Lunch & Learn - Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children
Event description
The Mental Health Foundation Australia's free mental health educational webinars are back - with a new title - "Lunch & Learn". The webinars will be conducted online via Zoom and will typically take place during the average workplace's lunch hour - 12pm to 1pm (VIC time).
Join us as we discuss Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children with Emeritus Prof. Bruce Tonge AO.
Careful observation of early infant development and behaviour is the best opportunity to see the signs of potential neurodevelopmental difficulties such as Autism. Early intervention, early in life leads to the best outcomes. This webinar describes the characteristics of an Autism Spectrum Disorder in young children, and other associated behavioural and emotional challenges that may face the young child and family.
About the presenter:
Prior to his retirement in 2012 he was the Foundation Head, School of Psychology and Psychiatry and Head of the Discipline of Psychological Medicine at Monash University and also the Senior Clinical Advisor of the Mental Health Program of Monash Health at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, Australia. He has a distinguished record of clinical work, teaching and research in child psychiatry. He established the internationally recognised Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology. He continues to have clinical, research and teaching interests in the area of developmental psychiatry with a particular focus in the areas of Autism Spectrum Disorders and behavioural and emotional disturbance in children and adolescents with intellectual disability and neurodevelopmental disorders, parent education and skills training public mental health interventions, and treatment outcome studies in childhood anxiety and depressive disorders.