182: Sue Larkey’s Expert Series: The Fabulous New Screening Tools to Get an Earlier Diagnosis with Professor Barbaro
Episode description
Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.
Expert Guest: Professor Josephine Barbaro is a Principal Research Fellow and Neurodiversity Affirming Psychologist at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University. She is co-founder of Australia’s first ‘Early Assessment Clinic’ for autism, focusing on children under 3 years old. A/Prof Barbaro’s research interests are in the early identification and diagnosis of autism in infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers, family health and well-being following a diagnosis, and Neurodiversity Affirming research and practice.
In this interview we will talk about:
✅ What is autism screening/developmental surveillance?
✅ What are some of the early signs of Autism?
✅ How early can we identify and diagnose Autistic kiddos and what’s the current average age of diagnosis?
✅ The tools Professor Babaro’s developed – SACS (for professionals), ASDetect (for parents), how accurate they are, where they’re being used, and how people can access them.
✅ What to do if you suspect a child is Autistic?
✅ How to talk to parents in an affirming and empathic way if you suspect their child might be showing early signs?
✅ What to do if Doctors dismiss parental/carer concerns and say things like, ‘They are just being a boy’ or ‘they will grow out of it?’
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