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Thoughtful training for the adults who support complex children

Dr. Megan Helmen offers engaging, practical, and research-informed trainings for educators, clinicians, parents, caregivers, and organizations seeking to better understand neurodivergent and developmentally complex children.

Her goal is simple: to help adults replace judgment and reactivity with knowledge, understanding, compassion in order to provide effective support that can be used in real life.

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More Understanding. Better Support.

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Her trainings translate developmental science, neuropsychology, and real-world clinical experience into language and strategies that are accessible, compassionate, and useful.

Creating ‘aha’ moments with humor and heart

Topics

Common presentation and workshop topics include:

Neuropsychology speaker at a community mental health event, providing professional neuropsychology training and speaking services.

A keynote speech that can be adapted to your clinical or educational area of focus. Discover the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of supporting children in better understanding and advocating for themselves.
A keynote speech that explores the science and brain chemistry behind delight, a core value at Developmental Discoveries. Learn how to cultivate delight to build connection, community, and positive mental health.
Understanding neurodivergence through a strengths-based, compassionate, and developmentally informed lens with applications for your clinical work Learn the Developmental Discoveries model for bridging the medical model with humanized care.
Including masking, ‘subtle-but-significant’ profiles, intellectually gifted, girls and gender-diverse youth, and common misunderstandings. Develop your clinical assessment skills and upgrade your resources and recommendations.
Supporting children who struggle with attention, organization, motivation, working memory, task initiation, emotional regulation, and daily demands. Better understand and communicate about children with ADHD.
Understanding children whose have areas of both intellectual giftedness and developmental disability. Evolve in your parenting approach or clinical understanding related to mental health, educational needs, development, and/or assessment.
Helping adults understand how learning challenges show up, how to advocate for services, and how recommendations can become more practical and useful. Learn how to identify and support areas of educational need.

Custom topics are available based on audience needs.

The goal is not simply to share information.

The goal is to help adults think differently, respond more thoughtfully, and support children more effectively.

What Makes Dr. Megan’s Trainings Different

Clinical expertise with real human connection

Dr. Megan is known for presentations that are thoughtful, engaging, culturally responsive, and immediately useful. Her talks, presented at the local, state, and national levels, have broad application and appeal.

Her style combines clinical depth, warmth, humor, and practical tools. Participants leave with clearer language, better understanding, and ideas they can apply right away.

Her trainings are designed to help adults:

Better understand neurodivergent and developmentally complex children

Reframe behavior through a developmental lens

Recognize strengths and needs together

Use more accurate and compassionate language

Feel more confident supporting children and families

What Audiences Have Shared

“Dr. Megan Helmen joined us for our 34th Annual Conference on Youth and did a spectacular job presenting in the areas of neurodiversity, emotional regulation, and autism. Her sessions were among our most sought after, and conference attendees reported gaining usable tools and unique insights as a result of their participation. Dr. Megan was easy to work with, and we will definitely be contacting her again as opportunities arise.”

— Amanda Miller, Executive Director, Great KIDS Make Great COMMUNITIES, Fort Wayne, IN
“Dr. Megan Helmen provides well-thought-out, intentional presentations that are culturally responsive and engaging, creating a learning experience and environment that attendees request, attend, and recommend to their colleagues year after year.”

— Director of Training, mental health outpatient clinic
“Your discussion about intergenerational patterns and trauma was very insightful and added greatly to the content.” “The information was accessible and understandable.” “Lots of great information to competently and compassionately work with neurodivergence.”

— Participants in neurodiversity- and trauma-focused training for therapists
"Your discussion about intergenerational patterns and trauma in this scope was very insightful and added greatly to the content. Further discussion around linguistics and language to use within the referral process was great."

— Therapist/participant
“The information was accessible and understandable, utilizing positive psychology with assisting/befitting the individuals that we serve. Helped me to continue to frame diagnosis/symptoms with connecting with clients in a meaningful way.”

— Therapist/participant
“I wanted to again express gratitude for all the time and energy you put into developing yesterday’s presentation, I hope you get to present this to many audiences going forward as it was such crucial information for our field to know!”

— Clinical Director of Training

Consulting vs. Training and Workshops

Training and workshops are designed for broader education, professional learning, and audience-wide skill building.

Consulting is typically more specific to a case, clinical question, school system, independent educational evaluation, or legal matter.

If you are not sure which service fits, start with an inquiry. We will help guide you toward the right next step.

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If you are planning a conference, professional development event, community education series, or organizational training, we would love to hear more.

Tell us about your audience, your goals, and the topic you are hoping to explore.

Thoughtful training for the adults who support complex children

Dr. Megan partners with your organization

Common presentation and workshop topics include:

Custom topics are available based on audience needs.

The goal is not simply to share information.

The goal is to help adults think differently, respond more thoughtfully, and support children more effectively.

Clinical expertise with real human connection

Her trainings are designed to help adults:

“Dr. Megan Helmen provides well-thought-out, intentional presentations that are culturally responsive and engaging, creating a learning experience and environment that attendees request, attend, and recommend to their colleagues year after year.”

“Your discussion about intergenerational patterns and trauma was very insightful and added greatly to the content.” “The information was accessible and understandable.” “Lots of great information to competently and compassionately work with neurodivergence.”

"Your discussion about intergenerational patterns and trauma in this scope was very insightful and added greatly to the content. Further discussion around linguistics and language to use within the referral process was great."

“The information was accessible and understandable, utilizing positive psychology with assisting/befitting the individuals that we serve. Helped me to continue to frame diagnosis/symptoms with connecting with clients in a meaningful way.”

“I wanted to again express gratitude for all the time and energy you put into developing yesterday’s presentation, I hope you get to present this to many audiences going forward as it was such crucial information for our field to know!”

If you are not sure which service fits, start with an inquiry. We will help guide you toward the right next step.

Bring Developmental Discoveries to your audience

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Thoughtful training for the adults who support complex children

Dr. Megan partners with your organization

Common presentation and workshop topics include:

Self-Learning & Self-Advocacy

The Science of Delight

Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice

Autism and Nuanced Presentations

ADHD and Executive Functioning

Giftedness and Twice-Exceptionality

Learning Differences and Educational Advocacy

Custom topics are available based on audience needs.

The goal is not simply to share information.

The goal is to help adults think differently, respond more thoughtfully, and support children more effectively.

Clinical expertise with real human connection

Her trainings are designed to help adults:

“Dr. Megan Helmen provides well-thought-out, intentional presentations that are culturally responsive and engaging, creating a learning experience and environment that attendees request, attend, and recommend to their colleagues year after year.”

“Your discussion about intergenerational patterns and trauma was very insightful and added greatly to the content.” “The information was accessible and understandable.” “Lots of great information to competently and compassionately work with neurodivergence.”

"Your discussion about intergenerational patterns and trauma in this scope was very insightful and added greatly to the content. Further discussion around linguistics and language to use within the referral process was great."

“The information was accessible and understandable, utilizing positive psychology with assisting/befitting the individuals that we serve. Helped me to continue to frame diagnosis/symptoms with connecting with clients in a meaningful way.”

“I wanted to again express gratitude for all the time and energy you put into developing yesterday’s presentation, I hope you get to present this to many audiences going forward as it was such crucial information for our field to know!”

If you are not sure which service fits, start with an inquiry. We will help guide you toward the right next step.

Bring Developmental Discoveries to your audience

A Welcoming Office for Families in Plymouth, Minnesota

Contact

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