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*A Girl's Eye View:

Identifying and Supporting Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorders*

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*Thursday, August 19, 2010*

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*Webinar agenda:*

- The new interest in girls with ASDs

- Overview of sex differences – Symptom presentation, developmental

trajectories, prevalence rates

- Assessment and diagnosis

- Questions and answers

- Developing a treatment plan

- Unique issues facing girls with ASDs – implications for intervention

- Recommended resources

- Questions and answers

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*About the Presenter*

*[image: Presenter Shana Nichols]Shana Nichols, Ph.D.,** is a licensed

clinical psychologist and researcher who has worked in the field of autism

spectrum disorders for 15 years. She is former Clinical Director of the Fay

J. Lindner Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities and is

Co-Director of ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development in Melville, New

York, which provides a range of services to individuals, families, schools,

and organizations including direct services, consultation, workshops and

training. She currently specializes in adolescence and growing up, the

experiences of females with autism spectrum disorders, and dual diagnosis

and mental health interventions. Dr. Nichols has extensive expertise in

cognitive and diagnostic assessment, treatment, consultation, and family

work and she conducts applied research associated with her clinical

programming. Dr. Nichols received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada and completed her internship and

post-doctoral training at JFK Partners Center for Autism in Denver,

Colorado.

Dr. Nichols was a recipient of the Canadian Psychological Association

Certificate of Academic Excellence in 2005 Award for her Ph.D. thesis work.

She has received research and service grant support for her work in

sexuality, puberty, and ASDs from the Organization for Autism Research, the

Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and Autism Coalition.

She is the author of Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum, which is

available in book stores, and is a co-author of the forthcoming book

Fighting Worries and Facing Fears: A Coping Manual for Children with

High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Families*

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Shana Nichols, Ph.D.

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