Seminar: Supporting Parents to Support their Neurodivergent Child with Dr. Lhara Mullins

Type: webinar Date: August 27 Time: 03:00 PM Timezone: America/New_York

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Seminar: Supporting Parents to Support their Neurodivergent Child with Dr. Lhara Mullins

Parents are the most active and influential advocates in their neurodivergent child's life... and are oftentimes neurodivergent themselves. This seminar aims to equip attendees with the basic principles of creating supportive environments for neurodivergent children and families, via supporting parents to support their child.

Attendees will develop awareness surrounding the unique needs of neurodivergent children and families and consequently effective mechanisms of engaging and supporting parents.

Key topics discussed within this session:

• Practical strategies for engaging parents

• What do parents of neurodivergent children really want and need?

• What does a supportive environment look like?

• What should parents take away from their session with you?

Biography

Dr. Lhara Mullins is a lecturer at the University of Galway in Ireland and an active advocate for all things neurodiversity related. Lhara has authored two books on Autism and neurodiversity and is research active concerning neurodiversity and family support in Ireland. hara provides bespoke training to both parents and professionals based on her extensive lived experience as a neurodivergent person and the parent of three neurodivergent children, combined with her background in social work and PhD in health promotion.

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