Handspring Institute Webinar
Recognizing and Supporting Children with Autism in Schools: Practical Strategies for School-Based Clinicians
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What This Webinar Covers
This webinar is designed for school-based mental health clinicians who work with children and adolescents across developmental stages and want practical guidance for recognizing and supporting children with autism in schools. The presentation will focus on how autism may show up in everyday clinical work, including students whose presentations are subtle, complex, or initially mistaken for anxiety, ADHD, behavioral challenges, or social difficulties. Participants will learn how to identify red flags, use brief screening and targeted clinical questions to clarify concerns, and implement practical supports that can be used in their work with students at school. Case examples will illustrate how to think through common referral questions, intervention planning, and collaboration with families and school teams.
About the Speaker
Hannah Sykes, Psy.D.
Dr. Hannah Sykes is a clinical psychologist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. Dr. Sykes specializes in the assessment and treatment of children with autism, developmental delays, and behavioral challenges. She works with children and families within pediatric primary care and subspecialty medical settings and collaborates closely with families and interdisciplinary teams to provide developmentally informed, evidence-based care. Dr. Sykes obtained her Psy.D. from the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium. She completed her clinical internship at the NYU Child Study Center/Bellevue Hospital Center and her postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at Weill Cornell Medicine.