Professional Learning and Development
Neurodivesity Awareness: How to Become an Effective Ally
CPD-Certified Professional Learning | 120 minutes
A CPD-accredited professional learning session designed to move organisations beyond awareness and into effective, everyday allyship for neurodivergent and disabled colleagues.
This session builds the knowledge, confidence and decision-making capability required to support neurodiversity at work — not through goodwill or informal adjustments, but through informed behaviours, inclusive systems and better managerial responses.
What this session delivers
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A clear, practical understanding of neurodiversity and disability in the workplace
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Insight into how organisational systems, processes and environments unintentionally exclude neurodivergent people
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A shared language for neurodiversity that reduces fear, stigma and misinterpretation
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Practical allyship skills that translate into better day-to-day decisions, conversations and outcomes
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Increased confidence across managers, HR, recruiters and customer-facing teams
Format & delivery
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120-minute live virtual session (including short break)
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Interactive, discussion-based and scenario-led
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Delivered by Cressida Stephenson, Founder & CEO, EdenChase Associates
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Suitable for groups of up to 25 participants
This session can sit within leadership development, people capability programmes, ERG learning, Disability Confidence activity or wider inclusion strategies.
Certification & outcomes
All participants receive:
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✔ CPD Certificate of Attendance
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✔ Formal recognition as a Certified Neurodivergent Ally
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✔ CPD-accredited professional development aligned to recognised quality standards
Who this is for
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People managers and senior leaders
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HR, Talent and Recruitment teams
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ERG and network leads
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Customer-facing and client-servicing teams
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Organisations seeking to embed neurodiversity into workforce and customer outcomes
Additional Strategic Learning & Advisory Areas
Alongside CPD-certified Neurodiversity Awareness, EdenChase supports organisations across a range of related learning and advisory areas, including:
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Disability Awareness — practical, evidence-led sessions grounded in lived experience and organisational context
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Recruiting Disabled Candidates — understanding barriers in attraction, assessment and selection, and how to remove them
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Inclusive & Accessible Recruitment Strategy — designing end-to-end hiring systems that work for disabled and neurodivergent talent
These areas can be delivered as bespoke learning sessions, workshops or integrated into wider workforce, talent and accessibility programmes.
Please get in touch to discuss your organisation’s needs or to explore the most appropriate approach.