Neurodivergence

You may find some of these resources helpful:

To support neurodivergent learners in a professional practice setting

  •  This link to SSHINE provides e-leaning modules to raise awareness of supporting neurodivergent learners : SSHINE Neurodiversity  Module – Florence Nightingale Foundation
  •  The Royal College of Midwives have published a Neurodivergence acceptance toolkit: This is a really valuable guidance and reflective questions to ask yourself as an educator (and relevant for all professions) ready for supporting neurodivergent learners: The Neurodivergence acceptance toolkit RCM
  • The Royal College of Nursing have this useful website with information and guidance for supporting staff and students: Link here
  • This blog on our Mental Health Nursing Special Interest Group provides useful insights and top tips from Kerry Stott who is a Lead Practitioner working age adults in the community and recently diagnosed with ADHD herself: Read here
  • Health Education England have published this guidance:  Guide to Practice-Based Learning (PBL) for Neurodivergent Students

For more general information: 

  • This is a useful website where lots of information is provided about neurodiversity:  Link here
  • Useful resource created by drama therapists: Sensory is a film project about autistic people’s experiences of hospitals. It is a fictional film, but it is grounded in the real stories and experiences of East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) staff, patients and service users. The film was co-produced with autistic people, staff, and carers, and it has a fully neurodivergent cast. It is a collaboration between the University of Bristol project ‘Sensing Spaces of Healthcare’, ELFT, and Inner Eye Productions. Overall, Sensory aims to harness the power of storytelling to represent autistic people’s hospital encounters. https://youtu.be/etCCAREPCqE?si=VzeSVi-Lu4rblvOY
  • This link to a web resource by EZRA provides useful information that is relevant for educators to consider: Breaking myths about neurodiversity

Useful resources and further reading for supporting learners with autism:

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