Neurodiversity Aware

The Neurodiversity Aware® is a training & accreditation programme for those who want to gain a greater understanding of neuro-diverse ‘conditions’ including: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), Dyscalculia, Autism Spectrum Condition/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC/ASD), Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and ADHD from a workplace perspective and to gain a related, professional qualification.

Background

Unfortunately, there are countless neurodiverse individuals still reluctant to speak out about challenges they face and therefore don’t seek help when they need it. This can impact negatively on their wellbeing and in the longer term this can result in negative mental health.

When an employee or trainee/apprentice is struggling with their work tasks, their performance can be affected which can result in formal performance management. If Line Managers and or/HR have the knowledge about neurodiverse conditions, small adjustments can be made to support the employee which results in better performance and less expenditure for the organisation in the time required for formal performance management. We’ve all read about employers who have found themselves in uncomfortable, legal situations due to lack of awareness of their legal obligations. and also, not being aware of the opportunities and value that comes with appropriately supporting a neurodiverse workforce.

This is where the Neurodiversity Aware® training comes into its own. This training and accreditation programme provides the last remaining jigsaw piece for employers in the puzzle that is ‘neurodiversity’. This training provides individuals and their employing organisations with an appreciation of the big ‘multi-dimensional’ picture of neurodiversity from a workplace perspective and equips them to bring about positive change to ensure the right processes are in place in the future.

Who is this training for?

The programme has been designed for Human Resources professionals, those working in Learning and Development, Union Representatives, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion teams, line managers and anyone else who is keen to embrace and support a neurodiverse workforce and ‘get it right first time…and every time’.

On successful submission of their individual assignment ‘learners’ will receive a certificate for their OCN qualification, a Neurodiversity Aware® certificate and have the Neurodiversity Aware® – Individual logo to display on their email signature.

We’re taking bookings now for the programme starting Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd March 2022.

If you feel this could be of interest to you please do contact us for more information.

Neurodiversity Aware®

Delivery - Trainer information.

Professor Amanda Kirby MBBS MRCGP PhD

Amanda is a professor in Developmental Disorders and a leading researcher and clinician in the field for more than 25 years with an international reputation. She has been instrumental leading the neurodiverse movement as a parent of neurodiverse children as well as a professional.

She has trained more than 10,000 professionals worldwide and Do-IT Solutions where she is CEO was one of the first organisations to gain Disability Confident Leader status and co-authored the site www.neurodiversityemployment.org.uk and has published How to Succeed in the Workplace.

She is chair of Movement Matters and advisor to organisations including BDA and Dyspraxia Foundation. She has been instrumental in the Hidden Impairment National Group for DWP and has extensive experience of considering neurodiversity in workplace settings. She is also CEO of Do-IT Solutions (www.doitprofiler.com) and has developed web based screening tools to aid Workplace assessments to support employers and their neurodiverse employees to harness and maintain their talents.

Janette Beetham

Janette Beetham is a Workplace Dyslexia/Neurodiversity Consultant with over 12 years’ experience. Having previously been a generalist related to Dyslexia and co-occurring neurodivergent conditions – working in the earlier years in schools, colleges, universities as well as workplaces she decided that workplaces were where she wanted to focus her efforts when she started Right Resources Limited 6 years ago. She is herself dyslexic (having discovered this in her late 30’s) and she has designed the programme with a passion to help employers untap the potential of the whole workforce.

Her background includes; being a manager for the Princes Trust, a Business Counsellor, a Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner and a Senior Associate for the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) with a tutoring lead on their national programme for Workplace Needs Assessors. She is a Member of the Institute of Consulting, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and now a ‘Senior Consultant to the BDA’ (British Dyslexia Association, 2017).

He has written articles for several BDA publications including; Dyslexia in the Workplace, The Dyslexia Handbook 2017, 2018 and 2019. Janette is also the Staff Dyslexia & Specific Learning Difficulties Consultant at Imperial College London and she has had a published paper related to her work entitled: Workplace Dyslexia & Specific Learning Difficulties―Productivity, Engagement and Well-Being.

If you feel this could be of interest to you please do contact us for more information. Thank you.