Dieu Truong & Pooja Mamidanna - Neurodiversity Explained

Dieu M. Truong will be conferred with the PhD in School Psychology in August 2022 from the APA-Accredited, NASP-certified School Psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston (Main Campus). She is completing her APA-Accredited Psychology Internship Training Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as the psychology intern on the program’s autism spectrum disorder track. Dieu will continue her specialty training in serving autistic children, adults, and families as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Autism Research at CHOP. Twitter: @truongdm Pooja Mamidanna, M.A, M.S., LMFT, graduated from the California School of Professional Psychology with her M.A in Marriage and Family Therapy and M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Christ University (Bangalore, India). Pooja is a Board Member of the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA). Pooja was Chair (2019-2021) of the Division of South Asian Americans (DoSAA) within AAPA. Pooja is Co-Chair Campus Representative of Division 45 within the American Psychological Association (APA) and is part of the Division 45 Dr. Kevin Cokley’s Presidential Task Force. Dr. Cokley’s presidential theme for his term is, Fighting Racism with Cross-Racial/Ethnic Solidarity: Toward Being an Accomplice. With the Task Force, Pooja leads their Social Media Communications and is Co-host and producer of the Task Force Podcast called: Strength in solidarity. Pooja currently is a third-year Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Student at the California School of Professional Psychology. Pooja currently works at a private practice in San Francisco (Therapy Now SF). Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourmindandme/ https://www.instagram.com/apadiv45_presidentialtaskforce/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoojaMamidanna Resources: https://www.neurodiversityhub.org/what-is-neurodiversity https://counseling.online.wfu.edu/blog/what-is-neurodiversity/ https://themighty.com/2021/11/adhd-behaviors-masking-mirroring-meaning  https://neuroqueer.com/neurodiversity-terms-and-definitions/ https://www.nccj.org/neurodiversity https://www.chalk.com/resources/avoid-these-pitfalls-when-teaching-neurodivergent-students/ *Note: As always, this psych related podcast is for educational purposes only, so please rely upon and seek relevant professional help in your community if needed. How to support the podcast: - Please share, follow/subscribe, and rate/review in your favorite podcast app. - Buy the Doc a cup of coffee! Join our Discord Community for great Psych conversations! Email: [email protected] Twitter: @PSYCH_EXPLAINED Video Lectures --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/psychexplained/support