Becoming a Neuro-affirming Therapist: A Focus on Adult ADHD

Becoming a Neuro-affirming Therapist: A Focus on Adult ADHD is organized by CE You! Plus! and will be held on Jan 14, 2027.

Description:
“Becoming a Neuro-Affirming Therapist (Focus on Adult ADHD)” is designed to assist participants in gaining knowledge and perspectives that will support their professional development. We will define and discuss neurodivergence, distinguishing medical, disability, social, and identity models. We will use Adult ADHD as an example: providing an overview of prevalence, adult diagnosis, long-term consequences, executive functioning, and treatment approaches. An emphasis on a whole person approach will assist participants in understanding the importance of shifting from a diagnostic/treatment to a well-being model, with an emphasis on positive psychology and other key theoretical frameworks. Participants will be guided to understand and consider what it means to become a neuro-affirming practitioner, including: support for executive functioning challenges, adaptations and shifting expectations related to the therapist-client interface, multimodal collaboration, and addressing relationship and workplace considerations. Finally, participants will be invited to consider a plan for their own growth in this area and will be able to leave the session with a SMART goal to take that plan forward. 

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to define neurodiversity
• Participants will be able to distinguish a medical model from social and identity-oriented models of ADHD/neurodiversity
• Participants will be able to summarize key challenges of adult ADHD
• Participants will be able to identify components of multimodal care and explain benefits of each component for adult with ADHD/neurodiversity
• Participants will be able to compare and contrast a diagnostic vs well-being model of care
• Participants will be able to [consider key components of, determine personal needs in relation to, and] plan an approach to, providing neuro-affirming care.