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Bespoke Training: Supporting and Managing Neurodivergent Individuals

Provide Support and Promote Awareness around Neurodiversity

Overview

Embracing neurodiversity at work means utilising the strengths different ways of thinking can bring. It is estimated that 1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodivergent. Recognising, understanding, and supporting neurodivergence in the workplace enables inclusivity, teamwork, and productivity.

Join our Bespoke In-House Supporting and Managing Neurodivergent Individuals course to understand how to better support neurodiversity in your organisation and build a stronger, more innovative, and enriched team. Discover best practice from the recruitment process, building a culture of inclusion around neurodiversity to reasonable adjustments in the working environment. Develop the skills to effectively manage and support those around you.

Leave the day with a proactive plan for implementing neurodiverse friendly policies and practices.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand a range of neurodiverse conditions and thinking styles

  • Identify how to better support neurodivergence in the workplace

  • Establish reasonable adjustments to create an inclusive working environment

  • Ensure your management style supports those around you

  • Develop neurodiverse policies to implement into your organisation



All the Understanding ModernGov courses are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certified,
with signed certificates available upon request for event.


Enquire About In-House Training

To speak to someone about a bespoke training programme, please contact us:

0800 542 9414
InHouse@moderngov.com



Agenda

09:25 - 09:30 Registration

09:30 - 09:45 Trainer Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives

09:45 - 10:45 Understanding Neurodiversity

  • Understand a range of neurodiverse conditions and thinking styles

  • Recognise your duties under the Equality Act 2010

  • Tackle common misconceptions surrounding neurodiversity

  • Understand the benefits that neurodiverse employees bring

10:45 - 11:00 Morning Break

11:00 - 12:00 Neurodiversity in the Workplace

  • Ensure your neurodiverse employees feel safe and included

  • Promote inclusion across your organisation

  • Understand how organisational culture may have to change and adapt (case studies)

  • Establish reasonable adjustments to create an inclusive working environment

12:00 - 13:00 How to Manage Neurodiverse People

  • Develop effective communication strategies

  • Identify how to better support neurodiversity in the workplace

  • Understand the importance of feedback

  • Explore effective support and mentoring strategies

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:45 Neurodiversity in the Recruitment Process

  • Identify how to better attract and retain neurodiverse talent

  • Ensure a neurodiverse friendly recruitment process, from job advert to interview and assessment

  • Develop a neurodiverse friendly onboarding process

14:45 - 15:00 Afternoon Break

15:00 - 16:00 Workshop: Developing an Inclusive Neurodiverse Workplace

Work alongside the trainer to develop neurodiverse policies and identify best practice for your organisation.

  • Take away practical strategies to implement into your organisation to better support neurodivergent employees

  • Develop a personal and organisational action plan for neurodiversity inclusion

16:00 - 16:15 Evaluation, Feedback and Close

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