AuDHD Treatment Workshop
Clinical Tools for Clients Navigating the Intersection of ADHD and Autism
- Speaker:
- Alexia Bolte, LMFT, ADHD-CCSP
- Duration:
- Full Day
- Product Code:
- LWC150909
- Brochure Code:
- PWZ96230
- Media Type:
- Live Webinar - Also available: Digital Seminar
Description
Get a complete intervention toolbox for emotions, processing, masking, concrete thinking, transitions, communication, burnout and more!
Clients with co-occurring autism and ADHD don’t fit neatly into either diagnostic box.
They live in a push-pull between two competing nervous systems. Two conditions that don’t just stack – they interact.
So even if you’ve learned about these conditions separately …
… you can’t just treat each diagnosis separately and expect it to meet their unique needs.
That’s why we teamed up with Alexia Bolte, LMFT, for this intensive one-day workshop.
Alexia is a clinician with AuDHD, an ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider and in-demand trainer.
In just one day she’ll show you how to provide affirming care to clients who’ve spent years misdiagnosed, burned out, and feeling “too much” or “not enough.”
Alexia will take you through everything AuDHD, including her firsthand understanding of masking, burnout, executive functioning challenges, sensory needs, and communication difference …
… then give you practical tools and a neurodivergent-affirming framework so you can confidently serve this rapidly growing population.
So many clients need clinicians who actually understand the AuDHD experience.
This training will show you how.
Register now!
Credit
Speaker
Alexia Bolte, LMFT, ADHD-CCSP Related seminars and products
Alexia Bolte, LMFT, ADHD-CCSP is a licensed marriage and family therapist and ADHD-certified clinical services provider who specializes in working with neurodivergent adults. She speaks from both her lived experience as an autistic and ADHD individual and the extensive training she has received in working with neurodivergent clients from leaders in the field. Alexia is passionate about helping clients unmask safely, recover from burnout, understand their sensory profiles, and build lives aligned with how their brains actually function. Her teaching style is grounded, clear, and deeply validating – making her a trusted voice in neurodivergent affirming care.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Alexia Bolte maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Alexia Bolte has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Additional Info
Access Period for Live WebcastYou will have access for 90 days after the program for review. For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.
Webcast Schedule
Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
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Objectives
- Identify the key concepts of neurodiversity, including the characteristics of autism and ADHD, through a neurodivergent-affirming lens.
- Differentiate between clients who present with either ADHD or autism and those who have both ADHD and autism.
- Use neurodivergent-affirming practices that respect and validate the experiences of AuDHD clients, fostering an inclusive and supportive therapeutic environment.
- Identify the unique strengths and challenges faced by AuDHD clients.
- Apply empowerment techniques that encourage neurodivergent clients to advocate for themselves.
- Distinguish between burnout and depression to support neurodivergent clients experiencing burnout.
Outline
AuDHD and Neurodivergent-Affirming Practices
- Neurodiversity Paradigm vs Pathology Paradigm
- Creating a neurodiversity-friendly environment for clients
- Pros and cons of diagnosis
- When autism and ADHD converge
- Added strengths and struggles
The Brain and Nervous System in AuDHD Clients
- Interest-based vs importance-based nervous systems
- Tools for working with interest-based nervous systems
- Monotropic vs Polytopic brains
- Strengths and weaknesses in Monotropic brains
- Supporting Monotropic brains
AuDHD vs Neurodivergent Communication
- Double empathy problem
- Neurodivergent vs neurotypical communication styles
- AuDHD communication vs other neurodivergent communication
AuDHD Intervention Toolbox for Emotions, Processing, Concrete Thinking, Transitions, Masking and More
- Autonomy needs
- Low demand/demand shifting strategies
- Scripts to offer choices without overwhelming
- Processing information and feeling emotions
- Processing-friendly support (pausing, reducing verbal load)
- Interoception-building tools (body scans, mapping emotional cues)
- Visual supports for emotional labeling and differentiation
- Black and white thinking
- Context bridging strategies using concrete examples
- Flexible thinking exercises
- Transitions and change
- Transition anchors (objects, sensory tools, scripts)
- Executive function transition-friendly tools
- Closure rituals and “cognitive shifting cues”
- Masking/unmasking
- Scripts of self-advocacy when authenticity feels risky
- Research, risks and limitations
Executive Functioning and Sensory Experience
- 12 areas of executive functioning
- Supporting AuDHD clients’ executive functioning struggles
- Sensory differences in neurodivergent people
- Ways to support clients in understanding and meeting their sensory needs
- Anxiety and the sensory experience
AuDHD Burnout
- Burnout vs depression
- Signs burnout is building
- Burnout recovery tips
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Social workers
- Psychologists
- Case Managers
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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