The programme, which was developed by Janette Beetham – Senior Consultant to the British Dyslexia Association, was originally piloted at Imperial College London in January 2017 with excellent feedback on the training, which confirmed not only its value for neuro-divergent work colleagues but also that it contains modules which are Continuous Professional Development (CPD) essentials for everyone, such as wellbeing & mental health and active listening skills.
The training programme, which covers 7 neurodivergent ‘conditions’, comprises of two full-day workshops plus 2 online/webinar modules – with an assignment/workbook which leads to an OCN (Open College Network) Level 2 qualification. (There are also two 30 minute online mentoring sessions for each delegate during the short self-study element of the programme).
You can choose from either the ‘open’ programme (where you will work with like-minded people from a cross-section of organisations) or employing organisations can have the workshop elements delivered ‘in-house’ which enables colleagues to work together and share scenarios from their own work environment etc.