Part 1 Training Contents

Chapter 2

Chapter 1

Recognizing Neurodivergent Differences within a Neurotypical Society

Introducing Autism, ADHD, + Neurodivergent Affirming Care.

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Chapter 4

Chapter 3

Neurodivergent Affirming Care Treatment Plan Considerations

Distinguishing NT Burnout from ND Burnout.

Chapter 3

1. Discuss and compare neurotypical burnout from neurodivergent burnout.
2. Apply Neff’s Boom or Bust Cycle, Pacing Systems, + Spoons Theory to explain neurodivergent burnout and recovery.
3. Review the impacts of masking stress.
4. Apply the Job Demands-Resources Theory to conceptualize burnout severity, recovery, and prevention.
5. List organizational, therapy, and personal resources to formulate burnout recovery and prevention.

Chapter 2

1. Identify one difference that neurodivergent folks experience in relation to sensory processing,
2. Cognitive processing,
3. Emotional/relational or social/communication experience,
4. Executive functioning.
5. Apply the Minority Stress Model to demonstrate how neurodivergent folks experience distal and proximal stressors unique to being a member of a marginalized group.

Chapter 1

1. Identify three basic terms related to neurodivergence and/or neurodivergent-affirming care.
2. Review ADHD and Autism through the deficit-based medical model.
3. Review ADHD and Autism through the strength-based, differences versus deficits model.
4. Discuss the importance of a strength-based model within the context of rejection sensitivity experienced by neurodivergent folks.
5. Critique theory of mind by reviewing the double empathy problem.

Chapter 4

1. Discuss sensory overload and management.
2. Apply Dunn’s Framework to explain sensory processing differences.
3. Distinguish when monotropism is helpful versus unhelpful.
4. Discuss how to strengthen interoceptive awareness.
5. Discuss how to set expectations and negotiate roles and responsibilities related to dynamic shifts in executive functioning capacity.