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Digital Seminar

Treating Trauma in Neurodiverse Clients: Affirming and Culturally Inclusive Healing for Clients with Autism, ADHD, & More


Speaker:
Brandi Walker, PhD
Duration:
6 Hours 01 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 03, 2025
Product Code:
POS150111
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar


Description

Healing from trauma is a challenging journey, and when neurodiversity is involved, the path can become even more complex.

Many clinicians feel underprepared to navigate this rocky terrain where it’s essential to align with each client’s unique communication and processing styles to guide them forward on their journey toward healing.

Without specialised skills, even your best efforts with traditional trauma interventions may fail these clients who so desperately need your help.

This course, led by Dr. Brandi Walker – a respected clinician, researcher, and advocate - offers you the essential knowledge and tools you need to address the nuanced needs of clients with autism, ADHD, AuDHD and other neurodivergences with confidence.

You’ll gain a deeper understanding of neurodiversity and how it influences the treatment of trauma. Dr. Walker’s expertise will guide you through tailored approaches to assessment, intervention, and culturally responsive care for clients facing diverse and interwoven needs.

This is your opportunity to become a specialist in trauma-informed neurodiversity care and build a toolkit of actionable skills to enhance your practice. Learn to:

  • Confidently use neurodiversity-affirming and culturally-responsive diagnostic approaches
  • Identify and confidently support sensory needs, verbal and non-verbal communication styles, co-regulate intense emotions, and address executive skills needed for post-traumatic growth
  • Choose values-driven, strength-based interventions that honour each client’s context and foster healing and resilience
  • Adapt CPT, Trauma-Focused CBT, Prolonged Exposure, Neurolinguistics, Written Exposure Therapy, and EMDR to meet the unique needs of clients with autism or ADHD
  • Address the nuanced needs of neurodiverse clients from BIPOC communities, military families, and underserved populations with greater precision and compassion

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Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

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Brandi Walker, PhD's Profile

Brandi Walker, PhD Related seminars and products


Brandi Walker, PhD, has an earnest desire to further what is known about ADHD and provide therapeutic expertise and researched-informed support to families that are impacted. She is a Howard University and University of Maryland alumni and an Army Clinical Psychologist and faculty member at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, NC. Brandi is an active-duty Major who works directly with service member and their families, in addition to developing initiatives and collaborations that are in sync with the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness programming.

Brandi has spent the last 7 years working with various hospitals, clinics and schools conducting research on children with ADHD, their family and various sleep variables, and environmental factors of influence. Dr. Walker’s community efforts entail collaboratively initiating the Prince George’s County (Maryland) CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHS) Chapter and CHADD’s Southern Regional Support Center. Brandi also focuses attention and advocacy to diversity, inclusion, equity, and intersectionality awareness training and practices. She serves as acting chair and chair past of the Diversity in the Military Committee, of the APA’s Society of Military Psychology and also serves as the ECP (early career psychologist) on the Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Sub-Specialties in Professional Psychology (CRSPPP) of the APA.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Brandi Walker has employment relationships with Henry Jackson Foundation for Advanced Military Medicine, Howard University, and Marie Pauline Consulting. LLC. She receives a consulting fee from Power AHEAD Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Walker receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Brandi Walker is the co-executive officer for CHADD Southeastern Regional Support Center. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the National Children and Adults with ADHD Association, the Certified Rehabilitation Counselors Commission, the American Massage Therapy Association, and the National Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.


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Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

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Objectives

  1. Identify how sub-identities and contextual factors intersect with Neurodiverse presentations and exacerbate comorbid symptoms.
  2. Differentiate specific screening/assessment techniques that give consideration to intersectionality of Autism or ADHD, and PTSD.
  3. Identify evidence-based interventions that are most appropriate for addressing neurodiversity and co-occurring conditions.
  4. Determine the unique challenges of special neurodiverse populations, including Refugees & Immigrants, BIPOC communities, Asians impacted by the Model Minority stereotype, and Military Service Members.
  5. Identify ways to ensure treatment is culturally relevant and authentically value-based, non-stigmatising, and family-community inclusive.
  6. Evaluate case study examples and scenarios that highlight neurodiverse complexities when co-occurring conditions are persistent.

Outline

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  • Neurodiversity and Trauma Across the Lifespan
  • Neurobiology of autism and ADHD
  • Trauma and the neurodiverse brain
  • Developmental stages and impact of neurodiverse conditions
  • Contextual factors, intersectionality, and co-morbidities
  • Case studies
Multi-Faceted Assessment and Treatment Planning
  • Trauma symptoms vs neurodiversity
  • DSM5-TR™ and Autism, ADHD, PTSD
  • Integrative diagnostic tools for both trauma and neurodiversity
  • Masking and burnout: Impact on diagnosis
  • Gender-based differences in diagnostics
  • What to treat first? Neurodiversity traits of challenge or co-morbid condition
  • Group Exercise: Case conceptualisation
Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices to Facilitate Trauma Healing
  • Creating a sensory-friendly therapy space
  • Communication approaches: visuals, technology, and more
  • Strategies for mind, body, soul, spirit
  • Coping Skills Inventory
  • Values and strengths-based approaches to enhance client buy-in
  • Support executive function skills to facilitate post-traumatic growth
  • Interventions for co-occurring anxiety and depression
    • Top 5 accessible mindfulness practices
    • Sensory lifestyle strategies to address autistic burnout
    • Unmasking strategies to relieve depression
    • Values-based strategies for self-care
EMDR, CPT, CBT and More: Adaptations for Trauma Processing
  • Adapt CPT for non-verbal or minimally verbal clients
  • Empower neurolinguistics techniques
  • Prolonged exposure therapy: 3 strategies to safely use with autistic clients
  • Trauma-focused CBT strategies for clients with ADHD
  • Top Written Exposure Therapy strategies to get clients talking about their trauma
  • Special considerations with EMDR
  • Cultivate and celebrate post-traumatic growth
Culturally Responsive and Sensitive Care for BIPOC and Underserved Populations
  • Specialised skills for working with refugees and immigrants
  • BIPOC communities: Access to care, health disparities, and discrimination
  • Asians and the “model minority” stereotype: Strategies to break the stigma of seeking help
  • Military Service Members and Veterans: Deployment/combat-related lifestyle
  • Best practice: Culturally-relevant, value-based, non-stigmatising, family/community-inclusive, resource-connected
  • Case studies

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Art Therapists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Nurses

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