PDP Certificate

This Certificate is Presented to

Cristi Zimirowski

This certificate awards 10 Professional Development Points for the successful completion of an end-of-course assessment following participation in the approved Special Education continuing education professional development activity listed below, sponsored by Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc.

Hybrid Conference: Practical Strategies for Self-Regulation –March 23, 2026 (5 hours)

Hybrid Conference: Supporting Neurodiverse Students – May 14, 2026 (5 hours)

Explain how emotional intensity, regulation, and processing differ across major psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. Identify disorder-specific emotional patterns and describe how these patterns influence daily functioning.

Discuss the clinical importance of recognizing emotional profiles across diverse disorders and how this knowledge informs individualized therapeutic approaches aimed at improving emotional awareness, regulation, and resilience.

Recognize the key features of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Discuss how autism symptom expression differs across individual profiles based on cognitive and language levels, age, sex/gender differences, and racial/ethnic disparities.Identify common diagnostic differentials and overlapping symptomatology between ASD and related neurodevelopmental disorders