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Objectives
- Examine the Neurodiversity Affirming Movement (NAM) to support practitioner’s understanding of strengths-based frameworks for working with Autistic/ADHD clients
- Identify new trends in Autism/ADHD literature
- Define myths, ableism, and implicit biases which impact work with Neurodivergent clients
- Outline Autistic and ADHD neurocognitive differences, with emphasis on how to make appropriate accommodations to
- Implement equitable access to social structures (including within therapy, school, work environments)
- Explain risk factors and prevalence of trauma within Neurodivergent populations
- Distinguish symptoms of trauma and Neurodivergence to inform accurate diagnosis, case formulation, and treatment planning
- Explain assessment and diagnosis for Autism/ ADHD
- Interpret case formulation through both Neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed lenses
- Utilise affirming accommodations and adaptations to therapy to support Neurodivergent people to heal from experiences of trauma.
- Recognise “behaviours” through an affirming framework
- Review support needs for Autistic/ADHD people
- Make sense of Trauma Symptoms in Neurodivergent Populations
- Outline health and wellbeing outcomes for Autistic/ADHD people
- Scrutinise common adverse life experiences and trauma in Autistic/ADHD populations
- Describe impacts of trauma on Autistic/ADHD people
- Determine symptom differentiation of Autism/ADHD from trauma-related disorders
- Review the literature regarding available ‘treatment’ for Autistic/ADHD people
- Identify barriers to accessing treatment for Autistic/ADHD people
- Give examples of case formulation through integration of neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed frameworks
- Critique the Square Model (Mitchelson & Clarke, 2022) as a wholistic approach to therapy with Autistic/ADHD people
- Produce strategies to address executive functioning, sensory needs, interoceptive skills, and communication needs
Outline
Introduction to Neurodiversity Affirming Practise
- Introduction to the concept of Neurodiversity
- Social Model of Disability and implications for work with Autistic/ADHD people
- Exploration of ableism and implicit biases impacting treatment
- Understanding new trends in Autism/ADHD literature
- Neurodevelopmental differences for Autistic/ADHD people
- An overview of assessment and diagnosis for Autism/ ADHD
- Reframing “behaviours” through an affirming framework
- Foundational support needs for Autistic/ADHD people
Understanding Trauma Symptoms in Neurodivergent Populations
- Mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Autistic/ADHD people
- Adverse life experiences and trauma in Autistic/ADHD populations
- Impacts of trauma on Autistic/ADHD people
- Symptom differentiation of Autism/ADHD from trauma-related disorders
- Reviewing the literature regarding available ‘treatment’ for Autistic/ADHD people
- Barriers to accessing treatment for Autistic/ADHD people
Integrating Neurodiversity Affirming and Trauma-Informed Practise
- Case formulation through integration of neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed frameworks
- ‘4 P’ case formulation with Autistic/ADHD clients
- Introduction to the Square Model (Mitchelson & Clarke, 2022) as a wholistic approach to therapy with Autistic/ADHD people
- Strategies to address executive functioning
- Strategies to address sensory needs
- Strategies to address interoceptive skills
- Strategies to addresss communication needs
- Closure