Tuesday 10th September, 10am-12pm
Online
Join NDFT Co-Director Holly Sutcliffe for 2 hours of online training that will leave you better equipped to understand, support and accommodate Neurodivergent (ND) humans.
Whether you are a creative, a small business owner or working in a more corporate environment this workshop will help you:
- Understand Neurodivergence – what it actually is and why it’s important to be aware of it
- Develop an overview of different ways of processing and how that impacts ND people accessing the world (and therefore your work or business)
- Recognise common triggers, stressors and things to look out for when you are working with ND people (and if you work with the general public, you will be)
- Expand your awareness of the multiple possibilities of Neurodivergent experience and joy – how to harness that in your work/workplace
By the end of the session, you will be empowered to engage in this important aspect of inclusion, with a practical toolkit to start making accommodations and adaptations to better include Neurodivergent folk in your work and/or workplace. There will be plenty of space for questions to allow the session to be tailored to the needs of participants.
Accepting and accommodating Neurodivergence is one simple and extremely important way you can create safer, more inclusive spaces for everyone – it’s not just good for the individuals; it’s good for us all.
This training session is now fully booked.
Everything I do with Neurodivergent Friends in Thanet helps me understand more about the needs of neurodivergent individuals, including myself. Holly Sutcliffe’s training was fantastic; she went into detail about terms that require a level of specialism and knowledge I have not experienced in other contexts.
The training has helped me think about how to support people around me, including in the workplace, who are neurodivergent. It has also helped me understand how I can better articulate my needs as a neurodivergent individual. I believe every workplace and organisation should have this training to ensure that neurodivergent employees and staff are understood and accommodated, and to make sure that team infrastructures are designed specifically with neurodivergence in mind.
Holly spoke to us about the different types of processing and the different types of divergence we encounter in individuals. My main takeaway is that supporting neurodivergent individuals is not a single pathway; it is about curiosity and questioning, and fundamentally prioritising cultures of wellbeing. Holly brought this into the training by using self-reflection for everyone throughout, helping us all recognise our own diversity of thinking and feeling. I thought this was really clever because when we think about supporting others, much of what we need to do is create robust and regular opportunities for questioning and learning about how we all think and work, and what our needs are.
I couldn’t recommend training by Neurodivergent Friends in Thanet more highly, and I look forward to other opportunities to learn from and with Holly.
Daisy Kelly-Granger