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Training

Lauren Elder, PhD, ABPP. Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Lauren Elder is a Board Certified Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist.  She has delivered trainings across the U.S. and internationally on topics related to early intervention, developmental disabilities, and clinical psychology. Group trainings range from coaching for a few therapists at a time to audiences of over 150 school district employees. Dr. Elder frequently consults with corporations, nonprofits, and clinics to help improve their products and services.

Previous trainings/consultations

Early Intervention / Developmental Disabilities

  • Developmental early intervention – best practices
  • Neurodiversity and early intervention – best practices
  • Parent coaching
  • Learning through play – development and early intervention

Developmental Disabilities

  • Services for developmental disabilities – understanding the options
  • Best practices for autism – medical providers
  • Diagnosing and intervening with ADHD

Clinical Psychology / Mental Health

  • Trauma-informed approach to behavior
  • Autism and mental health
  • CBT for autism
  • Emotion regulation and emotion coaching
  • Child development – play, emotional development
  • Infant mental health

Corporate / Clinics

  • Product development for autism
  • Outcomes assessments
  • Early intervention program design
  • Program evaluation/outcomes assessments
  • Staff training
  • Program supervision

* Additional/customized trainings available upon request

    Example current and previous clients

    Actualiz Ados – trainings on JASPER, autism and CBT

    Autism Science Foundation – landscape analysis

    The Learning Spectrum – JASPER

    Momentum/Pediatric Therapy Network – development of outcomes assessment plan

    NAPA – redesign and supervision of early intervention program to be neurodiversity affirming, review and improvement of staff training, data systems, child objectives, etc.

    Pear Therapeutics – led the team developing a prototype for a new virtual autism treatment

      Testimonials from recent training

      Neurodiversity and the Social Context (Portland Public Schools, April 2022):

      • “I could learn this all day! This was a PHENOMENAL training and so important. Thank you!”
      • “Really, for myself it has offered awareness and the acceptance that I need to question and retrain my previous thinking in ways to support and engage with our diverse students.”
      • “I plan to continue to work on shifting my perspective on services for autistic students, how I interact with them and what goals I write. This was an incredibly helpful training, and I can’t wait to dive more into the research that was shared!”

      Average rating of 4/4

      For more information or to schedule a training, please contact us.

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