SP003J Rhythms of Resilience: Nurturing Stability in Youth Care by Balancing Novelty and Routine 4 CEUs TIVE032-202580

CI# SP003J Rhythms of Resilience: Nurturing Stability in Youth Care by Balancing Novelty and Routine   4 CEUs

Instructor: Shoshana Phoenixx

Wednesday, October 29, 2025    9:15AM - 1:15PM

Location: Online via Zoom

Adults and children with neurodiverse traits have emerged from a history of scholastic shame and the need to be "directed and controlled" to a world of options and the freedom to express their needs. With this knowledge, we, as professionals, have the chance to collaborate with autistic system-involved youth to determine the degree of stimulation they need to increase or decrease in their surroundings in order to carry out necessary life skills. We also recognize that some autistic youth are quite task-oriented, while others are much more relationally focused. With this in mind, we will look at how both routine and novel circumstances can increase interest in a task and how accountability and consistency can create calm and personal control so that they have room for more possibilities.

Class Objectives:

● Participants will learn to recognize the learning philosophies that they frequently employ in their work with system-involved youth.

● Participants will practice classifying a list of 12 possible activities into novelty and routine categories.

● Participants will explore creating cues to encourage system-involved autistic youth to try out 5 strategies for increasing and decreasing stimulation in order to master daily tasks that are difficult for them.

Takeaways ● Participants will review their previous learning plans and incorporate strategies of novelty and routine into their goals that best meet their strengths and stimulation needs

● Participants will generate a list of novel and routinizing activities that can foster system-involved youth’s personal agency