About this course

Learning Objectives

• Identify at least 3 business readiness skills for neurodiverse candidates for employment.
• Implement evidence-based social skills and cognitive training to support work-related skills.
• Describe at least 3 biases that impact non-neurodiverse individuals.
• Describe at least 3 benefits of hiring neurodiverse individuals.

Learning Levels

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

• 

  Bonnee Price-Linden, Ph.D.

  CEO, Burch Price & Associates, Inc.

  Dr. Bonnee Price-Linden is a New York and Michigan licensed psychologist who practices as a pediatric neuropsychologist. She is owner/director of Linden Neuropsychological Services PLLC. Dr. Linden is also certified through the Inter jurisdictional Practice of Psychology (Psypact) to practice in member Psypact states, nationally. Presently, Dr. Linden serves as the CEO/consultant to Burch Price & Associates Inc. (BPA). BPA is a business, industry and government agencies consulting firm focused on system re-engineering to increase diversity and inclusion. BPA is a recertification provider for the International Society of Human Resources (SHRM). Dr. Bonnee Price Linden obtained her PhD in 1983 from Florida Institute of Technology.

  Dr. Linden is the past president of the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA), Division of Neuropsychology. With the Teachers College at Columbia University: Department of Health and Behavioral Studies, Centre for Health Equity and Urban Science Education and the Research group on Health Equity and the American association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), Dr. Linden conceptualized a critical program on the development of the adolescent brain and degree of criminal liability in 2016. This program brought together national experts discussing the effects of trauma, cultural disparities and degree of past disruptive and criminal behaviors as it relates to judicial liability. This conference was published in the Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Volume 15, 2016 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hicp20/15/3?nav=tocList.

  Other accomplishments by Dr. Linden established her as a leader in program development, nationally, with co-sponsorship from the American Nurses Association (ANA), multiple state nurses’ associations and Villanova and Vanderbilt Universities. Together they instituted a training program focused on re-engineering the healthcare industry to retrain managers up to and through the boards, and CEOs in the shift from fee-for-service to managed care reimbursement systems. Dr Linden has written for the healthcare industry comprehensive manuals on program development.

  Dr. Linden is a current/past member of:

  • The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
  • American Association of Suicidology
  • National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN)
  • The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
  • The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) and its divisions:
    • The Arts and Neurosciences Group
    • The Pediatric Rehabilitation Networking Group
    • The International Networking Group
  • The International Society of Autism Research (INSAR)
  • The Autism Society
  • The American Psychological Association (APA)
  • APA Division 40 - The Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
  • The New York State Association of Neuropsychologists (NYSAN)
  • Michigan Psychological Association (MPA)
  • The International Dyslexia Association (IDA).

  Additionally, Dr. Linden became an expert witness in child development for the Brooklyn Family Court and Children Law Center in March 2011. She has on numerous occasions provided expert testimony at CPSE and CSE reviews for the Department of Education, NYC, and in impartial hearings. In addition, she has in the past and currently works with the courts and attorneys on high conflict custody cases.

Disclosure

References

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• Benton, L., Vasalou, A., Khaled, R., Johnson, H., & Gooch, D. (2014, April). Diversity for design: a framework for involving neurodiverse children in the technology design process. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3747-3756). https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557244
• Brighenti, S., Mustacchia, L., Cicinelli, G., Chieregato, S., Comella, C., Torrero, L., ... & Keller, R. (2023). Social Skills and Cognitive Training to Support Work-Related Skills and Job Placement in a Group of Autistic Adults. Community Mental Health Journal, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01152-8
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