Building Safe Communities: Improving Understanding Between Law Enforcement and Autistic Individuals
THE AUTISM ADHD PODCAST
Holly Blanc Moses
4.9 • 686 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Join Lon Bartel, Dr. Daniel Openden, and me as we talk about educating law enforcement on how to best support children with Autism.
We cover-
- How autistic adults collaborated with the interviewees
- What information to provide to law enforcement in the event of a crisis
- The skill to teach children now
- Strategies to help de-escalate
- When a parent is scared to call 911 when a child is aggressive
- How to create a positive relationship between officers and first responders and children before a crisis occurs
- What questions to ask your local police department in order to learn about their training on Autism
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Autism, ADHD podcast. |
| 0:09.5 | I am so happy that you join me today. |
| 0:11.9 | I want to take a moment and ask for your help. |
| 0:14.5 | Please take just a second and give the podcast a five-star review. |
| 0:20.1 | This will help me continue the podcast |
| 0:22.4 | and keep bringing you helpful information. |
| 0:25.4 | Thanks so much again for taking the time to give that five-star review. |
| 0:29.7 | Now let's get started. |
| 0:34.5 | I am so excited today to be bringing you an extra special episode. |
| 0:39.9 | We're talking about building safe communities and understanding between law enforcement and people on the spectrum. |
| 0:47.5 | So first I want to introduce Dr. Daniel Openden. |
| 0:50.8 | He is a PhD, BCBAD, the president and CEO of the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, also known as Sark, in Phoenix, Arizona. |
| 1:03.4 | He has expertise in developing training programs for teaching parents and professionals to implement pivotal response treatment and comprehensive |
| 1:11.7 | evidence-based treatment model for children with autism spectrum disorder. And Lon Bartel is also |
| 1:17.9 | joining us from Vertra. He's Virtra's director of training and curriculum, a former peace officer |
| 1:24.3 | with Peoria PD in Arizona since 1997 and certified law enforcement trainer for over 17 years. |
| 1:33.4 | This included managing the Armory, Indoor Range, and Curriculum for the Department. |
| 1:37.9 | Thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 1:40.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:41.3 | So we have a very important topic that I know a lot of professionals and parents are interested in, |
| 1:49.0 | and that is building those safe communities. |
| 1:51.0 | So why don't you tell us a little bit about how you came to collaborate together? |
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