Supporting Neurodivergent Students (in person)

Course Code
50294403

Provider
OD&PL

Tutor(s):
Harriet Cannon

Suitability
The in-person session is relevant to all staff members and will include
individual and group activities. There will be time for questions and
discussion at the end of the session.

If the course is full, please register on our waiting list by
emailing your details to academicdev@leeds.ac.uk.

Date(s)
Monday, September 29, 2025, 10:00 to 12:00

Max Places:
30

Description

This workshop is one of the Developing Your Teaching workshops,
provision from the Student Education Development Team.

This course will take place on campus.

This session is an introduction to the concept of neurodivergence.
We’ll talk about what the terms ‘neurodiversity’ and ‘neurodivergence’
mean and then look at the commonality of difference shared across the
different neurodivergences. The session will be rooted in
neurodiversity-affirming approaches, giving practical strategies to
counter the disabling impact of the HE environment on neurodivergent
students, and applicable to any staff member involved in student
education practice, regardless of their role.

An overview of the session is as follows:-

• Definitions: neurodiversity and neurodivergence

• "Commonality of difference"
- Spiky profiles
- Monotropism and executive function
- Information processing
- Communication and the Double Empathy Problem
- Sensory processing
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and perseveration

• Common challenges created by the HE environment

• Strategies to support and work with neurodivergent students
effectively

• Top tips for working with neurodivergent students