OTs for Neurodiversity

02/28/2025

Last Call! February is wrapping up, which means this is your final reminder to grab your spot at the 2025 Neurodiversity CE Summit on cultivating safety and connection. With 9 powerful talks, you'll leave the summit with a toolbox full of practical strategies that will transform your work with your Autistic clients.

Use coupon code "Latebird2025" at checkout to get $50 off, and you’ll have until March 15 to watch as many sessions as you want. Plus, you can earn CE credits for every talk you complete (approved for ASHA, AOTA, NASP, NBCC, and ASWB CEUs).

Visit www.learnplaythive.com/summit to sign up. Registration closes at the end of the day on February 28!

Here's the full list of talks and speakers.
🔹Neurodiversity Basics: Masking, Authentic Connection, & The Double Empathy Problem – with V Tisi, MA, CCC-SLP

🔹Safety Through Systems Change: Supporting Our Multiply Marginalized Clients – with ChrisTiana ObeySumner MPA

🔹Trauma-Informed Strategies Every Provider Should be Using – with Sharon Hammer, LPC & Lisa Hoeme, LPC

🔹Adult Transitions & Autistic Joy: Thinking Beyond ‘Independence’ – with Jacklyn Boheler, MS, OTR/L & Greg Boheler, MS, OTR/L

🔹Sometimes Speaking: How AAC Use Supports Safety for All – with Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk, PhD

🔹Behaviorism Doesn’t Create Safety: An Affirming Approach to Autistic Wandering – with Dr. Kashia Rosenau, PhD & Dr. Emily Hotez, PhD

🔹Every Provider’s Role in Reducing Autistic Su***de – with Kris McElroy, MS

🔹Safety from the Start: Neuroaffirming Practices and Parent Coaching in Early Intervention – with Hillary Crow, MA, CCC-SLP

🔹A Therapist’s Guide to Autistic Dating: Love, Queerness, & Asexuality – with Jen Harr, MSW LCSW @.roses


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07/18/2024

“We concluded that there was not rigorous evidence supporting the notion that increasing the amount of intervention produces better intervention outcomes,” said Sandbank, who was first author on the study. “Instead, we recommend that practitioners consider what amount of intervention would be developmentally appropriate for the child and supportive to the family.”

After a thorough systematic analysis, Micheal Sandbank, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine and other researchers across the United States found that evidence was lacking that higher intensity interventions provided increased benefits for young autistic children.