Professional Development

ADOS 2 Clinical Training Workshop

 

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Training Description

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 2 (ADOS 2) has become the standard Instrument for assessing ASD across age, developmental level, and language skills. Participants will learn how to use the ADOS 2 in clinical practice to assess and diagnose autism. This 2-day live workshop teaches, through instruction and live demonstration, how to use the ADOS-2 to clinically assess and diagnose autism. Seating is limited, with priority going to UCF CARD counties (Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia). This is an advanced level workshop supported by empirical peer reviewed scientific literature focusing on the application and assessment used for systematic and standardized evaluation of presence levels of autism spectrum disorders. Continuing Education Units for APA (12) and ASHA (1.2) are available for a fee of $60. CEUs are contracted with various brokers. Fees are not assessed by the accrediting agency. Participants must attend the entire full 2 days, participate in course activities, and complete self assessment to earn ASHA CEUs.

* Each Participant must bring an ADOS-2 Manual to the training. Manuals will not be available at the training site and are needed to score the live assessments each day. Participants must attend both days for the full time of the training in order to receive a certificate of completion. This clinical training is for diagnostic purposes and does not certify participants to use the ADOS for research purposes.

Training Objectives

1. Participants will learn how to use the ADOS 2 in clinical practice to assess and diagnose autism.
2. Participants will learn how to use the definitive autism assessment
3. Participants will benefit from the experience of an expert ADOS-2 instructor
4. Participants will practice scoring while observing ADOS-2 administrations

Target Audience

Evaluation team members, related services providers, school psychologists

About the Presenter

Dr. Morrier is a WPS certified clinical trainer for the ADOS-2 Assessment and president of Morrier Consulting. Prior to moving to a consulting role, Dr. Morrier was Associate Professor at the Emory Autism Center in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, where worked for 30 years. Dr. Morrier received his doctorate in Special Education from Georgia State University. He was originally certified on the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) in 1997 and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) in 1998, and has used both clinically and for research to diagnosis young children suspected of being on the autism spectrum. Since 2015, Dr. Morrier has been involved with expanding the capacity of community-based licensed psychologists to identify and diagnosis young children suspected of autism by training providers on how to use the ADOS-2 in their clinical practices. Dr. Morrier is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal for Autism and Development Disorders and the Journal of Special Education. He is past President of the Georgia Division for Early Childhood subdivision (2015-2021).

Contact

Terri Daly
Terri.daly@ucf.edu
407-492-3434