Neurodiversity 101: What it is and how it shows up

Purpose: Establish shared language and understanding around neurodiversity and
learning & thinking differences in workplace settings.
Focus areas:
● What neurodiversity includes (beyond common assumptions)
● How brain-based differences show up in real workplace settings
● Practical team-wide strategies that support everyone
● Why what works for neurodivergent employees benefits all teams

About the Speaker

Dr. Andrew Kahn, PsyD

Andrew Kahn, Understood’s associate director of expertise and strategic design, is a licensed psychologist with more than 25 years of clinical experience. He provides services focusing on ADHD, learning differences, anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, parenting, executive function, and emotional regulation.

Over the course of his career, Kahn has provided training, evaluations, and therapeutic support in the public schools and has worked with communities struggling with poverty, food insecurity, and limited educational support. He has supported school committees in developing policies on mental health, suicide prevention, and related areas. Kahn has also held roles as clinical director of a community mental health agency and as a presenter for Summit Professional Education.

In addition to his clinical and policy work, Kahn has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maine. He is a member of the council of experts at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Wellbeing, contributing to national guidance on the intersection of technology and child mental health.

Kahn identifies as a person with learning and thinking differences. He earned his BA in psychology from Syracuse University and his MS and PsyD from Nova Southeastern University.