Neurodiversity Affirming Practice for Mental Health - online

About

An introduction to neurodiversity affirming practice for mental health, delivered by a multiply neurodivergent occupational therapist.

Delivered live online over 2 sessions (with access to the recording), covering:
- Core principles of neurodiversity affirming practice
- Overlaps with recovery and trauma informed care principles
- Useful definitions
- Medical and social models of disability
- Co-occurring conditions
- Missed and misdiagnosis
- Sensory processing and alexithymia
- Communication and the double empathy problem
- Lived experience feedback
- Support and accommodations, including universal design
- Action steps and changes to practice

I will use practical examples with the aim of you having things you can use to start creating change.

This is a big and complex area and this presentation is designed to introduce concepts and provide you with a framework for further reflection and exploration.

For more about me and what I do: www.chronicresilienceot.com