Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters presents the 4th Annual "Promoting Resilience in Children" conference. This year's conference will feature Elsa Abele, MS CCC/SLP as she discusses "What Can I Say?  What Did You Say? Developing Pragmatic Language Skills for Social Interaction".

Children and adults with Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, Non-verbal Learning Disabilities and Language Learning Disabilities are often in need of services to increase their skills in social communication or pragmatic language, so that they can succeed in both school and workplace settings.  They typically have deficits in Theory of Mind, Central Coherence, and Executive Function that keep them from developing the skills of social interaction.  However, the skills can be taught explicitly.  This workshop will focus on treatment for the learning of conversation and listening skills, personal narrative skills, and verbally mediated problem solving using "self talk".  Material will cover diagnosis of social communication deficits, goal setting, and treatment.  The workshop is designed for interested parents and professionals who work with children who have needs in social communication.