Brain-Based Therapies for Autistic Children and Adolescents: Bringing the Latest Research Findings to Real-World Care

Registration Link: https://www.cape.org/courses/brain-based-therapies-for-autistic-children-goh-2026 

When: 07/13/2026 - 07/17/2026

Format: Live In-Person and Online 

About: What if you could have a clear, science-backed roadmap for supporting the autistic children and teens in your care—one that connects the dots between medical care, sensory needs, communication, behavior, learning, and emotional well-being into one brain-based approach? Imagine having a guidebook that helps you feel confident in daily practice, empowered to help children and families navigate complex medical, behavioral, and educational challenges to live their best lives.This course is designed to offer that clarity and confidence.

Program Objectives:

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

Explain autism through a modern, brain-based framework that integrates neuroscience, neurodiversity-affirming principles, and whole-child understandingIdentify key biological and medical contributors to autistic development—including immune, metabolic, genetic, and mitochondrial factors—and describe how these influence behavior, learning, and well-beingInterpret a child’s neurodevelopmental profile across sensory, motor, cognitive, language, and emotional domains, and understand how these profiles shape daily functioning

Apply neurobehavioral strategies that support regulation, reduce overwhelm, and help the body and brain work together for improved learning and communication

Demonstrate how to support communication development using child-led, meaningful, naturalistic techniques such as declarative language and modeling, rather than prompt-dependent approaches

Design individualized learning experiences by choosing skills that matter for independence, curiosity, joy, and long-term development, while creating “just-right” challenges aligned with each child’s arousal and readinessApply strategies that strengthen daily rhythms and family well-being, including supports for sleep, meals, transitions, sensory needs, and stress reductionDiscuss the importance of collaborating effectively across systems—medical teams, schools, and therapy providers—to create unified care plans and navigate decision-making with confidence

Describe how to promote mental health, belonging, and community participation by supporting autonomy, strengths, self-advocacy, and positive identity development in autistic children and adolescents

Develop and refine individualized action plans that translate neuroscience and whole-child insights into practical, personalized next steps for home, school, and long-term growth 

Total CE hours: 15.0

This activity has been certified by NEAFAST on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health & Human Services Professions for LMFT Professional Continuing Education. Certification # 214932174-C

Instructor Bio: Dr. Suzanne Goh is a pediatric neurologist, board-certified behavior analyst, and neuroscience researcher. She is the author of Magnificent Minds: The New Whole-Child Approach to Autism and the founder of Cortica – a health services organization with medical and behavioral health centers across the country that provide a comprehensive whole-child approach to autism care. Dr. Goh is a graduate of Harvard Medical School; she attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar; and she completed her neurology residency training at the University of California, San Francisco. She has served on the faculty of Columbia University where she was Co-Director of Columbia’s Developmental Neuropsychiatry Clinic for Autism. Her research has focused on the biological causes of autism and the use of brain imaging to identify patterns of neural circuitry and brain chemistry in autism. Dr. Goh lives in San Diego, California, with her husband and two children. When she’s not in the clinic with her patients, she enjoys yoga and hiking with her family.