Neurodiversity-Affirming Care: Supporting Clients from Diagnosis to Treatment (6 CEs)

Mental health care is changing, in a good way. The communities we serve are making their voices heard and sharing their needs. Providers must keep up with the flow in order to provide the best care possible.

What is neurodiversity? Who is neurodivergent? What does it mean to be affirming, and why should providers care? Learn the basics and underlying philosophy of this approach to mental health care and supporting neurodivergent individuals both in and outside of our offices. You will also gain skills to provide neurodiversity-affirming interventions to your clients, including strengths-based, client-centered, and cognitive behavioral techniques.

Additionally, this course will guide you through journal activities aimed at developing your professional knowledge, skills, and self-awareness to enhance your learning.

This course consists of four and a half hours of video lecture and an hour and a half of homework activities through the guided journal. It is pre-recorded to be completed at your convenience.

Cost

$75 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 a PsyPact provider. 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 autism evaluations across the lifespan, with an emphasis on neurodiversity-affirming care. She was identified as neurodivergent as an adult.

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

Appraise the benefits of neurodiversity-affirming care and the risks of care that is not neurodiversity-affirming
Develop psycho-diagnostic assessment skills that are neurodiversity-affirming
Construct an approach to treatment that prioritizes neurodiversity-affirming care and uplifts the voices and needs of neurodivergent communities
Employ therapeutic techniques that are both evidence-based and neurodiversity-affirming, including CBT and DBT techniques
Apply neurodiversity-affirming practices with clients in therapy sessions, including educating clients about their diagnoses from a neurodiversity-affirming perspective

Target Audience

This is an introductory-level continuing education course for psychologists, counselors, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, school counselors, and any other mental health provider who supports neurodivergent individuals.

Statement Regarding Conflict of Interest

Dr. Marschall developed this course in collaboration with A Change for Better, and ACFB is a sponsor for this course. 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 Care: Supporting Clients from Diagnosis to Treatment

$75

Course curriculum

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First Section
- Power Point Slides
- Assignment
- Course Videos
- Video Links
- Attendance
- Post Test
- Course Evaluation
- Certificate of Completion