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Neurodiversity and the Nervous System: A Bottom-up Approach to Working with Autism, ADHD, OCD, and PTSD for Building Emotional Regulation
Presented by Sean M Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, MINT Certified Trainer

*Up to 4 CE credits will be issued to those attending this virtual opportunity.
Details: July 17 (10:00am - 2:30pm, including a 30-minute lunch break) 

This event is offered in collaboration with the Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health. See fee information below.

Description: Neurodiversity and the nervous system is a bottom-up approach to working with adolescents and young adults with Autism, PTSD, OCD, and ADHD, in the home, classroom, and therapy space. Building on Polyvagal Theory, attendees will explore differential diagnoses of OCD, PTSD, Autism, and ADHD. This lecture is bottom-up because attendees learn to attune to youth and young adult bodies rather than a diagnostic label. The body—not the mind—is the place in which all dysregulation unfolds in the autonomic nervous system and provides a place to intervene via sensorimotor psychotherapy, mindfulness-based interventions, biofeedback exercises, and Motivational Interviewing approaches. Attendees like social workers, therapists, professional counselors, case managers, residential care workers, behaviorists, special education teachers, special educators, vocational counselors, parenting support aides, and in-home support workers will all find ways to apply a Polyvagal understanding to the adolescent nervous system to their own type of practice. 

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to...

• Better understand differential diagnosis of ADHD, Autism, OCD, and trauma/PTSD
• Identify when diagnoses don’t matter and when they do 
• Explore qualities neurodiversity through the nervous system
  
• Track and respond to somatic indicators of nervous system regulation and dysregulation
• Match interventions with nervous system presentations in the classroom, casework, and treatment spaces.   

Presenter Information: Sean M. Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW is an autistic psychotherapist and researcher through Mayo Clinic Health System. He regularly trains healthcare professionals to be more confident when working with people on the spectrum. 

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