Funded by BRESI
Date: October 21, 2022
Featured Speaker(s)
Kristina Anderson is a Minnesota native who has been on the East Coast for about twelve years. Her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees are in psychology, both from small private liberal arts colleges in Minnesota. She is ABD in Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. Kristina has worked with individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and other intellectual/developmental disabilities since 2003. She is currently working as a consultant with New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) providing clinical support to child protective specialists. Kristina’s research interests include autism and the family, trauma in children and adults with autism, and the long-term effects of historical trauma on indigenous people. Kristina and her husband live across the Hudson River from Manhattan with their three neurotic pugs.
Resources Shared
- Description of Neurodiversity: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23154-neurodivergent
- Description of DSM Manual: https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm
- Invisible Disabilities Week: https://invisibledisabilities.org/seminarsandevents/invisible-disabilities-week
- Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
- Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel and Nancy Peske
- The Power of Different: The Link between Disorder and Genius by Gail Saltz
- This list of accommodations for children: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/school-success.html
Suggested Resources
- Beaton, D.M., Sirols, F., & Milne, E. (2022). Experiences of criticism in adults with ADHD: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 17(2), e0263366.
- Chandrasekhar, T. (2020). Supporting the needs of college students with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of American College Health, 68(8), 936-939.
- Cheng., M. & Boggett-Carsjens, J. (2005). Consider sensory processing disorders in the explosive child: Case report and review. The Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review, 14(2), 44-48.
- Doyle, N. (2020). Neurodiversity at work: A biopsychosocial model and the impact on working adults. British Medical Bulletin, 135(1), 108-125.
- Kranowitz, C.S. (2005). The out-of-sync child. New York: Penguin Random House
- McGee, M. (2012). Neurodiversity. Contexts, 11(3), 12-13.