Neurodiversity in the Workplace for Managers Workshop

Description

Course Overview

This full day workshop is designed to follow on and build on the learning from the 1-hour webinar to provide an embedded learning experience leading to acceptance and change of culture around neurodiversity. This workshop has many hands-on learning opportunities.

We understand the pressure managers can experience working within a neurodiverse team, this training is designed with managers in mind. Giving not only factual information about neurodiversity and neurodiverse conditions but by providing practical solutions to how best to effectively manage and reduce conflict between team members.

At the end of this session, your managers will be able to confidently approach and articulate their organisations intent to create a fully inclusive workplace for all.

Learning Outcomes

• Recap of terminology around neurodiversity. 
• Be confident to list the main neurodiverse conditions.
• Understand the strengths that are common within 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.
• Activity to personally experience what it feels like to have an executive functioning challenge.
• Understand why it’s important for diversity and inclusion to include neurodiverse individuals.
• Learn the importance of clear communication and develop an understanding of how complex communication can be via an activity.
• Be introduced to sensory overload.
• Understand how meltdowns and shutdowns occur and the negative impacts they can have. 
• Be introduced to the concept of school trauma and the impact this has on learning new skills.
• Discover ways to create a more inclusive sensory safe working environment.
• Understand the idea that anxiety can be caused by external factors.
• Be able to recognise anxiety within yourself and others.
• Learn ways to manage anxiety through regulation.
• Gain practical tools to add to a mental health and wellbeing virtual toolbox to support yourself and others experiencing a crisis.
• Start to understand that all behaviour is communication and look towards support rather than judgment.
• 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-identified as neurodiverse from kindness and legal view.
• Understand the positive impact that reasonable adjustments can make and have an idea where to start implementing them.
• What do the Managers do today with regards to Neurodiversity Management
• How to observe behaviour without Unconscious bias
• The importance of not having hidden rules and their impact on productivity and performance.
• Understand the Triangle of support as a way to effectively manage neurodivergent individuals with respect and kindness, whilst adhering to the Equality Act.

Note: We limit numbers to 16 people per workshop so that instructors can keep people safe and supported while they learn.