DELIVERY SCHEDULE
Starts: Saturday 4th October at NCI
Timetable:

• Saturday 4th October at NCI

• Thursday 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th October online

• Saturday 1st November at NCI

Course Fee: €950
Award: QQI Special Purpose Award, Level 9 (10 ECTS CREDITS)

This programme explores neurodiversity and neurodiverse individuals with a view to graduates gaining a solid base of knowledge and skills to take advantage of the opportunities and develop strategies around the challenges for organisations in their endeavours towards gaining the full potential of Neurodiverse employees.

At a time of major change in the way organisation’s function and work is done, and a move towards programmed decisions increasingly being made by machines, leaders are presented with the opportunity to harness creativity and the input of creative individuals.

Neurodiverse individuals are renowned for creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Enterprise is at the juncture where proactive embracing of diversity is becoming an important component of success. Where this has happened there is consistent positive feedback on increased team cohesion and overall performance.

COURSE CONTENT

Over the duration of the course the following topics will be covered:

• INTRODUCTION TO NEURODIVERSITY
  Learners will be introduced to currently recognised forms of neurodiversity. These workshops will include an explanation of the diagnosis and impacts of a range of diversities and explore the historical context and evolution of neurodiversity recognition.
  An introductory discussion will focus on the neurological bases of neurodiversity.

• LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, RIGHTS AND BEHAVIOURS RELATED TO NEURODIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
  An exploration of the broader societal issues of neurodiversity such as attitudes to disability, international and national policy developments such as UNCRPD, SDGs, equality legislation, voices of neurodiverse people.

• STRENGTHS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF NEURODIVERSE INDIVIDUALS
  How Neurodiverse individuals can be an asset in the workplace and how best to capitalise on the talents of everyone in the organisation. This segment will include developing strategies to identify and develop the unique talents of neurodiverse employees and for recruitment and retention.

• ADDRESSING WORKPLACE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH NEURODIVERSITY
  Each neurodiversity presents challenges, and this section will further develop the learners’ understanding of these challenges and prepare the foundation for the next section.

• INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE STRATEGIES
  Learners will explore how to evaluate the workplace and how to plan for inclusivity of diversity to gain corporate advantage. This section will include an introduction to workplace playbooks and the development of performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of neurodiversity initiatives.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Regina Dunne
Education and training adviser, National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin 1.
📧: Regina.dunne@ncirl.ie
📞: 01 4498566