course »Neurodiversity and Supporting Autistic Youth in Care – Part 2

Date: 8/4/2023, 9:00 am—1:00 pm
County: -Training Offerings
Location: DISTANCE LEARNING
Sponsor: Aldea Children & Family Services
Phone: 707-557-4560
Part 2: In the last 15 years or so, autistic people and advocates have been developing a new paradigm to understand neurological brain differences. Borrowing from other social justice movements, the neurodiversity paradigm views conditions such as autism and ADHD as stemming from naturally occurring biodiversity. Part 2 expands on Part 1 of the training and also provides an emphasis on working with autistic foster youth will also be discussed.