Neurodiversity in Practice: Understanding, Advocating, and Supporting Your Child with Rachel Montague, Ph. D. Dr. Rachel Montague is a licensed psychologist with extensive experience supporting children and families in clinical and school settings. She specializes in practical strategies and evidence-based approaches to help caregivers navigate behavioral, social, and emotional challenges, turning evaluations and insights into actionable supports at home and school.

Parenting a neurodiverse child can bring unique joys—and unexpected challenges. Understanding your child’s development, recognizing differences, and finding the right supports can make all the difference.

This talk offers a developmental psychologist’s framework for understanding unexpected patterns of development, why differences are sometimes missed or misinterpreted, and how diagnostic systems—though imperfect—support access to care. Parents will gain practical insight into "where to turn" when seeking support to understand their child, discuss the critical difference between won't vs. can't, and review the framework of thinking about neurodivergence as a mismatch between a child's skills and the environments around them. Evidence-based supports, co-occurring challenges, and pathways to appropriate services and resources will be discussed.

This series was designed as a heartfelt effort to strengthen the threads that connect us to ourselves, our children, and each other. By bringing facilitators into our community who can provide parents with practical tools, new insights, practices and resources, we hope to empower parents raising children through the immense cultural and technological shifts of our times.Come to connect with other caregivers, explore actionable strategies, and gain valuable insights to help your child thrive.

Admission: Free (donations to our facilitators welcome and encouraged)

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