Neurodiversity-affirming school counselling: supporting neurodivergent student wellbeing with person-centred therapy
Sarah-Jane E. Silvester,
Robynne Rankine
Abstract:The neurodiversity movement challenges the medical model of disability by framing neurodevelopmental disabilities as natural neurological variations rather than deficits. Consequently, as discourse on neurodiversity-affirming practices expands, there is a growing imperative for tailored implementation in school counselling. By emphasising client agency, strengths, and understanding, person-centred therapy arguably holds the potential to support neurodivergent student wellbeing within school counselling and acr… Show more
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