Neurodiversity Affirming Goal Setting in Early Intervention Practice (Glass - Live Interactive Webinar)

Course overview

In today's culture, it is critical that therapy practitioners provide interventions and supports for families that are inclusive of their specific needs. This includes setting goals that are neurodiversity affirming and sensitive to every child and family. It is highly important to set our families up for success and this includes creating goals with them that reflect their needs as well as their child's needs encompassing who they are and not who we wish them to be. Studies which include reflective information from neurodiverse adults indicate interventions focused on "fixing" an individual result in a negative perspective and understanding of behavior whereas inclusionary and accepting approaches lead to embracing their authentic selves. In order to do this, therapists can begin with developing goals, in collaboration with the family, that focus on strengths to help make progress and improve daily function. This course will describe components of strength based approaches to goal setting specific to the early intervention population and will provide opportunity for collaborative problem solving in creating goals that best meet our families' needs.