Join Online: Neurodivergent Friendly Approach to parenting

About This Event

About:

We have long-internalised beliefs and ‘models’ of how we should parent neurodivergent children and adolescents. Many of our formal and informal understandings of what we ‘should’ or ‘need’ to do have been embedded in generations of patterns that we accumulated. An authentically ‘neurodivergent–friendly’ approach to parenting in an evidence-based manner requires that we undergo a process of evaluation of what we do, how we do it, and why? This brings us closer to returning many of our dolphins to being able to breathe underwater -instead of expecting them to breathe on the beach. This day focuses on developing the family ecosystem – if possible, both parents should attend.

Part 1: 

Challenges in Adapting International Autism and NDD Models to South African contexts. 

Part 2: 

Evaluating Pre-2023 Autism Intervention Guidelines Against Ecosystem Needs and Emerging Frameworks 

Assessment of pre-2023 practices versus child, family, and ecosystem requirements.

Integration of 2024 UK NICE guidelines and the 2026 vision to map developmental intervention priorities.

Application of the ecosystem model to address sensory, cognitive, and educational needs across life stages: child, adolescent, adult, and family.