National Autism Association New York Metro Chapter invites you to join us for
I Don’t Want to Talk About this with my Kids, but Maybe I Should: Puberty, Sexuality, and Sexual Behaviors
With
Consuelo Senior, LMSW
Mental Health Clinician, Transformational Speaker, Consultant, Staff Trainer, Educator, Sexuality Expert
Date: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm
Location:
Rebecca School
40 East 30th Street – 5th Floor Gym
New York, NY 10016
There is no fee but please RSVP below.
Please join the NAA NY Metro for a very important presentation and discussion about puberty, sexuality and sexual behaviors, with a focus on our special needs kids. Come learn some tips and techniques from Consuelo Senior who has worked many years with families.
She will cover approaches and tools to foster conversations with your children about their transformation to sexual maturity, while encouraging them to freely express themselves as part of their social and emotional development during puberty and throughout life.
About Consuelo Senior
Consuelo Senior has been providing social-sexuality education for 17 years to professionals, families, people with disabilities and professionals in the field. Ms. Senior practices both group and individual psychotherapy (13 years) with groups, families and individuals ranging in age from 6 to 65+ years, with and without cognitive disabilities. Ms. Senior currently practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Play Therapy, Schema Therapy & sex therapy. Ms. Senior’s mission is to help others to live their best life.
Consuelo is an adjunct lecturer at City College of New York (Disability and Social Work courses) and Adelphi University (Social Work-Graduate Courses). Consuelo has presented at numerous conferences across the country and internationally, for a variety of audiences. She has also presented at symposiums, radio programs and panel discussions as an expert mental health clinician. Consuelo is an agency representative to the U.N’s Economic and Social Council and is published in The Autism Spectrum News. She also has been cited in the NYU Review of Law & Social Change and other publications.
