Modern Emotion Regulation Supports for Neurodivergent Learners: Are You Keeping With The Times?

Typically, most fields evolve and adapt as people learn from new evidence and lived experiences. The neurodiversity field is no different—we’ve come a long way, but we all have a responsibility to continue to evolve and adapt to keep pace with the latest evidence and neurodivergent experience. This course will discuss common supports used to help neurodivergents thrive and encourage us all to serve in ways that are in line with the most current science and neurodivergent voice.
Learn practical solutions and strategies to help us keep pace within several key areas including moving from:
· Trauma-blind to trauma-informed
· Compliance-driven to regulation-driven
· Sensory exposure/desensitization to sensory safety
· Cognitive-based therapy to interoception-based supports
· Deficit-focused to strength-based

Kelly Mahler OTD, OTR/L, earned a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University, Dallas, PA. She has been an occupational therapist for 20 years, serving school-aged children and adults. Kelly is winner of multiple awards, including the 2020 American Occupational Therapy Association Emerging and Innovative Practice Award & a Mom’s Choice Gold Medal. She is an adjunct faculty member at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA as well as at Misericordia University, Dallas, PA. Kelly is a co-principal investigator in several research projects pertaining to topics such as interoception, self-regulation, trauma & autism. Kelly is an international speaker and presents frequently on topics related to the ten resources she has authored including The Interoception Curriculum: A Step-by-Step Framework for Developing Mindful Self-Regulation–used in over 30 countries.

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