Course overview

Continuing education modules designed for behavioral health professionals — practical, evidence-based training you can apply in your next session.

3 modules
15 lessons
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Part 1

ADHD in Practice: Organization Strategies for Client Success

Most organization advice assumes a neurotypical brain. This module equips you to help clients build systems that actually work with their wiring — not against it.

  1. Understanding the ADHD Brain

    The three core challenges — working memory, time blindness, and task initiation — and why standard advice fails your ADHD clients.

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  2. External Storage Systems

    Teaching clients to stop relying on working memory and start capturing — the single capture point, the daily dump, and building a second brain.

  3. Making Time Visible

    Analog clocks, time estimation exercises, and transition warnings — practical techniques for coaching clients through time blindness.

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  4. Lowering the Startup Cost

    The two-minute bridge, body doubling, and task chunking — reducing the activation energy your clients need to begin.

  5. Building Sustainable Routines

    Helping clients move from individual strategies to durable habits that survive bad days, low motivation, and life disruptions.

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Part 2

Anxiety Treatment Toolkit: Evidence-Based Techniques for Clinicians

Generic anxiety advice fails because it's one-size-fits-all. This module gives you a structured set of tools matched to how anxiety actually shows up in your clients — so you can teach the right technique at the right time.

  1. Differentiating Anxiety Presentations

    The Slow Burn, the Spiral, the Ambush, and the Freeze — four clinical presentations that change which intervention works best.

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  2. Physiological Interventions

    Extended exhale, box breathing, and the physiological sigh — teaching clients breathing techniques that work when they're already activated.

  3. Grounding Techniques for Acute Episodes

    The 5-4-3-2-1 method, temperature resets, and feet on the floor — sensory-based tools for panic and acute anxiety in session and beyond.

  4. Cognitive Tools for Thought Spirals

    Name the Story, Worst/Best/Most Likely, and Time Travel — CBT-rooted techniques for clients caught in anxious thought loops.

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  5. Tracking and Maintaining Progress

    Helping clients track anxiety patterns without feeding hypervigilance, and assembling a personalized toolkit they'll actually use.

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Part 3

Ethical Considerations in Neurodivergent-Affirming Care

Neurodivergent clients deserve clinicians who understand their neurology — not just their symptoms. This module covers the ethical foundations of affirming care, from diagnosis to treatment planning.

  1. The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Clinical Practice

    Shifting from a deficit-based model to a strengths-based framework — what neurodivergent-affirming care actually looks like in practice.

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  2. Informed Consent and Diagnostic Disclosure

    Navigating conversations about ADHD and autism diagnoses with clients — ethical obligations around assessment, disclosure, and referral.

  3. Avoiding Normalization as a Treatment Goal

    Why 'act more normal' is a harmful clinical objective, and how to set treatment goals that honor your client's neurology.

  4. Accommodations, Boundaries, and Scope of Practice

    When to recommend accommodations versus therapy, knowing the limits of your scope, and collaborating effectively with other providers.

  5. Cultural Intersections in Neurodivergent Care

    How race, gender, socioeconomic status, and cultural context shape the neurodivergent experience — and what that means for your clinical approach.