Neurodiversity Training for HR Professionals
Practical tools, clear guidance and scenario-based learning for HR teams.
The session was very well organised from the room set up, to content, delivery, pacing and tone of the trainer. This will help us with supporting the business with manager coaching and supporting employees with better access and open discussions about any “success enablers” they require right from the candidate journey. The examples that were discussed - both personal and professional from the trainer’s employment/client environment and employment tribunal cases were really helpful. The session was excellent.
This one day, in-person training equips HR professionals with the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to support neurodivergent employees and create inclusive processes across recruitment, onboarding and day-to-day management.
Your HR team is often the first point of contact when neurodivergence is mentioned in the workplace. They need the confidence to respond appropriately, support employees effectively and guide managers through tricky situations.
We go beyond awareness, giving your HR team the practical skills and knowledge they need to handle real-world cases with confidence. Jenefer’s 20 years in HR and personal experience of neurodivergence alongside academic qualifications means she has stories to bring examples to life. This training isn’t just theory it’s discussion based, we’ll talk through case studies, tribunal cases and your real examples to explore practical solutions.
Very interactive, interesting and engaging. It has provided us with a toolbox to educate managers and raise awareness that it is not daunting to address and support in the workplace. The use of real examples and hearing Jenefer’s experiences first hand brings more understanding to the challenges and solutions available.
Why This Training Is Different
Most neurodiversity training stops at awareness. You learn what ADHD is, what autism is and maybe get a list of adjustments.
But awareness doesn’t help when an employee’s performance is declining despite adjustments in place. It doesn’t help when a manager asks, “Is this neurodivergence or is this a capability issue?” It doesn’t help when you’re sat in front of a tribunal panel.
Training that goes Deeper
We work through real tribunal cases, discuss actual scenarios from your workplace and build the expertise you need to navigate the grey areas that trip most HR teams up.
You’ll learn from:
- Jenefer’s 20 years in HR and personal lived experience of neurodivergence
- Real employment tribunal cases - what went wrong and why
- Your own team’s experiences and challenges
- Academic research (Jenefer holds a PGCert in Neurodiversity and is a qualified Workplace Needs Assessor)
This isn’t a lecture. It’s a discussion-based workshop where we solve real problems together.
What’s Included in the Neurodiversity Training for HR Professionals Course
This is not a lecture. Your HR team will learn through real-life scenarios drawn from:
- Jenefer’s personal lived experience and as a neurodiversity-focused HR consultant
- Delegate experiences
- Employment tribunal cases
The training is tailored to the group’s level of knowledge. For those new to neurodiversity, we’ll begin with the essentials. For those more experienced with neurodiversity, we’ll dive straight into complex casework and scenario discussion.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll leave with practical tools you can use immediately:
- Understanding what neurodiversity really means in the workplace: common conditions (e.g. Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia) and their impact on individuals
- Practical adjustments: from hardware and software, to work environment and management style
- Inclusive Language: Know how to approach conversations with confidence and sensitivity
- What’s reasonable? understanding what the law expects and where the boundaries are
- When is neurodivergence an excuse? how to approach discipline and dismissal fairly when neurodivergence is raised
- Performance concerns: what happens when adjustments are in place but performance doesn’t improve
- Supporting the silent: how to recognise and support employees who don’t ask for help themselves
Plus: You’ll understand when and how to commission Workplace Needs Assessments, with personalised reports that give employees and managers concrete strategies for success.
Outcomes
After completing this course, your HR team will:
- Feel confident supporting neurodivergent employees
- Know how to balance legal compliance with employee wellbeing
- Be equipped with practical tools to take back into their daily work
- Reduce organisational risk by applying consistent, legally sound practices
- Strengthen relationships with managers by offering clear, actionable advice
Optional add-ons:
- Neuroinclusion audit
- Neurodiversity awareness training for managers and wider teams
- Workplace Needs Assessments - personalised recommendations to help employees to thrive
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Strengthen your HR team’s expertise and promote a culture of inclusivity.
📅 Book a free consultation to discuss your team’s needs, or contact us directly at team@silkhelix.co.uk | 01245 910 500.
Course Introduction
In this video Jenefer introduces the course and explains a little bit about how she approaches training delivery. Towards the end of the video we include a number of course reviews from those who have attended training sessions with Jenefer.
From Training to Implementation
This training gives your HR team the knowledge. Here’s how to turn knowledge into action:
- Immediate Application: Your team can start applying new approaches to disclosure conversations, adjustment requests, and performance discussions right away. You’ll have frameworks, scripts, and decision trees to work from.
- Individual Support: Many organisations combine this training with Workplace Needs Assessments for employees who need personalised strategies. After this training, your HR team will understand exactly when to commission an assessment and how to use the recommendations effectively.
- Manager Development: Once your HR team has deep expertise, you can roll out neurodiversity awareness training for managers across the organisation, knowing your HR team can support managers through any questions that arise.
- Ongoing Consultancy: For complex cases or policy development, you can access ongoing expert advice through our neurodiversity consultancy service.
Why Smart HR Teams Invest in This Training
HR teams don’t wait for tribunal cases to invest in neurodiversity expertise:
- Tribunal cases related to neurodivergence: up 467% since 2018
- Single 2024 tribunal award: £4.6 million (excluding reputational damage, read the original judgement here)
- Companies with neuroinclusive practices report higher innovation and problem-solving capabilities
- Employee retention significantly improves when adjustments actually work
What most organisations miss:
The skills that make you excellent at supporting neurodivergent employees - clear communication, flexible thinking, strength-based management and asking better questions - all make you better at supporting ALL employees.
This isn’t specialist training. It’s modern HR practice.
Understanding neurodiversity doesn’t mean creating a separate playbook for neurodivergent employees. It means upgrading your entire approach so it works for everyone.
On-site Training
£2,250
- One Day - in-house, at your workplace
- Maximum of 14 delegates
- Interactive workshop
- Comprehensive workbook for each participant
- CPD certification for all attendees
- Plenty of opportunity to discuss your real life experiences and cases with our expert trainer
On-Demand Digital Course
£250
- Available for immediate viewing at your own pace
- Delivered via your web browser using our video training platform
- 6 modules, nearly 5 hours of content, with the first module for free.
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All prices are exclusive of VAT.
Prices are correct for courses delivered on your site in Essex, Kent, London and Suffolk. Courses can be delivered outside these areas, please call 01245 910500 for a quote.
The course was excellent - really good selection of topics and enough time to really talk through scenarios which helped bring it to life. It will help me with supporting managers and colleagues to navigate neurodiversity and make it a more inclusive workplace, whilst being confident we have done all we can to support people. The discussions about legal obligations were useful along with how managers can support people and what actions they can take.
Who the Training Is For
This course is designed specifically for:
- HR Managers and HR Business Partners
- Diversity and Inclusion Leads
- People and Culture Teams
- Talent and Development Professionals responsible for inclusion initiatives
All our courses, whether live or recorded, are delivered by Jenefer Livings who has 20 years experience in HR, having designed and delivered training on the whole range of HR topics for organisations across industry sectors. As Jenefer also provides hands-on consultancy work with her clients she maintains an up to date knowledge and experience that shines through with engaging stories in her training.
With our in-person course we'll work through case studies and discuss real life examples to ensure your managers get learning relating to the types of cases they'll be dealing with.
Why Silk Helix?
All our training is prepared and delivered by me, Jenefer, because you're not getting someone who just reads you the slides. You're getting stories, passion, my energy and engaging discussion. I don't deliver long lectures and use a range of activities to encourage everyone to engage with small and whole group discussions, this is how I ensure your business reality is reflected in everything we do.
My promise to you! There will be no role plays, no embarrassing icebreakers where you have to reveal information about yourself and no one is picked on to speak. In my experience these are the things people dread about training and I see the collective sigh of relief when I start the session with this promise.
I recognise that to get discussion going you need an inviting environment. For in-person training this means a room set up, which includes a supply of fidgets and sweets, usually this in itself creates instant discussion as people enter the room. This sets people at ease and creates an ice breaker of its own.
You get a little hint of my style on our YouTube channel. In-person training is like that just with lots of interaction interspersed. And if you're looking at my webinars or digital courses, they're just like my YouTube channel but with a lot more specific detail and backed up by examples, templates and guides. Webinar sessions also include discussion and interaction to encourage everyone to get involved.
Why Choose Silk Helix for Neurodiversity Training?
At Silk Helix, we specialise in creating inclusive workplaces through expert training, consultation, and support. With extensive experience in neurodiversity and HR, we provide actionable insights and impactful training to benefit your entire organisation.
Our founder, Jenefer, has a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Neurodiversity and is a qualified Workplace Needs Assessor. Passionate about inclusive workplaces, she brings both professional expertise and personal understanding to every workshop.
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Digital Course
We also have a digital course on this topic, which is available for immediate viewing at your own pace. While not interactive, our full digital courses cover the essential information you should need to know about this topic. We understand that needs and budgets vary from business to business and person to person, so we've got you covered if you need this information now or you haven't got the budget for on-site, interactive training.
Available to purchase now, delivered via your web browser using our on-demand video training platform for just £250 (exclusive of VAT). 6 modules, nearly 5 hours of content, with the first module for free.
Frequently Asked Questions
If anyone attending our training sessions has a specific need we should be accommodating we ask that you tell us in advance so that we can plan the training accordingly. We will do our best to accommodate any need for whatever reason that need exists.
There are also some common ways we develop our training to take into account the wide variety of learning styles and needs. We know learning styles are not limited to visual, auditory, reading and writing, and kinesthetic. Learning is impacted by a whole variety of things, including underlying medical conditions (diagnosed and not), comfort/ safety in your environment and your past experiences of learning. Our training by design takes this into account, including:
- a welcoming environment for learners to enter
- stress balls or other fidget resources
- workbooks with place for personal notes if the learner wishes
- minimal need to read long pieces of text
- noone is called out or picked on (even to go first)
- no icebreakers that require you to reveal personal information (we do use activities but always related to the learning and with a specific goal)
- no role plays (we find for too many people the issues around acting get in the way of learning)
- regular breaks
- no lengthy period of lectures by the trainer - it's about discussion of your real life cases or activities that make you think or develop skills
Whilst our webinar/lunch and learn sessions cannot provide all of the physical support we’ll still do everything we can to accommodate. We encourage individuals to access their own supports, join the session from somewhere they are comfortable, use their own fidget tools or take notes and camera on or off is a personal preference.
Yes, we've worked with many clients where we've delivered multiple courses to allow everyone to attend. We don't recommend more people in the session for many of the reasons listed above, our courses are designed to be interactive and a safe place to discuss real life situations. Once the groups get much bigger than 14 it starts to become difficult for everyone to participate in these discussions.
With webinar sessions the different nature means we can accommodate much more than 14 people. We still suggest 30 to allow people space to ask questions and join in the chat, however, it is more flexible for these sessions. In managers sessions we do suggest a smaller group to help with discussion.
Yes, we're happy to adapt and design sessions to suit your needs. Book a FREE, no obligation, consultation to discuss your needs and get a quote for bespoke training.
Yes, our in-person training is provided at your venue. Some clients use meeting rooms in their buildings, others book venues. There are a couple of things to consider - we need space in the room to move around. We won't get you running about but being able to move into smaller groups for discussion, sometimes brainstorming around a large piece of paper are examples of the activities that need space.
In addition, our trainer will need parking as training comes with a lot of kit, plus somewhere to plug a laptop in and either a screen or projector. We don't use loads of slides (Jenefer isn't a fan or either producing them or remembering to switch slides) but there are a few occasions where a diagramme or video for example help make the point.
Our full day sessions are 6 hours, including 30 minutes for lunch and 2 coffee breaks. Our half day sessions are 3 hours with a coffee break. Exact times may vary slightly, training courses are interactive with plenty of opportunities for discussion built into the day, this can impact the end timing slightly.
Most of our webinar sessions are designed to be an hour in length, except the managers sessions which are 2 hours. However, we will stay on line to answer questions beyond this point if needed.
Yes.
We are a registered provider with The CPD Certification ServiceIf you're ready to go ahead then either book a consultation or email training@silkhelix.co.uk with your requirements and we'll get dates booked in.