{"id":19142,"date":"2024-03-12T20:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pecs-greece.com\/training-series\/%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%ac%cf%81%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83%ce%b7-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%b5%cf%80%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%b9%ce%bd%cf%89%ce%bd%ce%af%ce%b1\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T20:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:01:32","slug":"autism-developmental-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pecs-greece.com\/en\/training-series\/autism-developmental-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism\/Developmental Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left check-list et_pb_text_0\" style=\"padding:55px;\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>What exactly is autism? \u00a0How does it differ from Developmental Delay?<\/p>\n<p>While autism is a spectrum and people with a diagnosis vary significantly in how the symptoms affect them, they typically have difficulties in three key areas:<\/p>\n<div class=\"check-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Verbal and nonverbal communication<\/li>\n<li>Social awareness and interactions<\/li>\n<li>Imaginative play (variable interests and behaviors)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have a \u201cscattered profile\u201d which means they do not follow the same patterns of development as typical children.<\/p>\n<p>Developmental Delay (DD) means milestones are being met later than would be expected, but are happening in the same order as most children.<\/p>\n<p>Early intervention, including early introduction to the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), is known to help children with ASD or DD make significant gains. Keep in mind though, it\u2019s never too late to make a difference and instruction in functional life skills for anyone, regardless of their diagnosis, will improve their quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>We have a variety of training workshops that provide practical information and strategies to help you teach important skills and increase appropriate behaviors as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"train-list\" style=\"padding:55px;\">\n<h3>Autism\/Developmental Delay Workshops Available:<\/h3>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pecs-greece.com\/en\/training\/pecs-level-2-training\/\">PECS Level 2 Training<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pecs-greece.com\/en\/training\/teaching-critical-communication-skills\/\">Teaching Critical Communication Skills<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pecs-greece.com\/en\/training\/pecs-overview-webinar\/\">PECS Overview (WEBINAR)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly is autism? \u00a0How does it differ from Developmental Delay? While autism is a spectrum and people with a diagnosis vary significantly in how the symptoms affect them, they typically have difficulties in three key areas: Verbal and nonverbal communication Social awareness and interactions Imaginative play (variable interests and behaviors) People with Autism Spectrum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-series","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ 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