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In yet another installment of “Why haven’t we talked about this on the podcast yet??”, I have Dr. Matt Zakreski here to dive into neurodiversity-affirming assessment practices. Matt draws from years of experience and hundreds of speaking engagements on this topic during this conversation. Perhaps most importantly, he makes it okay to not have all the answers and to keep getting better in this area of practice. These are a few other topics that we tackle:
- Definitions of neurodiversity and neurodiversity-affirming
- Statistics on neurodiversity in our country right now
- Testing-specific practices to be more affirming, all the way from website design to report-writing
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About Dr. Matt Zakreski
Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD is a high energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken hundreds of times all over the world about supporting neurodivergent kids. Dr. Zakreski is a member of Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG), the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), the New Jersey Association for Gifted Children (NJAGC), and Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE). Dr. Zakreski graduated from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology (IGCP) in 2016. He is the co-founder of The Neurodiversity Collective:
Get in Touch
- Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/drmattzakreski
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmattzakreski/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-zakreski-0a32358
- Psychology Today: www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/the-neurodiversity-collective-succasunna-nj/1254692
- Website: https://www.theneurodiversitycollective.com/ (For Therapy)
- Website: Https://www.drmattzakreski.com (For Speaking Engagements)
About Dr. Jeremy Sharp
I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.
As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.
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Jeremy,
Thank you for your dedication and hard work related to The Testing Psychologist practice that you have developed. I really enjoyed the current presentation on Neurodiversity-Affirming Assessment, and feel this was a much-needed discussion around assessment and work with neurodiverse populations. I am in the later stage of my career (30+ years following licensure) and your podcast has prompted me to want schedule an initial meeting with you, and possibly consult with you around developing later career innovations in my practice of psychology. I am wanting to continue doing what I love to do at this stage of my career, in working with children/adolescents/young adults, and particularly within the assessment aspects of my practice. Thank you, again, in facilitating today’s discussion, and I will schedule an initial call to see if you might be able to help me in navigating this next phase of my career.
Best, Gary
Author
Thanks, Gary! Looking forward to talking with you. If you need the link again, here it is: Pre-consulting call