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Formulating the experience of trauma with neurodivergent people - Webinar

Formulating the experience of trauma with neurodivergent people - Webinar

Overview

Level: Enhanced

Impact Assessments:

Reaction

Learning

Behaviour

Results

In the last ten years, we have become increasingly aware of just how variable people are, and one way we understand this that is through the lens of neurodiversity.   People who are significantly different to the average in several ways are sometimes called ‘neurodivergent’.  These are people who may have diagnoses of autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental differences. These people say they have often grown up feeling like there is something wrong with them or feeling that they are deficient in some way.

In this webinar, Dr Naomi Fisher will talk about what neurodiversity means for psychological interventions, contrasting neurodiversity with other ways of understanding difference. To help us understand the context which brings people to our services,  Naomi describes how trauma and neurodiversity interact and presents a formulation tool, and ways we can adapt our practice to work more effectively with neurodivergent people.

This webinar aims to promote evidence-based practice and the use of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to understand and alleviate the impact of trauma and related difficulties within this population.

 

The 2.5-hour webinar is delivered via PowerPoint but there are question and answer sections and clinical examples threaded throughout.

Is there a cost for this learning resource? :

No

Has this resource been accredited or endorsed by any organisation? :

NHS Education for Scotland (NES)

Training model:

This webinar is designed for all clinicians at the enhanced level of practice, who deliver psychological interventions or treatments with neurodivergent people across the lifespan.

Staff capacity and time commitment:

The webinar is 2.5 hours long.  Access is restricted to those at the enhanced level of practice and a short application form must be completed and a approved prior to accessing the webinar recording. 

Author/developer:

Dr Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist and EMDR-Europe Trainer. She specialises in trauma and

autism. She has worked in primary care and specialist services in the NHS and currently works in

private practice. She works therapeutically with children, adolescents, and adults, with most of her

clients being autistic or the family members of autistic people.

Recently she has been involved in research looking at how therapists adapt EMDR for use with

autistic clients and has published several papers on this topic. She is the author of several book chapters

and books

Contact for Further Development

This resource is hosted on Turas Learn - Formulating the experience of trauma with neurodivergent people

Link to resource

Quality dimensions

Usability

Intended learning outcomes:

  • Increase understanding of how neurodiversity and trauma interact
  • Introduce a formulation tool to help make sense of clients’ experiences
  • Increase awareness of ways to adapt practice to work more effectively with neurodivergent people and how we can best meet their needs
  • Promote evidence- based practice and the appropriate use of psychological intervention to understand the impact of trauma in the neurodivergent population

This 2.5-hour webinar provides clinicians delivering psychological interventions with neurodivergent people (across the lifespan) with practical and clinical advice to understand the impact of trauma.

Supports

Supports - Workforce

Ring-fenced time to watch the webinar and to complete the evaluation and then to reflect on any changes required to practice / service delivery.

Supports - Technology

Internet connection and device, such as a laptop.

Supports - Administrative

None

Supports - Financial

None

Evidence base

This webinar is based on theory, peer reviewed research and evidence based practice.

Impact assessments

Reaction

The webinar was viewed live by 292 clinicians and was positively evaluated by them.

Learning

Reflective Practice and follow-up reading, and discussion is recommended to consolidate knowledge and consider any changes to practice as a result of viewing this webinar. 

Behaviour

This is an awareness raising product, however, the Training Evaluation Toolkit could be used to help identify and measure targeted changes to staff practice.

Results

Services could use the Training Evaluation Toolkit to think about how to measure changes in children and young people's mental health and wellbeing as a result of changes to staff practices.

KSF dimension information in relation to the learning resource

Child Development and Attachment

Mental Health in Children, Young People and their Families

Engagement, Containment and Communication

Identification and Understanding of Need

Supports and Interventions

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