Virtual
Munch and Learn
Thursday, February 29, 2024
6:30 - 8:30 PM CT
Utilizing Autistic Expertise in Improving Therapy Services for Autistic Clients
To receive 2 CEUs: $20 ICSW Community
$35 General Public
Free via Zoom
Workshop will be recorded
Classic psychoanalytic writers, i.e., Bettelheim, Alvarez, and Tustin, leave modern practitioners, allistic and Autistic, with significant theoretical and practical questions about how to best work with Autistic clients. Ableism and limited neurodiversity positive trainings may contribute to this uncertainty. For this event, two Autistic professionals who have worked extensively with Autistic children, youth, and adults welcome the opportunity to provide education about best practices and about their own experiences.
It is the hope that this evening will prove illuminating and will continue the conversation to improve services for Autistic clients. Please submit questions in advance to leahharp@gmail.com so that the presenters may review and prepare their responses. If time permits, the presenters may choose to answer questions asked at the event.
Elizabeth Duffy, MS, OTR/L (She/Her) is President and founder of MnNEAT (Minnesota Neurodivergent Education Advocacy and Therapy Services) and co-owner of Roots and Wings Therapeutic Services LLC. She also is an Education Specialist at the University of Minnesota, educating doctoral-level Occupational Therapy Students. She has been an Occupational Therapist serving people across the lifespan for over 15 years. She parents a neurodivergent child and is herself AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD). She is passionate about providing education to the community and professionals that is neurodivergent-led and created.
JayJay Mudridge is an autistic poet, aerialist, educator, and ABA survivor who burned out from public school and now is the Center Co-Director of the Bay State Learning Center, a non-coercive learning center for neurodivergent youth. They speak on the Autistic experience at Not Another Autistic Advocate on Facebook. Before they discovered the Autistic community, they were steeped in pathology paradigms; since understanding the neurodiversity paradigm they became an outspoken advocate on the ills of ABA, rallying for true inclusion and neurodiveristy-informed education practices. They can be reached for private tutoring inquiries at SharpSoulPoetics@gmail.com.
Contact Elree C. Smith for registration link: esmith@icsw.edu
Contact Leah Harp with questions: leahharp@gmail.com