Stop the Revolving Door: Strategies for Neurodivergent Teens in Crisis (1 CE)

Presenter:
Katie K. May, LPC, DBT-LBC

March 18, 2026
10 AM - 11 AM

CE Hours: 1
Credit Type:  NBCC
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Program Description

This training bridges the gap between misdiagnosis and meaningful connection for neurodivergent teens in crisis. Grounded in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the core principles from You’re On Fire, It’s Fine, this course equips therapists with practical tools to interrupt cycles of self-harm, shutdowns, and hospitalization. Participants will learn how to teach emotion regulation and communication skills that resonate with neurodivergent teens while coaching caregivers toward radical acceptance, attunement, and actionable change. Through experiential frameworks and real-world examples, clinicians will gain strategies to transform crisis stabilization into sustainable healing, helping families move from constant reactivity to connection, regulation, and resilience.

Learning Objectives

1. Apply the Wheel of Emotion Dysregulation to reframe client behaviors as expressions of emotional overwhelm, in order to enhance clinical interpretation and inform intervention planning.
2. Apply behavior chain analysis to identify emotional vulnerabilities and neurobiological sensitivities in autistic teens.
3. Analyze caregiver interactions using the The Caregiver Capacity Connection Map and River Metaphor to understand reinforcement patterns.
4. Demonstrate use of the 3x3 Tool to uncover patterns with clients and intolerable emotions that drive self-destructive behavior.
   Integrate somatic-based interventions like the Movie Theater Exercise to support bottom-up emotional processing.

Registration Requirements for LIVE trainings

1. Select the training you would like to complete
2. Complete payment
3. Check your email inbox for the ZOOM link and the program evaluation (to be completed after the training)
4. Following the completion of the live webinar, your presenter will share a link for a brief quiz.
5. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately upon obtaining a passing score on the quiz (no CE credit will be issued if the quiz is not completed)
6. Complete the evaluation (optional)

Following the completion of the live webinar, your presenter will share a link for a brief quiz. Please ensure you complete this quiz to receive you CE certificate.