Thrive Neurodiversity Champion+ (Online)

Become certified as Neurodiversity In The Workplace Champion+ (CPD Certification: 5.5 hours)

Instruction by Peter Larkum • Certified through Thrive  • Online Course

This Thrive 5.5-hour Champion+ Online Course combines the Aware Webinar and the Champion Workshop together to equip you with the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to support neurodivergent colleagues and foster an inclusive workplace culture.

Save £54 (£45 + VAT) when compared to booking the Webinar and Workshop separately.

What you will learn in the Champion+ Course

• The Basics
  Language: Review key terminology. Identify: Learn the main neurodivergent conditions. Inclusion: Appreciate the value of neurodivergent participation in D&I efforts.
• Strengths & Expression
  Strengths: Recognise each condition’s unique strengths. Expression: Understand how conditions are present in the workplace.
• Challenges
  Exec. Brain Activity: Experience executive functioning challenges firsthand. Communication Activity: Tackle clear-communication complexities. School trauma: Explore how school trauma affects skill development. Sensory overload: Identify and understand sensory overload. Meltdowns & shutdowns: Explain their occurrence and impact. Anxiety triggers: Recognise external factors that spark anxiety.
• Understanding
  Executive Brain: Grasp the basics of executive functioning. Behaviour as communication: View behaviour as a message and offer support. Anxiety awareness: Spot anxiety in yourself and others.
• Helping & Adjustments
  Sensory safety: Apply strategies for a sensory-safe environment. Regulation: Use techniques to manage anxiety effectively. Toolkit creation: Build a mental-health toolkit for challenging moments. Error prevention: Learn to prevent communication breakdowns and sustain morale. Compassionate support: Provide empathetic and legally sound backing for self-identified neurodivergent colleagues. Adjustments: Implement reasonable accommodations effectively.

This course provides foundational knowledge about neurodiversity, its challenges, and supportive approaches.

What's the course like?

​Takeaways

Everyone who completes the course gets:

• CPD Certification
• Digital Learning Guide
• 3 Year’s access to Online Learning

​Format

• Delivery: Live online via Zoom
• Duration: 5.5 hours

• Capacity: We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn

• Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities

Cameras on!
To help with engagement, we ask everyone to keep their cameras on during every session. If you do not wish to have your camera on, please let us know ahead of time so we know not to request you to turn it on during the session.

Software platform
Online course in conducted over Zoom (video conferencing software).

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About Peter Larkum

Peter is an experienced mental health speaker, award-winning Mental Health First Aid instructor, and creator of the award-winning course Mentality.

For over 10 years, he has trained tens of thousands of people to help reduce the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health illness.

• Peter was awarded ‘Excellence in Training’ for his work as a MHFA instructor.
• Mentality won the ‘Product Impact Award’ in the This Can Happen Awards 2021.

His client list is vast, including HSBC, Ministry of Defence, NHS, Experian, Balfour Beatty, Boots, London School of Economics, the University of Southampton.

With a background in youth work Peter has the unique ability to command a room of global corporate managers or engage a group of young people with his infectious enthusiasm, sensitivity, and humour.