About The Session
You will have the opportunity to explore your perceptions of people who are neurodivergent (people who have dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, autism, or a combination of these), with thinking time to evaluate what you currently do.
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Take part in interactive activities and questioning to be able to:
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→ Examine your potential bias and preconceived ideas of neurodiversity
→ Name the disability support funding mechanism available to disabled people in the workplace or studying at HE
→ Identify shared strengths and characteristics of neurodivergent profiles
→ List 2 reasonable adjustments relating to software
→ List 3 reasonable adjustments for equipment
→ Describe 1 reasonable adjustment related to time
→ Name 2 relevant acts, policy or guidelines related to protected characteristics
→ Name 4 protected characteristics and how they relate to intersectionality
→ Explain 1 reasonable adjustment for assessments in placement / workplace
→ Apply knowledge to case studies (access rights / reasonable adjustments)
You will have the opportunity to explore your perceptions of people who are neurodivergent (people who have dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, autism, or a combination of these), with thinking time to evaluate what you currently do.
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Learning Outcomes:
Take part in interactive activities and questioning to be able to:
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→ Examine your potential bias and preconceived ideas of neurodiversity
→ Name the disability support funding mechanism available to disabled people in the workplace or studying at HE
→ Identify shared strengths and characteristics of neurodivergent profiles
→ List 2 reasonable adjustment relating to software
→ List 3 reasonable adjustment for equipment
→ Describe 1 reasonable adjustment related to time
→ Name 2 relevant acts policy or guidelines related to protected characteristics
→ Name 4 protected characteristics and how they relate to intersectionality
→ Explain 1 reasonable adjustment for assessments in placement / workplace
→ Apply knowledge to case studies (access rights / reasonable adjustments)
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Who is it for?
This training is for anyone supporting healthcare students in clinical placements, including undergraduate and postgraduate students and apprentices.
This may include:
Practice assessors, practice supervisors, practice educators and mentors, clinical needs assessors, placement coordinators, professionals working in equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), university disability team members, disabled staff network chairs and co-chairs, HR professionals, neurodivergent healthcare professionals, and allied health professionals.
Your Host
Kerry Pace has 35 years’ experience supporting people who have disabilities in educational and workplace settings, with particular expertise in supporting students and staff in healthcare settings.
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She has trained a large number of professional health bodies, universities and NHS Trusts across the UK and Ireland, and has undertaken research focused on supporting inclusion within healthcare education and clinical placements.
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Kerry’s approach to training is also informed by her own lived experience as a neurodivergent and chronically ill person, as well as her experience as a mum to two grown-up neurodivergent children.
Creating Inclusive Healthcare Environments for Neurodivergent Students
Building confidence in supporting neurodivergent students on placement in clinical practice.
Take part in this friendly, interactive training session to grow your confidence in supporting neurodivergent students, with strategies you can use straight away.
Course Details
Date: Wednesday 3rd February 2027
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Online Training
Duration: 3 hours
Cost: £197 + VAT (£236.40)
Capacity: 25 participants
Explore Neurodiversity and Challenge Assumptions
Build awareness of neurodivergent strengths, experiences and potential bias.
What You'll Get From This Training
Build confidence through real-world scenarios
Apply your learning to case studies and everyday clinical situations.
Increase Awareness of Access Rights
(reasonable Adjustments)
Discover practical approaches to time, technology, induction and clinical placements.
An interactive session sharing top tips and real life examples of common reasonable adjustments used in clinical placements and settings.