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Friday, January 30th | 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Zoom | 4 CEs
Program Description:
Autistic individuals are present across all environments, with a current prevalence of 1 in 31 people. A comprehensive understanding of autism, and the wide range of ways it may present, is essential for clinical practitioners in all settings. Additionally, with approximately 1 in 5 individuals identifying as neurodivergent, it is highly likely that you are already working with autistic and neurodivergent clients in your practice. This workshop provides up-to-date, clinically relevant insights into autism as a potentially hidden disability, the broader concept of neurodivergence, the impact on mental health of masking of autistic characteristics, and the principles of the neurodiversity paradigm. It will explore how clinicians can adapt their language and approaches to better support autistic individuals, and how to reframe clinical work through the lens of neurodiversity-affirming care.
Level of Instruction:
Introductory
Learning Objectives:
- List three barriers to an autism diagnosis commonly experienced by individuals from marginalized/minority groups.
- Summarize the main differences between the medical model and the neurodiversity paradigm.
- Describe two diagnostic criteria for autism using difference-based language instead of deficit-based language.
- Name three barriers autistic adults face in seeking mental health care.
- Explain how the circle image of the autism spectrum differs from the line image.
- Describe what masking of autistic traits is and how it can impact mental health.
- Identify three ways they can shift their clinical practice to provide strength-based and neurodiverse-affirming care for autistic individuals.
About the Presenter:
Dr. Anna Krasno is a licensed clinical psychologist with 18 years of experience specializing in autism assessment and neurodiversity-affirming care. She earned her doctorate in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology from UC Santa Barbara and completed her pre-doctoral internship at Children’s Health Council and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Her postdoctoral training was completed at CALM in Santa Barbara. Before entering graduate school, Dr. Krasno was a Donald J. Cohen Fellow at Yale’s Child Study Center, where she conducted research on the early diagnosis of autism. She has now served for eight years as the Clinical Director of the Koegel Autism Center (KAC) at UCSB, training the next generation of autism researchers and clinicians. In 2024, she founded Autism Assessment Santa Barbara (AASB), where she conducts neurodiversity-affirming autism assessments for individuals of all ages and identities as well as providing consultations, training, and speaking.
To date through her work at KAC and AASB, she has assessed hundreds of individuals, ranging in age from 14 months to 65 years, with a particular focus on those who have been previously missed or misdiagnosed—especially AFAB, BIPOC, transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse individuals. Her work is deeply informed by an interest in understanding the internal, authentic experiences of neurodivergent individuals during the diagnostic process—particularly the often-hidden aspects of the autistic experience that are frequently overlooked by healthcare providers.
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NHPA prices workshops by CE credit hour:
$25.00 per CE for members; $35.00 per CE for non-members
Group Rates Available:
3 - 5 people = $15 off workshop cost per individual (member/non-member)
6 - 8 people = $20 off workshop cost per individual (member/non-member)
8 + people = $25 off workshop cost per individual (member/non-member)
Please contact ce@nhpsychology.org for more information. Please include first name, last name and email address for each participant in the group, along with a contact person for the invoice.
Paying with a check:
Checks must be received within one week of the event. If payment has not been received, registrant will still have option to pay online with a credit card up until the day before the program. If an invoice remains open on the day of the event, the registrant will not be allowed to attend.
Cancellation policy:
Refunds, minus a 10% cancellation fee, will be issued for all cancellations received two weeks prior to the start of the course. No refunds or vouchers will be made thereafter. No-shows are not refunded.
Attendance policy:
Full attendance is required to obtain CEs per NHPA policy. No partial credit will be given. Those who attend the workshop and complete the evaluation form will receive 4 continuing education credits. Please note that APA CE rules require that we only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving after the scheduled start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credits.
Registrations are Transferable:
Registrants can transfer an event confirmation to another individual. The NHPA office must be notified of the transfer at least 24 hours prior to the event.
This program is sponsored by the New Hampshire Psychological Association. NHPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NHPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
