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Neurodiverse Affirming Care in Pediatrics: Improving
Engagement and Promoting Progress

Presented by Danielle Carey

Description

This webinar is scheduled for 6:00 PM EDT / 3:00 PM PDT

This course was designed by a neurodivergent clinician to help identify how to bridge the gap between differing cognitive, sensory, and emotional experiences for neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals. This webinar will provide tips to help clinicians build authentic connections with neurodivergent pediatric patients to foster progress and growth.

Participants will learn practical strategies for identifying and understanding the unique needs of neurodivergent individuals. By focusing on recognizing individual differences to allow for accommodation of the nervous system versus activation and discovering points of shared joy, this webinar will teach clinicians and educators how to build authentic, supportive relationships with pediatric patients that promote trust and engagement. Tools for creating personalized, strengths-based approaches will be shared, along with techniques for fostering connection in a variety of settings.

Instructor

Danielle Carey, MS, CCC-SLP, COM®

Danielle Carey has been a practicing speech-language pathologist over the last 12 years. During the early years of her career, Danielle worked in rehabilitation centers and hospitals. Over the last nine years, she has worked within the private practice setting. Danielle has created and launched a myofunctional program. While…

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Learning Objectives

● Define neurodiverse-affirming terminology to identify and implement individualized accommodations for neurodivergent clients in clinical settings

● Select appropriate accommodations and sensory inputs for neurodivergent pediatric clients to optimize comfort and prevent nervous system activation, enhancing the clinician’s ability to provide effective support in clinical settings

● Highlight child-led therapeutic strategies to enhance social participation and engagement in neurodiverse-affirming care.

● Develop a reflective therapeutic self by applying self-awareness and adaptive strategies to enhance clinician–client relationships in neurodiverse-affirming care

Agenda

All times in Eastern Time.

6:00pm–6:30pm
Definitions and Terminology 
6:30pm–7:00pm
Sensory System Review
7:00pm–7:30pm
Therapeutic Self 
7:30pm–7:35pm
Break 
7:35pm–8:05pm
Live Q&A Session 
Medbridge is committed to accessibility for all of our subscribers. If you are in need of a disability-related accommodation, please contact [email protected] . We will process requests for reasonable accommodation and will provide reasonable accommodations where appropriate, in a prompt and efficient manner.

Details

  • May 22, 2025
  • 6:00pm-8:05pm EDT
    • PTs/PTAs, Introductory
    • OTs/OTAs, Introductory
    • SLPs, Introductory
  • Register soon! Limited seats available.

* Available May 20

Disclaimer

Danielle Carey, instructor for this educational event, receives compensation from Medbridge for this course. No one with the ability to control content has relevant relationship(s) to disclose.

Accreditation

Requirements

To receive CEU credit all disciplines must attend the webinar for the full duration, complete the quiz with a minimum score of 70%, and complete the participant survey.

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