical Social Worker.