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Embracing Neurodiversity: Affirming Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning for Clinicians.

Title of Event: Embracing Neurodiversity: Affirming Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning for Clinicians.
 
Description of Event:
Move past the medical model of disability - and towards an affirming approach that more effectively supports your ADHD'ers and Autistic clients.  Expand your clinical skills to help your clients overcome the pressures to mask and resist internalized ableism through support that strengthens self advocacy and affirming community.
 
In this training, we will review 24 neurodivergent traits through an affirming lens - as well as their associated strengths and challenges, microaggression considerations, polyvagal state presentation examples, differential diagnoses and misdiagnoses considerations, and affirming treatment plan considerations and interventions.
 
Stop using mainstream methods that pathologize your neurodivergent clients. Learn what it takes to help your clients develop a self concept that embraces neurodivergent traits as inherent strengths and valid expressions of human diversity.  
 
Chapter 1: Comparing Pathologizing and Affirming Conceptualizations of ADHD and Autism
1. Attendees will review and compare neurodivergence through the medical model and social model of disability.
2. Attendees will identify three basic terms related to non-affirming case conceptualization and treatment planning related to neurodivergent client work.
3. Attendees will review and compare language differences of ADHD + Autism through a deficit model language with a difference model.
4. Attendees will identify two neurodivergent traits associated with at least one symptom cluster of ADHD - reframing these traits in an affirming perspective for use in case conceptualization and treatment planning.
5. Attendees will identify two neurodivergent traits associated with at least one symptom cluster of Autism - reframing these traits in an affirming perspective for use in case conceptualization and treatment planning.
 
Chapter 2: Reviewing Pathologizing, Medical Model Interventions of ADHD and Autism
1. Attendees will name one way to assess whether current interventions are problematic for neurodivergent clients.
2. Attendees will identify at least one impact that pathologizing neurodivergent interventions can have on a neurodivergent client’s identity.
3. Attendees will list two ways in which pathologizing interventions can negatively impact the therapeutic work.
4. Attendees will recall three problematic pathologizing interventions used with neurodivergent folks.
5. Attendees will review one method to identify environmental barriers and needs, and/or reduce ableism impacts.
 
Chapter 3: Exploring Neurodivergent Traits and Polyvagal State Presentations
1. Attendees will review Polyvagal theory.
2. Attendees will discuss why Polyvagal Theory can be helpful to neurodivergent clients.
3. Attendees will analyze how polyvagal states apply to neurodivergent traits.
4. Attendees will discuss at least one ADHD trait and the associated emotional/physiological presentations.
5. Attendees will discuss at least one Autistic traits and the associated emotional/physiological presentations.
 
Chapter 4: Discussing Neurodivergent Affirming Treatment Planning Considerations
1. Attendees will utilize interventions that are adaptive to their neurodivergent clients’ individual strengths, goals, and needs.
2. Attendees will identify empowerment interventions that assist them in requesting accommodations and setting boundaries.
3. Attendees will learn how to formulate treatment plan interventions that encourage self-reflection and growth while honoring the client’s autonomy and individuality.  
4. Attendees will apply the normalization of support variability in executive functioning, socialization, and/or cognitive, emotional, sensory processing. 
5. Attendees will discuss around resilience building against systemic barriers.
 
Date of Event: On-demand - complete at your convenience. You will get access to the portal for 1 year.
 
Location: Online/on-demand/Asynchronous
 
Sexuality Counseling (SC) Training:
SC1. Theory and methods of personal/individual counseling.
SC2. Theory and methods of sexuality counseling approaches to specific populations (e.g., youth, older adult, couples, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations).
SC3. Theory and methods of different approaches to intervention in relationship systems.
SC5. Ethical issues in sexuality counseling.
 
Presenter/Speaker: Stacey Skowronski
 
Contact Name: Stacey Skowronski
 
Contact Telephone Number: (708) 202-9797
 
 
 
AASECT Approved CEs: 10

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