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How to Support Neurodivergent Colleagues

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  • How to Support Neurodivergent Colleagues

    📅 Thursday 5th December
    🧑‍🏫 Annie Litchfield

Outline

Overview

This 3-hour course is designed for team members seeking a deeper understanding of neurodiversity and its impact on the workplace. Learners will explore various neurodivergent conditions, gaining insights into the strengths and challenges associated with each. The focus is on fostering awareness, empathy, and a supportive team environment. 

Through a combination of interactive discussions, case studies, and group activities, learners will gain valuable insights in how to embrace neurodiversity and provide a supportive inclusive workplace for all. 

Audience

This course is aimed at people that manage others.

Objectives

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Develop a foundational awareness of neurodiversity and its significance within the team
  • Understand various neurodivergent conditions and their unique characteristics
  • Recognise the strengths and challenges associated with neurodivergent team members
  • Enhance communication skills to promote understanding and collaboration
  • Cultivate a culture of empathy, acceptance, and support for neurodivergent colleagues

Content

  • Looking at the different neurodivergent conditions
  • Insights into the strengths and weaknesses of different neurodivergent conditions
  • How to foster awareness and a supportive environment amongst your team
  • The strengths of neurodivergent individuals in your team

Resources

We will provide you with a PDF of the workshop slides, copies of relevant handouts and a list of book recommendations discussed during the session!

Testimonials

Engaging delivery

Sarah delivered the session via a blended approach, with a healthy mix of PPT, break out exercises and Mentimeter voting. The session was tailored to Pennine Healthcare’s needs, time management was excellent and Sarah’s professional knowledge shone through.

I’m very happy to recommend Loates Training. (The continuous flow of chocolate was an added bonus).

Thank you

Russell King
Head of HSE and Risk
Derby

All the staff involved gave glowing accounts

During post-recession business expansion it was felt that senior managers would benefit from some training in leadership, time management, personal impact and self-awareness skills. Using Sarah’s HR experience and training abilities it was possible to combine this with a search for potential future directors. All the staff involved gave glowing accounts of the way Sarah has improved their management capabilities. Even the management training doubters were won around! Output from the staff exercises and insights from Sarah have been combined with staff performance appraisals to identify directorial talent. We will not hesitate to use Sarah’s services again when we need them.

Sarah helped our senior staff with HR and management training. All feedback from staff was positive and I’m sure it wasn’t just because of the chocolate rewards used in some of the exercises! Her training and insight has aided us in targeting potential future Directors of the company and empowered other staff in their management roles.

Dr Bill Peacock
Director
Burton upon Trent

Informative and very useful

The training was a mixture of learning material, case studies and example activities.
I found this course very helpful for my day to day duties within my role, it gave me a better understanding of how to approach and deal with any such issues which may arise in the workplace and has given me the confidence to handle them efficiently.
Sarah Loates (the course trainer) gave us as a group opportunity to ask questions, share experiences and gave sound advice on the course topic.
I would certainly recommend Loates Management Training to others.
Thank you

Samantha Allsop
Finance / HR Manager
Swadlincote, Derbyshire

Great!

Excellent subject matter, presented and delivered wonderfully. Sensitive subject (due to wider societal issues) but material was delivered well with good supporting examples and material. Prompted a lot of thoughts and discussions which I believe it a good thing – raises awareness and conscious level. I am a fan of this training! Thank you.

Steven Haynes
Buyer
Nottingham

Informative and interesting course

Sarah provided training to a group of line managers in our business with the aim of giving them more confidence in dealing with everyday situations which they come up against. Sarah delivered the training in an informative and interesting way and engaged the managers which made the day go by in a flash. Sarah was also very flexible with timings in order to accommodate the different shifts. I would recommend Loates Management Training to any business.

Charlotte Wood
HR Manager
Staffordshire

Questions?

Not sure if this is the right course for you?

Just get in touch to arrange an informal chat with the course instructor themselves!

Instructor

Annie Litchfield delivering leadership & management training

Annie Litchfield

Throughout my training career (which now spans more than 20 years!) I’ve always been chasing the same dream: to feed my passion for helping others. I aim to bring a vibrancy and exuberance no matter what my role is – from small, family run businesses to multi-national corporations, my experience covers a whole host of sectors and sizes.

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Organiser

Loates Workplace Wellbeing

Loates Workplace Wellbeing

We’re the arm of Loates Business Solutions that’s specifically focussed on workplace wellbeing. We cover both the mental and physical aspects of occupational health, and are responsible for delivering accredited Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training.

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On-Demand Delivery

In addition to our public scheduled courses, we also offer the option of on-demand private training that’s exclusive to your organisation.

This can provide a particularly convenient and cost-effective solution if you have a large number of staff members to train.

And it’s also tremendously flexible.

Since on-demand courses only have your delegates attending, we can customise them to be specific to the policies and processes of your organisation, and tailor course lengths and depths to suit your particular needs. Likewise, we can combine material from several existing courses, develop fully bespoke content, or combine multiple courses into full programmes of training.

And we can deliver this training whenever and wherever is best for you; in-house at your venue, at one of our training venues, somewhere else entirely, online, or any combination of these.

For an idea of the types of on-demand training that we can provide, just take a look at our on-demand training catalogue.

To find out more about our on-demand delivery options, please contact us to arrange an informal chat with one of our friendly and down-to-earth training instructors.

On-Demand Equivalent

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