For Allied Health Professionals who Support Neurodivergent Children
On-demand workshop, available whenever you are! With 12 months' access
You're across the terms 'Neurodiversity', 'Neurodivergent' and you know a bit about what Neurodiversity Affirming Practice means.
But it can be a whole other big step putting your great intentions into practice and feeling confident that your therapy supports, beliefs and practices are aligned with the Neurodiversity Affirming movement.
I'm here to help you feel more knowledgeable, clear and confident!
If we haven't met, Hi! I'm Adina Levy. I'm an Autistic ADHDer speech therapist & professional educator from Australia. I'm utterly dedicated to supporting professionals, parents, teachers and educators how to support autistic children in affirming ways.
I am so heartened by Allied Health Professionals' huge response to the ND movement and there are so many wonderful professionals like you who are making big changes in your practice already.
Together, we can keep heading in this direction! My goal is to guide you over the 2-hour workshop to reflect on your knowledge, confidence and practice, learn new ideas, and make plans to shift the way you work with autistic & neurodivergent children.
This workshop is for you if:
🦸🏽 You're an Allied Health Professional (including therapy assistants and students)
👧🏻 👦🏾 You support autistic and/or neurodivergent children
🧠 You want more knowledge, confidence and deeper understanding about what a neurodiversity affirming approach looks like
⚡️ You're ready to put learning into action and make changes in your clinical practice, life and work!
In this 2-hour on-demand workshop, you’ll start to reflect, learn, un-learn and make plans for change, on these topics and more:
Language Matters
Important terminology and why we should or shouldn't use terms
Background
Brief history and outline of Neurodiversity, Autism & ADHD
Ableism & Bias
Understand ableism and reflect on your own biases & assumptions
Sensory
Sensory differences & needs, including eating/feeding challenges
Social
How traditional 'social skills' fits (or doesn't fit) into the ND affirming approachnderstand ableism and reflect on your own biases & assumptions
Behaviourism & ABA
Understand behaviourism, ABA and alternative approaches for supporting behaviour
Goals & Reports
Neurodiversity Affirming Goal-Setting and Report-writing - general considerations
Reflection
Reflect on your learning. Apply new ideas, changes, & plans to shift practices
Why learn with me?
I'm an Autistic ADHDer with over a decade's experience working professionally as a speech therapist, with autistic & neurodivergent children, their families, and their support networks. I've been an educator in various settings for almost 20 years, and I'm absolutely dedicated to helping others learn, reflect and take action on big concepts and ideas.
I make learning fun, engaging, relevant, and practical. I blend lived experience, personal reflection, clinical experience and evidence-based practice (with a critical lens!)
More than 1,200 professionals have taken my Neurodiversity Affirming Practice workshops and webinars to date! I hope you'll join us!
Here's what others have said about my Neurodiversity Affirming Practice training:
"I enjoyed it all. I love that you are encouraging us all to see things from a different and much more inclusive perspective. I particularly enjoyed the case studies and thinking about what neuroaffirming responses might be in these given situations"
"I appreciate your approach - important to be critical of all approaches, but not every approach is bad (some parts may be, but some parts can be useful). Also appreciate that you recognise that this is a massive cultural shift for society - some of us will move quickly and others of us will need time."
"Thank you so much Adina, I always have so many ah huh moments and feel like my own thoughts and challenges are validated!"
"Adina was so positive with everyone and supportive of where they are at on their neuro-affirming journey."
You have unlocked 40% off for a short time!
What you get when you register:
12 months' access to the on-demand workshop.
Recording is 1hr 33mins and I recommend taking 2 hours to complete the workshop + activities
24-page Workbook & quiz to help you reflect, process and take action to become a more affirming therapist
