Taking Care of Each Other: Creating Systems of Care
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Taking Care of Each Other: Creating Systems of Care

  • ALL AGES

INSAR 2025 Autism Community Conference for clinicians, educators, and all professionals who work with Autistic people.

Date and time

Wednesday, April 30 · 12 - 4:30pm PDT

Location

Seattle Convention Center | Arch

705 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101

Agenda

12:00 PM - 4:30 AM (+1 day)

Taking Care of Each Other: Creating Systems of Care

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Doors Open

12:30 PM

Welcome, Acknowledgements, and Community Values


Our goal is to create an inclusive, bidirectional, accessible event for all autistic individuals. Members should come to meetings (and this conference) assuming positive intent, listening with unders...

12:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Systems of Mental and Behavioral Health Care for All Autistic Individuals


More than 75% of autistic children, youth, and adults will experience a co-occurring mental health condition. Differences in diagnostic practices, clinician and cultural biases, and structural barrie...

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Supporting the Autistic Workforce in Identifying & Removing Barriers


With the significant need of the autistic community for mental and behavioral care support, moving evidence based practices from research to the clinic and community is critical. Training a workforce...

About this event

  • Event lasts 4 hours 30 minutes
  • ALL AGES
  • Paid venue parking

Welcome to the event Taking Care of Each Other: Creating Systems of Care!

Join us at the Seattle Convention Center | Arch (room 4-C 1&2; 4th floor) from 12:00pm to 4:30pm.

12:00pm - 4:30pm

Session 1: Systems of Mental and Behavioral Health Care for All Autistic Individuals

Session 2: Supporting the Autistic Workforce in Identifying and Removing Barriers in Human Services

This event is open to the Seattle and greater PNW community of those interested in autism research including: Autistic people themselves; all professionals who work with Autistic people including clinicians, educators, and other professionals; and family members and supporters. This conference is built by community members for our community and supported by the International Society for Autism Research.

#AutismResearch #MentalHealth #Workforce

Frequently asked questions

Parking

Transportation options: https://seattleconventioncenter.com/getting-here

Cost

There is no cost for registration for the event.

Contact

2025.seattle.insar@gmail.com

Hosts

The community conference was co-designed by Hala Annabi PhD, Grant Blasko, Katrina Davis, Arzu Forough, Reza Forough PhD, Katy Granath MSW, Jim Mancini SLP, Jill Locke PhD, Zack Siddeek MSW , Gary Stobbe MD, Sara Jane Webb PhD

Who should attend?

This event is open for those interested in autism research including: clinicians, educators, and all professionals who work with Autistic people and their families, and Autistic people themselves including family members and supporters.

INSAR 2025 Registration

The International Society for Autism Research (INSAR 2025) Annual Meeting will occur after the community conference Wednesday, April 30 - Saturday, May 3, 2025. Registration for INSAR 2025 is separate. Details can be found at-- https://www.autism-insar.org/page/2025AnnMeeting

What is INSAR?

The INSAR Annual Meeting (formerly IMFAR) is an annual scientific meeting, convened each May, to exchange and disseminate new scientific progress among autism scientists and their trainees from around the world. https://www.autism-insar.org/page/AnnualMeeting

Partner Events on April 30th

Collaboratively Advancing the Network: Designing Opportunities (CAN-DO) Building Partnerships for Meaningful and Sustainable Change. Presentations and conversations about how we can improve improve care for autistic people. 4/30 10am to 12:00 Seattle Convention center. RSVP: tinyurl.com/RSVP-CANDO

Can I receive CE credits?

This education event qualifies for Category II CME (1 hour = 1 credit). Please sign in (name, email) when attending the event and we will provide a post event email with confirmation of attendance.

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