Supporting neurodivergent children and youth: Improving access and treatment outcomes in mental health, educational and residential settings

Practical, evidence-informed strategies to better affirm, engage, and support neurodivergent children and youth—improving access and outcomes.

Neurodivergent children and youth, including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are more likely to struggle with their mental health. They are also more likely to be diagnosed with comorbid psychiatric conditions.

This training will explore techniques for supporting neurodivergent children, youth, and their families. It focuses on those who have experienced barriers to accessing support and achieving positive outcomes across mental health, educational, and residential settings. You will gain a foundation to supplement psychotherapeutic treatment modalities with behavioural learning principles, including functional behaviour assessment. This will help children, youth, and their families move from talk to action and address cognitive and behavioural challenges that interfere with their goals.

Learning objectives:

• Explore diversity, complexities and comorbidities within neurodivergent populations such as those with ASD and ADHD
• Acquire practical strategies to help clients use what they learn in therapy to improve their daily lives
• Understand applications for functional behaviour assessment to address behaviours that interfere with individuals’ goals and positive outcomes
• Acquire practical strategies to provide affirming accommodations and engage children with learning differences. Such as ADHD, LD and ASD during therapy sessions
• Learn strategies to interact mindfully and regulate their own emotions and responses when supporting challenging and complex clients

Join us and learn how to integrate behavioural learning principles with psychotherapy to move from talk to action—supporting neurodivergent children and youth with ASD/ADHD across care settings. Reserve your spot now.

SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute offers training and education for professionals to advance mental health care – our goal is to improve client outcomes and building capacity, together. Find training to support your professional development at www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca and reserve your spot today! Don't forget to use code OPA20 to save 20% off your registration fees.