I'm sharing 8 key ways you can do Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy - You can find all of the points I discuss on the free PDF download here:
Here are the 8 key practices that I encourage you to do, as a Neurodiversity Affirming Therapist:
- Accept all forms of communication as valid - actions, gestures, sounds, signs, AAC, visuals
- Plan sessions around using child's interests and motivating topics as the main activities
- Join the child (sometimes), playing in their way. Or let them play in their way solo
- Support the child to listen and attend to others in their own way
- Observe & use the child's sensory preferences to build engagement and support their participation at all times
- Assess children using holistic tools and qualitative approaches that consider child & family perspectives & quality of life
- Set collaborative goals that are for the child's benefit - leading to wellbeing and connectedness
- Set collaborative goals that are about changing the world around the child (other people, environments, expectations) to be most supportive
