Consulting Services for Medical Professionals
Professional Development Sessions
Lead evidence-based workshops and professional development sessions designed to enhance clinicians’ understanding of developmental delays, autism, and sensory processing disorder, and strengthen their clinical effectiveness with neurodivergent clients across settings.
- Train clinicians to identify, anticipate, and manage sensory triggers commonly encountered in medical environments, with practical strategies to reduce patient distress, support regulation, and increase successful completion of exams, procedures, and daily care tasks.
- Develop clinicians’ therapeutic use of self, emphasizing co-regulation and calming techniques that build trust, support emotional safety, and promote engagement for neurodivergent clients.
- Teach the application of desensitization protocols and graded exposure techniques to improve cooperation, tolerance for care, and long-term participation in routine medical or therapeutic procedures.
- Guide clinicians in creating realistic plans of care that supports the needs of the client, including how to identify potential barriers, leverage existing supports, and integrate strategies that improve functional outcomes.
Support for Providers
One-on-one coaching with individual providers to learn adapted communication styles, co-regulation, and calming techniques, to increase provider confidence, enhance client cooperation, and improve assessments and treatments.
Provide case-specific consultation to teams working with patients with complex sensory or behavioral needs to utilize successful tools and strategies across the care team.
Environmental Assessments & Operational Support
Complete environmental assessments of the clinic for potential sensory and accessibility barriers and offer recommendations for a more inclusive environment.
Adaptive equipment recommendations to make exams and procedures easier for patients with physical or sensory-motor differences.
Collaborate with medical clinics and hospitals to design inclusive care protocols that normalize and provide support for neurodivergent care.
Support for Patients & Families
Create patient educational materials to educate caregivers about the system-wide neuro-affirming protocols offered as well as specific support options that can be used and practiced at home.
Contact me at Lindseylarsen.otd@gmail.com to get started!