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Thrive Neurodiversity in the Workplace Champion workshop

This is a half-day workshop delivered either online or face-to-face.

This workshop is designed for anyone that wants to become a Neurodiversity Champion – someone who wants to educate and change the way that neurodiversity is viewed in your company.

The aims of this workshop are:

  • to lead acceptance of neurodiversity across the workplace and beyond
  • help facilitate and change the culture in your workplace around neurodiversity and its acceptance.

The result of completing an Aware webinar and a Champion workshop combined means that you will become a Thrive Neurodiverse Standards Employer.

What you will learn in the Champion workshop

  • Confidently list the main neurodiverse conditions and the set of strengths common to each condition
  • Develop an understanding of how an individual living with each condition may present within the workplace
  • Gain a basic understanding of executive functioning
  • Understand the concept of neurodiversity in terms of executive functioning within daily life
  • Personally experience what it feels like to have an executive functioning challenge.
  • Understand why it’s important for diversity and inclusion to include neurodivergent individuals
  • The concept of school trauma and the impact this has on learning new skills
  • Understand how meltdowns and shutdowns occur and the negative impacts they have
  • Discover ways to create a more sensory-safe working environment
  • Understand the idea that anxiety can be caused by external factors
  • Be able to recognise anxiety within yourself and others, and learn ways to manage anxiety
  • Create a mental health and wellbeing virtual toolbox to support yourself and anyone else experiencing a crisis
  • Learn the importance of clear communication and develop an understanding of how complicated communication actually is
  • Start to understand that all behaviour is communication and aim to support rather than judge.
  • Unpack that communication errors are faults on all sides and find out how to prevent low morale within a workplace.
  • Discover the importance of supporting those who self-identify as neurodivergent
  • The positive impact that you can make through reasonable adjustments

Feedback for Neurodiversity in the Workplace Champion workshop

“This was incredibly interesting and engaging and the content very relevant to my work situation at the moment, so I found it very useful.”
“Loved the honesty and focus on the positives. It was very educational. Be great for some handouts to reference. My hand now hurts from note taking. Brilliant - thanks again!”
“Awesome - thank you so much. Have so much more I would love to chat about! 4.5 hours isn’t long enough.”

Contact our neurodiversity team to find out more

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