Team Training: Supporting and Managing Neurodivergent Individuals

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.

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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.

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Agenda

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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