The Intersection of Trauma and Neurodivergence

$119.00

April 23, 2025 11:00 - 3:20pm Pacific Standard Time

Ginger Healy, MSW, LCSW.-Join us as Ginger Healy, MSW, LCSW defines trauma and how it intersects with neurodivergent children and discusses how to implement connection strategies for neurodiverse students.

Category: Live Webinars

This course aims to define trauma and how it intersects with neurodivergent children. This course further seeks to nurture neurodiversity through a trauma–sensitive lens. This course will highlight the importance of regulation and co-regulation to soothe and heal the nervous system using a safe, caring committed adult to build resilience in neurodivergent youth.

Presenter will use lecture, case studies, Q&A, etc. throughout the duration of the course (some video examples may be used).

Who should attend?

Special Education teachers, Speech-Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Counselors, General Education teachers, Administrators, Psychologists, Social Workers, PTs, Principals, Nurses, Parents, Caregivers and anyone who works with neurodivergent learners. This course is open to anyone interested in attending. No prerequisites are required.

Below are 3 options for participation:

BUNDLE: Live zoom webinar AND On-Demand Replay (available May 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025)

ON-DEMAND ONLY: Access the recording at your own pace between May 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025

LIVE ZOOM WEBINAR ONLY: Attend live on April 23, 2025 only (also includes a one time live replay of the recording on Saturday April 26th beginning at 11am PT)

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Professional Development

Speaker

Ginger Healy, MSW, LCSW

Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW started her career as a child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, and school therapist. She spent 15 years as the social service supervisor at an international adoption agency where she learned about developmental trauma and attachment needs in children. She is currently a clinical social worker and the director of programs at the Attachment & Trauma Network. She co-anchors the podcast “Regulated and Relational” with Julie Beem, executive director of ATN. Ginger speaks and teaches across the nation on trauma-informed schools, therapeutic parenting, and community engagement. Ginger is the author of Regulation and Co-Regulation: Accessible Neuroscience that Brings Calm into the Classroom, and she is also the author of the accompanying workbook that aims to reach beyond the classroom for caregivers and child-serving professionals. Ginger is married and has four children who have been her greatest teachers about developmental trauma and neurodivergence.

Disclosures:
Ginger Healy MSW , LCSW receives an annual salary for her job at the Attachment & Trauma Network. She also receives payment from National Center for Youth Issues for book royalties for books she has written and speaking engagements they have booked for her. Ginger Healy will receive a speaker’s honorarium from AEP Connections for this presentation. There are no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Objectives

1. Define trauma and describe how it intersects with neurodivergence.

2. Define and compare regulation and co-regulation.

3. Identify, design and implement connection strategies for neurodiverse children/students.

Schedule

PACIFIC TIME

11:00 am-12:15 pm Working Definitions and Guideposts

12:15 pm-12:25 pm BREAK

12:25 pm-12:40 pm Question and Answer

12:40 pm-2:05 pm Co-regulation and Regulation

2:05 pm-2:15 pm BREAK

2:15 pm-2:30 pm Question and Answer

2:30 pm-3:20 pm Environment, Sensory Audits and Resilience (Q & A if time permits)

Professional Development Offerings

ASHA CEUs

This course is offered for .4 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level; professional area). Full attendance and a completed evaluation required for satisfactory completion of ASHA CEUs.

Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

4.0 hours is available. Attendance will be checked via ZOOM log in/log out.

NBCC

AEP Connections, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7173. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. AEP Connections, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Available NBCC Clock Hours: 4

NASP

AEP Connections is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer continuing education for school psychologists. AEP Connections maintains responsibility for the program. NASP Approved Provider #1165. A code to access the course evaluation will be provided in segments throughout the webinar, to ensure full participation. Full attendance and a course evaluation is required.

ASWB

AEP Connections, LLC, #1332, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/27/2025- 1/27/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 4 continuing education credits. Full attendance, a course evaluation and an additional post test is required for satisfactory completion.

AOTA

AEP Connections, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID 09708. This distance learning – interactive is offered for up to .4 CEUs (4.0 contact hours). Introductory, OT Service Delivery. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. A course evaluation with additional post test questions is required for satisfactory completion.

NASW

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval #886925205-2304) for 4 continuing education contact hours. Course approval expiration: 6/30/2025.