Missed and Mistaken: Assessing and Treating OCD in Neurodivergent Clients
Friday, November 6, 2026
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific
Live on Zoom
Presented by Katie Jo Glaves, MA, LMFT, CMHS
Standard rate. Registration closes Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM Pacific.
What this training does
OCD co-occurs with neurodivergence often enough that most caseloads carry both, and the overlap bends the work in two directions at once. Traits that come with autism and ADHD get written up as symptoms, and real OCD hides inside traits a team has already explained away.
Three hours on telling them apart, on adapting the assessment measures you already use so they return something useful, and on deciding what kind of exposure a client's neurotype can carry, including when the right clinical decision is not to use exposure at all.
What participants will be able to do
- Distinguish obsessions and compulsions from common neurodivergent traits, including sensory seeking, focused or intense interests, and difficulty with change, and identify at least three ways the two presentations can look alike.
- Analyze at least two standard OCD assessment measures and identify two to three modifications that account for a client's neurotype.
- Evaluate how a client's neurotype affects exposure therapy, and design an exposure plan that specifies in vivo exposure, imaginal exposure, or a rationale for not using exposure.
What is included
Live attendance on Zoom, training slides and resources in your Lovewell account, the post-training evaluation, and your CE certificate.
Continuing education
3.0 NBCC continuing education hours. Two of the three hours are built to meet the Washington State health equity continuing education requirement (RCW 43.70.613; WAC 246-12-820 and WAC 246-12-830).
Full attendance and a completed evaluation are required for credit. Partial credit is not available. Take breaks as you need them across the morning.
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Continuing Education Information
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