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Neurodiversity-Affirming Care
Date: Sep 26, 2025
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm and 2:00pm-5:00pm (PST)
CEU: 6 hours
Location: Virtual – Zoom session
Cost: $180
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Audience:
This course is ideal for social workers and other professionals in healthcare and human services.
Description:
Neurodivergent-affirming care is not only about individual interactions; it is also a form of cultural competence embedded within professional practice. To be neurodiversity- and neurodivergent-affirming is to acknowledge that all brain types, including those that are different to what society considers the norm, are equal in value and valid in their right to exist without conforming. This means valuing an individual’s strengths, understanding and accommodating their challenges, and accepting differences in social interaction, communication, behaviour, and learning.
This 1-day course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to a neuro-affirming conceptual practice framework and tools for integrating its principles when working with individuals, families, and groups. The course will balance theoretical learning with interactive discussions, case scenarios, and guided practice.
Participants will begin with an overview of a neuro-affirming care model, exploring topics such as the neurodiversity movement; neurodivergent diversity; neurodivergence across the lifespan; neuronormativity and systemic ableism; domains of experience (body, emotional, sensory, thinking) and how they impact behaviour and interactions; masking and camouflaging; neurodivergence and mental health; and neurodivergent-affirming communication.
This course is the first of a three-part series on neurodivergent-affirming care, and a recommended pre-requisite for the other two courses.
In the event that a future certificate program in neurodiversity-affirming practice is developed, these courses will count toward the required hours for the completion of that program.
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