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Neurodiversity-Affirming Psychological Evaluations: ADHD and Autism (3 CEs)

Neurodiversity-affirming mental health care refers to an approach to service that recognizes and honors the wide range of diversity among human brains, empowering and respecting our clients rather than speaking over them. Unfortunately, this approach is not the mainstream. In recent years, a push toward centering lived experience and empowering clients has made strides in undoing the harm caused by non-affirming care. Autistic and ADHD communities in particular have called for an overhaul of how we approach diagnosing and supporting these individuals. This course is essential education for any provider who conducts ADHD or autism evaluations to ensure that you are keeping up with best practice and standards of care. 


This course consists of a two-hour lecture and one-hour self-guided assignment, for a total of three continuing education credits. It is pre-recorded for home study, to be completed at your own pace.

Cost

$50 for the course and continuing education certificate. There are no additional fees for this course. The fee offers you lifetime access to the self-guided home study course. Because you maintain lifetime access to the learning materials, no refunds are offered for this course.

Presenter

Dr. Amy Marschall is a clinical psychologist licensed in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and New York, as well as New Zealand. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Supporting Autistic Clients and Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy: What Every Mental Health Provider Needs to Know. In her clinical practice, she specializes in ADHD and autism evaluations across the lifespan, with an emphasis on neurodiversity-affirming care.


Dr. Marschall is an author and speaker, and she has a full-time private clinical practice, Resiliency Mental Health. She also created a website to distribute mental health and therapy resources to the public.


Resiliency Mental Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Resiliency Mental Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Learning Objectives

  1. Evaluate existing standards of assessment for ADHD and autism and appraise limitations, strengths, and potential harms of existing systems.
  2. Analyze research on neurodiversity-affirming psychological assessment and assess evidence around this approach to diagnosis.
  3. Develop scripts for neurodiversity-affirming psychoeducation conversations with clients.
  4. Practice crafting neurodiversity-affirming assessment reports based on hypothetical clients, creating two hypothetical assessment reports utilizing affirming techniques learned in the lecture.

Target Audience

This is an intermediate-level continuing education course for psychologists and any other mental health providers who conduct psychological evaluations for ADHD and autism.

Statement Regarding Conflict of Interest

Dr. Marschall and Resiliency Mental Health have no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Continuing Education Course: Neurodiversity-Affirming Psychological Evaluations: ADHD and Autism

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