The Hidden Curriculum of Keeping a Job

Adults with disabilities often have difficulty keeping a job — experiencing challenges that are often unrelated to their job skills. This session provides necessary yet often untaught information — the hidden curriculum — on a variety of topics related to finding a mentor, networking, talking with supervisors, dealing with on-the-job-frustrations, understanding the social rules at work maintaining a job, and many other topics.

PEATC is honored to welcome author and educator Brenda Smith Myles!

Brenda Smith Myles Ph.D., formerly, a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas, is the recipient of the Autism Society of America’s Outstanding Professional Award, the Princeton Fellowship Award, The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome (GRASP) Divine Neurotypical Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Autism Champion, and two-time recipient of the Council for Exceptional Children Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award. She served as the editor of the journal Intervention in School and Clinic and has been a member of the editorial board of several journals. Brenda has made over 3000 presentations all over the world and written more than 300 articles and books on ASD. In addition, she collaborated with the three organization who identified evidenced based practices in autism. Further, in the latest survey conducted by the University of Texas, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world.