What Does Your Body Know? Teaching Individuals with IDD to Recognize Internal Warning Signs`

What You’ll Learn & How It Applies to Your Practice Research suggests nearly three-quarters of individuals with autism have significant difficulty reading their own internal body signals unless those signals are extreme — and if a learner can’t recognize that something is wrong inside, no safety skill we teach will trigger in time. Patricia Lund will introduce interoception (the ability to sense and interpret signals from inside the body), explain why it’s a foundational skill for abuse prevention, and give you practical starting points for weaving body awareness into the safety skills training you’re already doing

1. 1Learning Objectives
2. 2Participants will define interoception and explain its relevance to abuse prevention for individuals with IDD.
3. 3Participants will identify at least two reasons why individuals with IDD may experience difficulty recognizing internal warning signals.
4. 4Participants will describe at least two practical strategies for incorporating body awareness into existing safety skills training.