Neurodiversity affirming care: Part 2 presented by Lydia Meem BA(Psych)Hons, MPsych(Clin), MAPS CCli
Building a toolkit for respectful and responsive care
Returning for Part 2, Lydia guides us in expanding our toolkit for providing affirming healthcare that is respectful and responsive. Starting from a perspective of differences, not deficits, she explores the value of normalising, providing options and pre-empting challenges. Lydia recommends a handful of practical tools and suggests clinician-aware adjustments that can make a meaningful difference.
Learn about:
- The tendril theory and how you can support session transitions
- How normalising traits for ADHDers is supportive, especially in healthcare settings that may have a history of inducing shame
- Using the acronym INCUP to spark intrinsic motivation
The presentation will cover:
- Preferred communication styles
- Creating a safer, sensory friendly environment - in person and online
- Sensory and executive functioning impact of changing eating routines
- Executive functioning supports and building predictability
- Approaches to offering adjustments: recognise, ask, offer
- Case examples of ARFID, ADHD, Neurodivergent colleagues
You might also be interested in Neurodiversity affirming care: Part 1
Lydia Meem is a neurodivergent clinical psychologist and a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists, who has been working with neurodivergent people for more than 25 years. Lydia offers clinical supervision and training for health professionals around neurodiversity affirming practice with autistic and ADHDer clients, and clients with intellectual disability. Lydia hosts the Neurodivergent Clinician Symposium, with an all-neurodivergent line-up of health professionals sharing from both their clinical expertise and lived experience. She created the Neurodiversity Affirming Clinician online learning hub, with more than 50 hours of CPD for health professionals wanting to ensure their practice is neurodiversity affirming.