“The Quirky Kid Grows Up: Being Sensitive to Neurodevelopmental Differences in Your Client”
Join us for this important event and gain a better understanding of identifying and working with neurodiverse clients. PLEASE NOTE: THIS SPACE IS LIMITED TO 45 SEATS. REGISTER TODAY!
Presenter: Seth Ubogy, PsyD, ABPP
You may be antiracist, feminist and LGBTI-friendly, but are you unwittingly “neurotypical-ist”? If you miss subtle signs of neurodiversity in your clients, you may be missing important information about how they learn/process, behave and feel. Knowing these signs may help you tune into important aspects of their development and life experiences, and understand how they do and don’t learn new ways of being in therapy. This talk is aimed at adult psychotherapists who may be less conversant with neurodevelopmental differences than their peers who work mainly with children.
2 CE credits
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Compare different presentations of NDDs
• Utilize expanded history taking with possible NDDs.
• List historical areas to explore more deeply with clients who have NDDs.
• List areas of possible health concen with NDDs.
• Differentiate psychological causes from neurobiologically-driven phenomena in those with NDDs and personality disorders.
• Apply techniques that will optimize your therapeutic effectiveness with clients who have NDDs.
• List remediation options and select appropriate treatment approaches.
• Explain how NDDs msy impact your client’s work and home life.
• Determine appropriateness for adult clients with NDDs.
SCHEDULE
• 6:00pm: Registration/check-in, socializing
• 6:30-6:45pm: Introduction and overview
• 6:45-8:20pm: Presentation
• 8:20-8:30pm: Q & A
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Dr. Ubogy earned his doctorate at the California Institute of Integral Studies. His internship in clinical neuropsychology was done at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco. He then had two years of postdoctoral training, the first in clinical neuropsychology and geropsychology at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, and the second in pediatric neuropsychology at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Licensed in 2003, he was board certified in 2008 by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN), and certified as a pediatric subspecialist in 2017. Dr. Ubogy worked at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland from 2006-2014, during which time he directed the pediatric neuropsychology training program. Before moving to Sonoma County, he was on the faculty of the Wright Institute in Berkeley, where he taught pediatric neuropsychology and child psychological assessment. In 2017, Dr. Ubogy became an evaluator for the NFL Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation Class Action Settlement. He now has has an independent practice in Santa Rosa, in which he evaluates children, adolescents and adults.