Riding Out the Storm: Managing Emotional Intensity in Students
Why does my neurodivergent kid have SO MANY feelings ALL THE TIME?
In this session, Dr. Matt Zakreski will explore with participants the brain science behind big feelings and demonstrate communication strategies that can help any family regulate through these moments of dysergulation.
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 nearly a thousand times all over the world about supporting neurodivergent kids. Dr. Zakreski graduated from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology (IGCP) in 2016. He is the co-founder of The Neurodiversity Collective, LLC, co-host of the podcast “Nerding out on Neurodiversity,” and the author of the Neurodiversity Playbook: How Neurodivergent People Can Crack the Code of Living in a Neurotypical World.