Autism Spectrum Disorders Treating Habit Disorders
These training materials were created for the Autism Center of Excellence at Western Michigan University. This course has been designed to provide additional training for behavioral health professionals in providing treatment to those individuals with developmental disorders and other habit disorders. Dr. Woods provides an overview of habit disorders and discusses the assessment and treatment of those clients.
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Understanding Habit Disorders
Unlike other courses in this category, this course focuses on disorders other than Autism. In this course, participants will be able to define symptoms of habit disorders like a TIC disorder or Tourettes.
Treatment Implications
An important topic in this course surrounds the implications of beginning treatment with this cohort. In many cases, treating these disorders without using the correct model, may enhance the disorder or create many more treatment barriers.
Function-Based Interventions
One of the models used as part of treatment for these habit disorders is the Function-Based Intervention. This course provides a step by step guide to using this model as a basis for assessment and treatment.
Dr. Douglas Woods
Dr. Douglas Woods is a licensed psychologist as well as professor and department head of psychology at Texas A&M University. His interests are in understanding, developing treatments for, and disseminating behavioral interventions for children and adults with Tourette Syndrome, Trichotillomania and other OCD-spectrum disorders. He has published a number of professional articles, books, and book chapters on the topics of Tourette syndrome, tic disorders and body-focused repetitive behaviors. He has received research grant support from the National Institutes of Health and the Tourette Syndrome Association. He has also served as an editor for several different professional journals including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
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