Parent Discussion Group: Raising Neurodiverse Children

Enhance your knowledge and skills raising your child with learning and/or behavioral challenges. Meet virtually with other parents to share common struggles and solutions.

Highlights:

• Getting to Know You and Your Child
• Family Resilience & Parent Well-Being
• Parenting Practices
• Family Life & Family Relationships

Eligibility:

Families with children 3-10 years old with autism, LD, ADHD or other developmental disabilities.

Dates / Time:

Wednesday, April 23, 30; Wednesday, May 7, 14
12:00 pm–1:15 pm

Presenter:

Dr. Judy Grossman is the Associate Director of Ackerman’s Center for the Developing Child and Family. As an expert on neurodiversity, she directed the Children with Special Needs Project which provided family therapy, professional training, parent workshops and parent discussion groups. In addition to her NYU faculty appointment, Dr. Grossman consults to community organizations. She has lectured nationally and internationally about parenting, family resilience, mental health consultation and early intervention/special education policy and programs.

Chantelle Brown, LMSW is a Clinic Therapist at the Ackerman Institute for the Family and an alum of both Ackerman’s Clinical Externship Program in Family Therapy and Social Work and Diversity Program. She is a graduate of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and has special training in mindfulness and compassion-based contemplative psychotherapy from the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science. Chantelle has a special focus on teaching embodied approaches to contemplative practice and exploring methods to integrate trauma in healing.

For questions and inquiries:

Please email: jgrossman@ackerman.org or chantelleb@ackerman.org