Parents Plus workshop for Trained Facilitators
Neurodiversity Affirming Practice and the Parents Plus Programmes
Monday 24th November at 2pm-3.30pm
Come along and meet your fellow trained Parents Plus Facilitators for our special practice workshop. Consisting of two presentations (details below), there will also be plenty of time for Q&A discussion and breakouts.
Beginning at 2pm, the running order for this workshop will be as follows:
- Opening and welcome
- Empowering your practice: Integrating a neuro-affirming approach into supporting families – Abigail Patikis
- Embracing Neurodiversity within the Parents Plus Programmes – John Sharry
- Networking and Breakout Session
- Panel Discussion and Q&A with Parents Plus Trainers Lisa Whitlock, Fred Ehresmann and Eileen Brosnan
- Close
Further information on the presentations from Abigail Patikis and John Sharry can be found below.
Empowering your practice: Integrating a neuro-affirming approach into supporting families
Abigail Patikis
- Neuro-affirming practice and why it matters.
- The unique challenges faced in neurodiverse families.
- How to create safe, inclusive spaces for parents.
- Ten practical tips drawn from lived experience that foster authenticity, validation, and connection.
- Tools to maximize parent accessibility, engagement, and retention, by meeting the needs of all parents.
Abigail Patikis is a highly experienced CAMHS Parent Support Lead Facilitator, an Independent Neurodiversity Trainer, and a passionate advocate for neuro-affirming parenting and practices. Drawing on extensive professional knowledge as the author of the CAMHS-exclusive Parenting Through Partnership Programme and an accredited Parents Plus Facilitator, she also offers a unique personal perspective as an Autistic ADHDer and a parent to three neurodivergent children.
Embracing Neurodiversity within the Parents Plus Programmes
John Sharry
- How to deliver the Parents Plus Programmes in a neuro-affirming way.
- Evolving parenting models to meet the needs of neurodivergent (ND) children.
- The importance of ‘tuning in’ and responding to the needs of ND parents and families.
Prof John Sharry is co-founder and clinical director of Parents Plus, an adjunct Professor at the School of Psychology in UCD and an Irish Times Parenting Columnist. He is the author of over 25 positive psychology, parenting books and mental health programmes, including the Parents Plus ADHD Childrens Programme and the Parents Plus Special Needs Programme. He has also developed a number of online mental health programmes for Autistic and ADHD adults. He has been working with families of neurodivergent/ neurodistinct children for nearly 30 years.
This online practice workshop is exclusively for trained Parents Plus Facilitators and is free to attend. You can sign up here