Top 10 Tips when Working with Neurodivergent Families

Jane Murrihy is a child and educational psychologist with over a decade of experience working with children and adolescents in mental health, education, and disability settings. Jane received her training in Dublin, Ireland, and is a HCPC registered psychologist in the UK.  Jane specialises in providing assessment and therapy in areas such as Specific Learning Difficulties, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delay, Anxiety, ADHD, Challenging Behaviour and Emotional Behavioural Difficulties. She is also a trained facilitator of a wide range of evidenced based intervention programmes and provides training to parents and teachers in areas such as Autism, parenting and special educational needs.

Niklas Blockert has extensive experience from working with adolescents in clinical as well as educational settings from different parts of the world. His professional counselling experiences range from being part of multidisciplinary teams in the private health care sector to school counselling and private practice. Since moving to Hong Kong in 2017, Niklas has combined counselling with work in an international school offering individualised learning support services for diverse learners.  In his counselling practice, Niklas focuses on building strong alliances and believes that a trusting client/counsellor relationship combined with close collaboration with extended support systems such as parents and schools, is at the core of both positive experiences and successful outcomes in counselling.