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Treating Neurodiverse Families: Affirming Care for Children and Parents

CE Hours 3

About this live event

This 3-hour continuing education webinar provides therapists with a strengths-based and trauma-informed framework for supporting neurodiverse families. Participants will deepen their understanding of neurodiversity—including sensory, cognitive, emotional, and learning differences—and learn how these variations influence child development, family dynamics, parenting stress, and mental health needs. The training emphasizes affirming care that honors neurodiverse identities, promotes nervous-system safety, and strengthens connection within families. Through case examples, clinical tools, and practical interventions, therapists will learn how to (1) support children through developmentally appropriate, regulation-focused strategies; (2) provide parents with psychoeducation, coaching, and reframing that reduce shame and increase attunement; and (3) navigate common challenges such as masking, executive-function struggles, emotional dysregulation, and sensory overload. The webinar will also highlight culturally responsive, neurodiversity-affirming approaches that help families thrive rather than merely cope.

Learning Objectives

  • Define neurodiversity and describe how sensory, cognitive, learning, and regulatory differences shape behavior, developmental, and family functioning.
  • Apply a neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed lens to conceptualize presenting problems in children and parents, including understanding how chronic stress, masking, and misattunement can compound symptoms.
  • Identify developmentally appropriate supports and interventions for neurodiverse children, including regulation strategies, sensory accommodations, learning supports, and communication tools.
  • Provide parents with effective psychoeducation and coaching to strengthen attunement, reduce shame-based narratives, support co-regulation, and build flexible, sustainable routines at home.
  • Collaborate with families to create individualized treatment plans grounded in strengths, needs, sensory profiles, and the unique dynamics of each neurodiverse household.

Learning Levels

  • Beginner to Advanced

Agenda

3-Hour Timed Agenda

0:00–0:10 (10 min)  Welcome, Introductions & Overview

  • Trainer introduction
  • Overview of neurodiversity paradigm
  • What “affirming, trauma-informed” means in family work

0:10–0:40 (30 min) Module 1: Understanding Neurodiversity

  • Neurodevelopmental differences (ADHD, ASD, AuDHD, learning differences, sensory processing)
  • The role of nervous system functioning and stress physiology
  • Masking, chronic invalidation, and the trauma-neurodiversity overlap
  • Case example: reframing “behavior problems” as unmet sensory or regulatory needs
0:40–1:15 (35 min) Module 2: Sensory, Learning, and Executive Function Profiles
  • How sensory profiles create behavior patterns at home and school
  • Executive functioning: what’s skill, what’s capacity, and what’s nervous-system overwhelm
  • Accommodations vs “crutches”: supporting growth without shame
  • Using observational assessment to identify what a child’s behavior is communicating
1:15–2:00 (45 min) Module 3: Affirming, Regulation Focused, Develomentally Appropriate Interventions for Children
  • Regulation-first model: co-regulation before instruction
  • Sensory and movement-based supports
  • Helping children understand their brain and body (strengths-based psychoeducation)
  • Building skills in communication, flexibility, frustration tolerance, and transitions
  • Supporting autonomy while honoring neurodiverse needs
  • Case vignette + group reflection

2:00–2:35 (35 min) Module 4: Parent Work: Psychoeducation, Coaching & Reframing

  • Helping parents understand neurodiversity and nervous-system functioning
  • Reducing shame, fear, and self-blame in both parent and child
  • Coaching parents on co-regulation, structure, attunement, and collaborative problem-solving
  • “Meltdowns vs tantrums” and how to respond effectively
  • Boundaries, routines, and flexibility for neurodiverse homes
  • Scripts for reframing difficult behaviors for parents

2:35–2:55 (20 min) Module 5: Integrating It All: Collaborative Support Plans for Neurodiverse Families

  • Creating individualized plans for home, school, and community settings
  • Working across systems (teachers, OTs, pediatricians, specialists)
  • Supporting siblings and extended family dynamics
  • Cultural considerations and honoring family values
  • Troubleshooting common clinical challenges
2:55–3:00 (5 min) Closing, Q&A & Resources
  • Key takeaways
  • Recommended resources (books, handouts, sensory tools)
  • Final Q&A and evaluation instructions

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Amanda Good

    Amanda Good, LICSW, EMDR-C, is the Clinical Director at The Sibley Group in Washington DC, where she has been a psychotherapist for adolescent and adult clients for 15 years. She specializes in treating stress, anxiety, and trauma related symptoms, and is certified in Eye Movement and Desensitization Therapy (EMDR).

    Amanda writes, teaches, and consults on a variety of topics relating to trauma treatment, and is passionate about making mental health concepts and treatment easily understandable for clinicians and clients alike. Using a blend of evidence-based treatments including EMDR, IFS, EFFT, CBT, and DBT, as well as a deeply grounded and relational approach, Amanda provides therapy and teaches therapists to go beyond symptom management to healing root problems and achieving lasting change.

CE Process Info

  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program (ASWB ACE)

    Treating Neurodiverse Families: Affirming Care for Children and Parents, Course #6581, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by The Sibley Group as an individual course. Individual courses, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 12/22/25-12/22/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 Live Clinical continuing education credits.

TSG Grievance Policy

CONTINUING EDUCATION GRIEVANCE POLICY
The Sibley Group is committed to providing highest quality continuing education, training, and clinical services. We conduct all activities in accordance with the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics, and provide trainings that meet or exceed the requirements of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) which can be found in the ACE Handbook. We will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory throughout the process of promoting and delivering our continuing education programs. All trainings have been approved through ASWB ACE (Approved Continuing Education), and the Continuing Education Director monitors all programming to ensure compliance with these standards, in addition to a review process and consultation with The Sibley Group’s Executive Director.
While The Sibley Group goes to great lengths to ensure fair treatment for all participants and to anticipate and prevent any potential issues in the process of our continuing education offerings, there may occasionally be issues which require attention of the Continuing Education Director. The Sibley Group’s Executive Director Dr. Allison Sibley LICSW will also consult will also consult with the Continuing Education Director as needed regarding any complaints about the speaker, course content, or issues in accessing the course which they feel escalate to a formal grievance. The Continuing Education Director may use the following, in conjunction with other applicable options, to address the grievance: attempt to move the participant to another workshop or presentation, provide a credit for a subsequent year's workshop, or provide a partial or full refund of the workshop fee. The Continuing Education Director may also provide a summary of the grievance to the course facilitator while ensuring the attendee’s anonymity. If the complaint involves the Continuing Education Director, then the participant may email or send mail to the Executive Director, who will address the complaint with the Continuing Education Director while ensuring the attendee’s anonymity.
Contact information for Filing a Grievance
Continuing Education Director:
Amanda Good, LICSW
amanda@thesibleygroupdc.com
Executive Director:
Dr. Allison Sibley, LICSW
allison@thesibleygroupdc.com

Disability Accommodation

We are committed to providing ADA accommodations in compliance with the law. To ensure your needs are met, please inform us of any requirements when you register, ideally at least 30 days before the event. You can do so by emailing support@ce-go.com or calling 888-498-5578.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

There are no refunds following purchase of this webinar. Cancellation after purchase will result in losing the full sign-up fee. If you have questions about this policy, pleace contact the Continuing Education Director, Amanda Good, amanda@thesibleygroupdc.com.

CE Certificate Requirements

Credits will be provided after full attendance and upon completion of the evaluation of this course. Certificates will be emailed following completion of the course evaluation. For any questions or issues with CE Certificates, email the Continuing Education Director, Amanda Good, amanda@thesibleygroupdc.com.

Target Audience

This online training is designed for mental health providers including Social Workers, Psychologists, Professional Counselors, and other professionals interacting with populations engaging in mental health based services. This course is designed for all levels of experience including beginner level.

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  • Date
    Fri Feb 27th, 2026
  • Time
    09:00am - 12:00pm EST

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