AUTISM - PRACTICAL COURSE - MODERN INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES

The practical course "Behavioural intervention techniques in autism" takes place in Iași on 21–22 November 2026, starting at 09:00 on Saturday. It is taught by the psychologist Tudor Mitasov, who has more than 20 years of experience working with children with autism, and is aimed at psychologists, students, educational psychologists, speech therapists, teachers, educators and parents.

The course runs one weekend a month, 5 hours on Saturday and 5 hours on Sunday, for a total of 120 hours. The fee is 250 lei per month. The materials include video presentations in English and Dutch, subtitled in Romanian, showing techniques and strategies used in the Netherlands. Methods taught include TEACCH, Small Steps, Preterapia, Give Me Five and ABA, with topics such as developing communication, independence and social integration, stereotypies and deviant behaviour, adolescence, prevention of sexual abuse, independence at meals and in the toilet, programmes using pictograms, differential diagnosis, aetiology, prognosis and myths about autism.

A certificate of participation is awarded by the organiser, without credits.

Registration: Iași 0770 844 610. Registrations are also accepted for the groups in Botoșani (0740 227 451, second module on 14–15 November) and Chișinău (+37361206641, first module of the second group on 28–29 November). Details: www.facebook.com/events/1449921787299243