Teachers, SENDCos & leaders
Training for educators
Practical approaches teachers and tutors can use every day, moving beyond awareness into adaptive communication, expectations and classroom support that meets neurodivergent pupils' needs.
At a glance
- Half-day workshop
- Onsite or online
- For school, college and trust staff
- Adaptable to your setting and age range
The proposed training will move beyond general awareness and focus on practical approaches that teachers and tutors can use in everyday school situations. It will explore how neurodivergent needs may present differently between pupils, including when needs are less visible, and how staff can adapt communication, expectations and classroom support accordingly. A scoping call will take place before delivery to identify priority areas, relevant pupil profiles and real school-based scenarios. This will allow the session to reflect pupils' EHCPs, the school environment and the situations staff are managing day to day.
What the workshop covers
- Neurodiversity and common neurotypes
- Neurodiversity-affirming language and practice
- Understanding behaviour as communication
- Adapting communication and expectations
- Supporting sensory and emotional regulation
- Recognising less visible support needs
- Setting clear and supportive boundaries
- Applying strategies to real pupil scenarios
Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to:
- Use consistent and neurodiversity-affirming language
- Better understand the needs behind pupil behaviour
- Adapt communication and classroom support
- Recognise when a pupil may be overwhelmed or struggling
- Apply practical strategies linked to individual needs and EHCPs
- Balance appropriate support with clear boundaries and expectations
- Contribute to a more consistent, joined-up approach across the school
Objectives
- Build consistent neurodiversity understanding across the staff team
- Strengthen shared language and neurodiversity-affirming practice
- Provide practical tools for communication, behaviour and learning support
- Apply learning to real pupil scenarios and EHCP-linked needs
- Support a confident and joined-up approach at the start of term
What is included
Every session comes with the same essentials
Live, interactive delivery
A live session face-to-face or online, with Q&A and interactive exercises throughout rather than a one-way presentation.
Slides and take-away resources
Presentation slides as a PDF plus supporting resources so participants can revisit the content afterwards.
Recording on request
Online sessions can be recorded under a limited internal licence, so shift workers and remote teams do not miss out.
How we design a programme
We listen before we write a single slide
- 01
Scoping conversation
We start by understanding your organisation, workforce, working environments and what you want people to take away.
- 02
Real scenarios gathered
We invite anonymised workplace scenarios so the session addresses the situations your people are actually encountering.
- 03
Tailored delivery
Content, language and examples are adapted to your sector, including head office, remote, frontline and field-based teams.
- 04
Next steps and follow-on
Sessions close with practical actions and a clear path forward, with optional follow-on sessions to embed the learning.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Want to combine programmes across your teams?
Many organisations run more than one of our training programmes across different teams and sites. Tell us your goals and we will shape a programme around them.