Autism Across the Lifespan: Early Development Online
This is the initial meeting of a ten-session, 20 hour course applying theories of developmental psychology, including Piaget’s Sensorimotor theory and Vygotsky’s sociocultural learning, to the Autistic population. This session will review theories of prenatal and infant development, applying Piaget’s sensorimotor theory (Thelen, 2001) to an Autistic infant population. We will compare stage models of typical development such as Erikson, Trust vs. Mistrust (Sacco, 2013) to observations of atypically-developing children. This foundational class will provide a summary of established findings and integrate this knowledge with principles of the neurodiversity framework (Dwyer, 2022).
In this program, participants will learn to identify current hypotheses attributing delays in language acquisition to neurological differences of autistic infants. Additionally, they’ll be able to evaluate some of the research methods used to study prenatal and perinatal environmental contributors. Lastly, participants will be able to compare findings on pre-verbal vocalizations in Autistic and non-Autistic infants.
The content of this meeting will be relevant to clinicians working with any age range of clients and will contribute to insights about neurobiology, language and motor development. The course will encourage critique and appraisal of current research, and scrutiny of underlying assumptions and methods used.
Presented by Kate McNulty, LCSW and Matt Lowry, LPP
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This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 2.0 CEs for Psychologists, 2.0 IL CEUs for Counselors and Social Workers, 2.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSWs, and LMFTs, or 2.0 NBCC Clock Hours.
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https://tcsppofficeofce.com/march_20_2026-2
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PROGRAM PRICING:
- General Admission: $50
- The Chicago School Faculty/Staff/Alumni: $40*
- Students: $25*
(*Please email officeofce@thechicagoschool.edu for coupon code. Code must be entered at time of checkout to receive discount.)
Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the program. Within 48 hours of the program, and at any point in Homestudy format, tuition is nonrefundable.
- Date:
- Friday, March 20, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://tcsppofficeofce.com/march_20_2026-2
- Audience:
- All Graduate Students All Students Alumni Doctoral Students Faculty Masters Students Public The Chicago School Community Undergraduate Students