Neurodiversity in the workplace Champion

Service Description

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