SELF-PACED ONLINE TRAINING
Neurodiversity 101
In today’s complex workplaces, understanding neurodiversity is essential for psychological safety and sustainable performance. This trauma-informed course offers a clear foundation for reducing stigma, supporting difference, and building accessibility, inclusion, and belonging at work.
Course Details
Neurodivergence is an umbrella term that includes those on the Autism Spectrum, those with ADHD, and even individuals with OCD, PTSD, brain injury, giftedness, executive functioning disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Tourette's syndrome, learning disabilities, and sensory processing disorders. Far from being a minority of the population, Neurodivergent individuals make up 18-26% of the population.
With 1 in 50 people being diagnosed as neurodivergent and even more going undiagnosed and silently struggling, it is clear that we need to pay more attention to how companies and cultures make space for neurodivergence. Neurodivergent individuals bring key skills, perspectives, and talents. However, neurodivergent individuals are also more likely to experience Mental Health issues, burnout, and difficulty with interpersonal relationships at work. They are also more likely to experience trauma as a result of workplace experiences that do not understand them and therefore cannot adequately support their needs.
It's true that neurodivergent individuals process work differently. Some neurodivergent conditions classify as disabilities. However, the strategies that create safe and supportive workplaces for neurodivergent individuals to thrive, are critical strategies that help every employee become happier, healthier, more productive and more engaged at work.
Who Is This For?
Course Outline
Meet Your Facilitator
kim van ryn
Trauma-informed leadership & neurodiversity expert
Kim Van Ryn
Kim (she/her) started her career as a Child and Youth Worker in foster and adoptive care, developing skills and gaining education in trauma and attachment theory. After a short break from the human services field, she returned to work in day services with adults with neurodiversities and found her true calling. Over the past years of professional development Kim has attained her BA in Human Services with honors, and her Trauma-Informed Care and Counselling certificate. She is continuously mentored to communicate more deeply with non-speaking people. Kim now offers therapeutic support to people with neurodiversities who have experienced emotional trauma.
With her team, Kim opened the doors to Branching Out Support Services in 2019 which supports people across the age span who live with developmental disabilities and neurodiversities.
What People Are Saying
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The Expert Talk’s keynote on Neurodiversity at Work at WBE Canada's 2024 National Conference was both enlightening and impactful. Our participants enjoyed an engaging, informative presentation that shed light on the value of neurodiverse talent, providing key mindset shifts to support Neurodivergent workers and practical strategies to create a safer and more inclusive workplace. Great presentation for forward-thinking businesses!
WBE CANADA
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I have a neurodivergent child and this course gives me hope for when he joins the workforce. Neurodiversity is presented here with compassion and care, and offers a crucial window into the experiences of so many.
Thank you!
training participant
Frequently Asked Questions
This course is self-paced and will be available immediately at TheExpertTalk.com upon purchase.
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