Neurodiversity 101: Autism, ADHD and beyond…- 6 May

- Gain Knowledge and Understanding
- Gain a deeper understanding of how brains can operate differently, building understanding around neurodiversity, including autism and ADHD, FASD, trauma and more.
- Enhance your Practice
- Explore how change in viewing neurodiversity and taking a social perspective can make a big difference to mental wellbeing of neurodivergent people.
- Enact Solutions
- Take a strengths-based approach to understanding neurodivergence and the neurodivergent functioning of the brain of neurodivergent clients, students and co-workers.

This course can be taken alone or combined with Neurodiversity 201 on 28 May for a discount - see below (Price and Registration) for details.

This workshop is for anyone who wants to gain deeper understandings of the needs of Autistic people and people with ADHD, OCD and other neurodivergent experiences. Including but not limited to therapists and group therapists, educators, education specialists, support workers, support specialists, team leads, and community workers.

Sanam Bagherian, Ph.D. in clinical psychology

Sanam Bagherian is Autism Specialist Facilitator, has a strong interest in autism and has a Ph.D. in autism psychology which included delivering educational programmes to support parents with children on autism spectrum. Sanam has worked as a clinician and educator to support children on the spectrum and their families for several years, and more recently has worked with autistic adults. Sanam has published more than six studies and has presented at events such as the 5th World Congress on Positive Psychology (July, 2017).

Sanam is passionate about getting up to date in depth reliable autism information and sharing it with the autism community.