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The World Needs All Kinds of Minds

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Distinguished Professor Temple Grandin’s presentation, “The World Needs All Kinds of Minds,” is a call to all professionals working with children, adolescents, young adults, and individuals with diverse cognitive styles. She will discuss her groundbreaking views on neurodiversity and the importance of recognizing and appreciating different types of thinkers to foster innovation and progress.

 

Dr. Grandin champions the concept of neurodiversity, advocating for the recognition and appreciation of diverse cognitive styles. She emphasizes that brains are wired differently, and this diversity is essential for innovation and progress. In her presentation, she will elaborate on the various types of thinkers: object visualizers, who think in pictures and excel in fields like design, engineering, and art; visual spatial thinkers, who excel in mathematics and music, seeing patterns and relationships; and verbal thinkers, who are strong in language and communication, excelling in writing, teaching, and public speaking. Dr. Grandin underscores that each cognitive style brings unique strengths essential for problem-solving and creativity.

 

Mentorship plays a critical role in helping individuals with unique cognitive styles navigate challenges and realize their potential. Dr. Grandin will share how mentors in her life, such as her high school science teacher and her supportive family, guided her to success. These mentors provided the guidance, motivation, and opportunities that were crucial for her development and achievements. She emphasizes the transformative power of mentors in nurturing and supporting individuals with diverse cognitive styles.

 

Dr. Grandin will also share her personal experience with autism, detailing her journey from having no speech until age four to becoming a successful scientist, author, and advocate. She will discuss overcoming challenges such as extreme anxiety and sensory oversensitivity and highlight the importance of practical work experiences in easing the transition from academic study to employment. Her story illustrates the potential for individuals with autism to lead successful and fulfilling careers with the right support and opportunities.

 

In her critique of standardized education systems, Dr. Grandin will highlight how these systems often screen out visual thinkers and fail to nurture diverse cognitive strengths. She will discuss the implications of neglecting these strengths in education and career development and advocate for a more inclusive approach that recognizes and cultivates the unique abilities of all students. Dr. Grandin’s insights encourage a more supportive and innovative educational environment that benefits not just individuals with diverse minds but society as a whole.

Target Audience
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Nurses
  • • Physicians
  • • Social Worker
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
  • • Psychologist
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify 3-4 different types of thinking.

  • Summarize insights into anxiety problems in autism.

  • Explain sensory oversensitivity in autism.

  • Explain how autistic people can successfully make the transition from academics to employment.

References

  • Grandin, T. (2022) Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions, Penguin Random House, New York, NY.

  • Grandin, T. and Panek, R. (2013) The Autistic Brain, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, NY.

  • Grandin, T. and Duffy, K. (2024) Developing Talents, Careers for Individuals with Autism, 3rd Edition, Future Horizons, Arlington, TX.

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Counselor

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Marriage & Family Therapist

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Nurses

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 ANCC contact hours.

Physicians

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Professions in scope for this activity are listed below. Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163. Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Worker

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 General continuing education credits. ASWB ACE Credit is not available in NY and NJ.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development

Psychologist

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LEPs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0125.

CE Policy
Please note that the references listed for this program include books authored by Temple Grandin, the instructor of the program. Participants are not required to purchase books authored by Temple Grandin. However, if participants do purchase these books, Temple Grandin will receive financial compensation for such purchases. This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Temple Grandin Ph.D.

Dr. Grandin did not talk until she was three and a half years old.  She was fortunate to get early speech therapy.  Her teachers also taught her how to wait and take turns when playing board games.  She was mainstreamed into a normal kindergarten at age five.  Oliver Sacks wrote in the forward of Thinking in Pictures that her first book Emergence: Labeled Autistic was “unprecedented because there had never before been an inside narrative of autism.”  Dr. Sacks profiled Dr. Grandin in his best selling book Anthropologist on Mars.

Dr. Grandin became a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior.  Today she is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.  She also has a successful career consulting on both livestock handling equipment design and animal welfare.  She has been featured on NPR (National Public Radio) and a BBC Special – “The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow”. She has also appeared on National TV shows such as Larry King Live, 20/20, Sixty Minutes, Fox and Friends, and she has a 2010 TED talk.  Articles about Dr. Grandin have appeared in Time Magazine, New York Times, Discover Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. HBO made an Emmy Award winning movie about her life and she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.

When she was young, she was considered weird and teased and bullied in high school.  The only place she had friends was activities where there was a shared interest such as horses, electronics, or model rockets.  Mr. Carlock, her science teacher, was an important mentor who encouraged her interest in science.  When she had a new goal of becoming a scientist, she had a reason for studying.  Today half the cattle in the United States are handled in facilities she has designed.

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