Empowering Neurodivergent Learners
4 Keys to Understanding, Action & Advocacy
Your how-to guide for creating affirming, empowering spaces for students.
Join us!
Click below to register for the homestudy course.
CEs: 1.5 APA-approved CEs
Cost: $39
How do we create affirming spaces in schools?
Awareness of neurodiversity and how to support neurodivergent children has been growing in schools. However, many practitioners report they have difficulty finding practical resources to advocate for their neurodivergent clients in educational settings.
This workshop was designed to help!
This workshop will introduce providers to the concepts of neurodiversity and the social model of disability, drawing their attention to how environments like the therapist’s office or classroom can enable or disable children. Then, participants will learn practical tools for how to evaluate the level of neurodiversity-affirming practices in their own and other settings, directly empower their neurodivergent clients, and advocate for neurodivergent clients in educational settings.
Participants will leave this talk with specific strategies for:
- How to talk about neurodivergence with clients
- How to advocate for and run neurodiversity-affirming problem-solving meetings (e.g. SSTs)
- How to build and promote affirming self-reflection in clients
- How to explicitly teach children about neurodiversity and ableism
For the official flyer, click here.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Explain neurodiversity in client/student-friendly language;
- Explain how neurodiversity and ableism relate to other forms of representation and discrimination;
- Describe how compensatory skills and masking affect students and hinder learning;
- Apply neurodiversity-affirming strategies in educational settings.
Cost & Refund Policy
$39
Refunds will be granted for recordings only if there is an error on our end and you are not able to view the course.
Presented by Dr. Sarah Wheeler
Dr. Sarah Wheeler is an educational psychologist, professor of education, and writer known for her work in neurodiversity advocacy. She received her Doctorate in Education and credential as a School Psychologist from the University of California, Berkeley, and her special education teaching credential from California State University, Northridge. She is currently a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP #3753) in private practice. She trains teachers on how to work with diverse learners at the Bay Area Teacher Training Institute.
