Rethinking Mental Health Support for the Neurodivergent
Sophie Bishop explores ways that mental health providers can be better trained to help neurodivergent clients.
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Assessing and Treating Severe Behaviors
Free webinar at 1 p.m. Eastern time (US), Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Learn about the process of getting a behavior assessment from start to finish, plus updates on current research and strategies for treatment. About the speaker: Nathan Call, PhD, BCBA-D, received his doctorate in school psychology from
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The Boring Back & Forth of Social Interactions: Advice from People with ADHD
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares different perspectives on how people with ADHD can deal with challenges related to social interactions.
Neurodiversity & Opportunities: Ensuring A Seat At The Table
Self-advocate Gerene Keesler shares the importance of resources and opportunities for the neurodivergent.
Overlooking Children with Inattentive ADHD Has To Stop
Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses a new tool teachers can use to prevent children with Inattentive ADHD from being overlooked.
Navigating Change in Recovery
Darlene Lancer, JD, LMFT explores our impulse to change, and why accepting changes can be so difficult.
Neurodiversity and “Gastrodiversity”
Autism mom Wendy Lyman looks at the need for community around the GI complications and diseases that often co-occur with ASD.
Treatment of Elopement: Safety Tips and Considerations in Programming
1 pm Eastern time, Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Description — Elopement, running or wandering away from supervision, is an incredibly dangerous behavior that is prevalent among autistic youth. This talk will review preventative and safety strategies that parents and providers can incorporate to reduce the risk associated with elopement. We will also
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Why Are Routines So Important for Autistic People?
Featured Image by Yogendra Singh Pixabay In life, things can often be unpredictable, and we learn to face things that we might not be prepared
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How Mess Equates to Stress
Amelia Zannoni discusses studies showing the connection between messy environments and feelings of stress, and explores tools for cleaning during busy times.
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