Social Skills and Interpersonal Relationship Building for Youth with Neurodivergent Diagnoses
Speaker: Caroline Garrett
Dates: January 8th and 15th, 2026
Time: 12:00pm- 2:00pm EST (part one)
12:00pm- 1:30pm EST (part two)
Modality: Virtual via Big Blue Button
Registration: open
Fee: N/A
Capacity: 100 max
Learning Objectives:
Identify neurodivergent diagnoses and understand how they impact social and relationship skills for neurodivergent youth.
Explain how factors such as social anxiety, masking, and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria impact the social development of neurodivergent youth.
Differentiate between strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming social skills interventions and social skills interventions that may be harmful or ignore someone’s neurodivergence.
Design a neurodiversity-affirming support plan that leverages neurodivergent strengths and encourages authentic peer relationships.
Develop collaborative interventions with families, schools, and interdisciplinary teams to support social development across home, school, and other social contexts.
The North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services is sponsoring a training series to support workforce development for systems that interact with, support, and provide treatment for persons who have mental illness co-occurring with an intellectual/developmental disability. The webinars will cover the most common challenges in providing effective care to this population.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. For more details about this training and continuing education information please visit http://bhs.unc.edu
