Neurodiversity-Informed Care for Clinical Providers
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Date: September 12, 2025 (Friday); time: 9 am to 2 pm
Format: Hybrid
Location: 1070 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA
Instructor: Lawrence Fung, MD, PhD, Director of the Stanford Neurodiversity Project, Stanford University
Target Audience: Mental health providers, primary care providers
Topics:
- Introduction to neurodiversity; strengths of neurodivergent individuals
- Neurodiversity terminology, historical and current, affirming language
- Common developmental trajectories of neurodivergent individuals; challenges of neurodivergent individuals in educational and employment settings
- Conventional versus neurodiversity-informed assessments
- Strengths-based approaches to emotion regulation challenges
- Strengths-based approaches to social challenges
- Neurodiversity-informed care in psychotherapeutic settings
- Neurodiversity-informed care in primary care settings