Groups
A.C.C.E.P.T. Series group for
Neurodivergent Adults
Understanding, Communication, and Connection
The A.C.C.E.P.T. Program™ is a suite of groups for neurodivergent adults and youth that promotes understanding, communication, and connection.
Module One: Understanding Your Neurodivergent Operating System Fall Group:
Info Session: Oct 22, 2024 | 6:30 – 7:00 pm Email us for zoom link
Sessions: Oct 28, Nov 11, 25, Dec 9, 2024, with follow up Jun 2, 2025
Email accept@scattergramcc.com by October 21st or attend the info session on October 22nd to get a $100 off discount code.
Module Two: Communication Fall Group:
Info Session: Sept 30, 2024
Sessions: Oct 7, 21, and Nov 4, 18, 2024, with follow up Apr 7, 2025
Module Three: Connection Winter/Spring Group:
Info Session: Feb 24, 2025
Sessions: March 3, 17, 24, 31, 2025, with follow up Sept 29, 2025
Ideal for those who want to:
Explore your Neurodivergent Operating System
Build Communication and Self-Advocacy Skills
Share Experiences and Strategies with Other Neurodivergent Adults
Live an Authentic and Meaningful Life
Group Facilitator:
“I combine my therapy skills with ten years of academic teaching to help A.C.C.E.P.T. group participants understand their neurodivergent operating systems and become fluent in translating their perceptions and experiences to neurotypical friends, family members, colleagues, and service providers, so they can experience greater authenticity and ease in their lives with the neurodiverse population to promote self-awareness, self-regulation, and improved executive function, attention, and time management.”
Wendy McGuire (she/her)
MSW, RSW, PhD
Registered Social Worker
The A.C.C.E.P.T. Series for neurodivergent Adults provides unique spaces for ND people to meet, explore their identities, unpack myths about their brains and nervous systems, connect with other neurodivergent people, and build skills to navigate a neurotypical world.
The Series consists of three modules based on the three pillars of the A.C.C.E.P.T. Framework: Understanding, Communication, and Connection. Each module consists of a pre-recorded introduction to the module, four online sessions, a workbook with activities and resources, membership in an ACCEPT members-only Facebook group, and a six-month drop-in follow-up.
Module One: Understanding Your Neurodivergent Operating System
In Module 1, we explore the basic features of a neurodivergent operating system, as dynamic and a spectrum, using the NDOS tools to understand your own unique strengths and challenges, and how the double empathy problem makes it so hard to understand each other across neurotypes.
Included:
Pre-recorded Introduction
Four Week Online Session Themes
- Week One/Week Two: Neurodivergent Operating Systems (NDOS)
- Week Three/Four: Instruments of Perception, Bringing it All Together
- Week Five: A Six Month Follow Up Group Drop In or Individual Check In
Activities and Resources Workbook
Members-only Facebook Group
Six-month Follow-up Drop-in
Module One Fall Group Dates - Info Session: Oct 22, 2024
Sessions: Oct 28, Nov 11, 25, Dec 9, 2024 with follow up Jun 2, 2025
Online Sessions Structure
1. Checkin
2. Learning Goals
3. Activity/Breakout Groups
4. Content related to Theme
5. Activity/Breakout Groups
6. Content related to Theme
7. Activity/Breakout Groups
8. Discussion related to Theme
9. Checkout
Module Two:
Communicaton
If you completed Module One Group and want more, join our returning participants Module Two Group this Fall
Module Two Fall Group Dates - Info Session: Sept 30, 2024
Session dates: Oct 7, 21, and Nov 4, 18, 2024, with follow up Apr 7, 2025
Previous participants will be contacted directly with information about this Group
This A.C.C.E.P.T. Module Two group is only open to previous attendees of Module One.
It will give us an opportunity to go deeper in dyads and small and large group discussions.
In Module 2, we will explore your communication style, skills for assertive communication, boundary-setting, how neurotypicals communicate, and the difference between masking and translating across neurotypes.
Module Three:
Connection
If you completed Module One and Module Two Group and still want more, join our returning participants Module Three Group in 2025
Module Three Winter/Spring Group Dates - Info Session: Feb 24, 2025
Session dates: Mar 3, 17, 24, 31, 2025, with follow up Sept 29, 2025
Previous participants will be contacted directly with information about this Group
This A.C.C.E.P.T. Module Three group is only open to previous attendees of Module One and Module Two.
It will give us an opportunity to go even deeper in dyads and small and large group discussions.
In Module 3, we will explore barriers to connection, what can be ‘fixed’ and what has to be ‘lived with’, how to ‘live with’ the things we can’t fix using the skills of radical acceptance and self-compassion, and how to calm our nervous systems to allow authentic connection using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBTS) skills to self-regulate and co-regulate.
‘This Group Didn’t Suck!’: When Groups are Neurodiversity-Affirming
‘This group didn’t suck!’ was the best feedback I received at the conclusion of Scattergram’s A.C.C.E.P.T. Group for Neurodivergent Adults this spring. – Wendy McGuire, Group Facilitator
How to Join
RESERVE YOUR SPOT FOR MODULE ONE FALL GROUP
Online
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm EST
Date: Oct 28, Nov 11, 25, Dec 9, 2024, with follow up Jun 2, 2025 (optional)
Cost: $595.00 for all sessions (includes a pre-recorded video and workbook valued at $120).
Participants ought to be able to claim through insurance (if you have insurance coverage under social worker designation).
Information Session with the Facilitator!
Oct 22, 2024 | 6:30 – 7:00 pm
Email for zoom link
Email accept@scattergramcc.com by October 21st or attend the info session on October 22nd to get a $100 off discount code.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT FOR MODULE ONE FALL GROUP
Online
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm EST
Date: Oct 28, Nov 11, 25, Dec 9, 2024, with follow up Jun 2, 2025 (optional)
Cost: $595.00 for all sessions (includes a pre-recorded video and workbook valued at $120).
Participants ought to be able to claim through insurance (if you have insurance coverage under social worker designation).
Information Session with the Facilitator!
Oct 22, 2024
6:30 – 7:00 pm
Email for zoom link
Email accept@scattergramcc.com by October 21st or attend the info session on October 22nd to get a $100 off discount code.
Other A.C.C.E.P.T. Program™ groups
The ND Room
An activity-based group for neurodivergent individuals in grades 7-12. The group provides a space for individuals to explore neurodiversity, self-expression, sexuality and gender.
Click to learn more
A.C.C.E.P.T. Group for Couples
A virtual support group for ND/NT and ND/ND couples who want to explore and understand how neurodivergence impacts your relationship.
Click to learn more
