HR, people & DEI leads
Neuroinclusive Practice for HR Teams
A three-hour interactive session that helps HR and People professionals respond confidently and consistently when supporting neurodivergent colleagues throughout the employee lifecycle.
At a glance
- Three-hour interactive training session
- Onsite and/or online
- For HR and People professionals
This session will help the HR team respond confidently and consistently when supporting neurodivergent colleagues throughout the employee lifecycle. It will combine neurodiversity fundamentals with practical guidance on disclosures, reasonable adjustments, absence, probation, performance and manager support. The session will also explore how HR can maintain appropriate boundaries while ensuring employees receive fair and effective support. Realistic scenarios will be used throughout to help participants apply the learning to situations they may encounter across the organisation.
What the workshop covers
- Neurodiversity and common neurotypes
- Neuroaffirming language and communication
- Responding to disclosures and support requests
- Managing and reviewing reasonable adjustments
- Supporting managers with probation and performance
- Balancing support, boundaries and accountability
- Legal duties and fair workplace processes
- Applying learning to real HR scenarios
Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to:
- Respond sensitively and consistently to neurodiversity-related concerns
- Guide managers on practical and appropriate workplace support
- Identify and implement effective reasonable adjustments
- Recognise when standard processes may disadvantage an employee
- Approach performance and probation concerns more confidently
- Maintain clear boundaries while providing appropriate support
- Apply the Equality Act and relevant organisational policies in practice
Objectives
- Build consistent neurodiversity knowledge across the HR team
- Strengthen confidence in managing complex employee situations
- Improve the quality and consistency of reasonable adjustments
- Support managers to act earlier and more effectively
- Embed neuroinclusive practice across the employee lifecycle
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.