Neurodivergent affirming personality assessment using the values of Collaborative-Therapeutic Assess

Abstract

In this Roundtable Discussion, Drs. Ori Elis and Krista Brittain will share new developments in the neurodiversity movement and connect these developments to better understanding the cultural model of disability as it applies to neurodivergence, especially autism and ADHD. Presenters will review the core values of TA and apply these to working with neurodivergent clients in the context of personality assessment. Presenters will address the importance utilizing neurodivergent affirming practices as a component of competence in working with diverse/neurodiverse populations and support participants to consider shifts in current practices to increase utilization of and access to neurodivergent-affirming care.

Coordinator

Krista Brittain | Private Practice

Speakers

Krista Brittain | Private Practice

Ori Ellis | Private Practice

Goals & Objectives

1. Describe ways in which a neurodiversity-affirming assessment is an example of cultural competence.
2. Apply Therapeutic Assessment (TA) values to provide a framework for supporting neurodivergent clients in the assessment process.
3. Identify strategies for working with self-identified and self-diagnosed clients.
4. Identify and describe two aspects of your current approach to assessment that you might modify, add, or eliminate to better support ND clients.