Multi-school days from £1,100 a day, or a monthly retainer from £575.
Included in any trust programme, plus 1:1 coaching for neurodivergent staff and leaders at £120 an hour.
As presented at the CST People and Culture Conference 2026.
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Beyond Labels
The programme starts with a shared lens, a shared language, and one reframe: neurodivergence is not a deficit to be corrected, but a difference to be understood. Sessions are designed for staff, teachers, teaching assistants, SENDCOs, senior leaders, parents, carers, students and governors.
01 · Foundation module · available in 4 audience-specific versions
Deep understanding for teachers, TAs and SENDCOs. What does it actually feel like from the inside? Deeper neuroscience, RSD, sensory processing and AuDHD overlap for practitioners ready to go beyond the basics.
Practical strategies for teachers, TAs and SENDCOs. Demand calibration, feedback that doesn’t backfire, co-regulation and scaffolding strategies that work from Monday to Friday.
The Benson Model for schools, parents and students. A diagnostic and communication framework mapping what is happening in a situation and what it feels like inside it. Doesn’t diagnose. Doesn’t assign blame. Creates conversations that go somewhere.
Deep understanding for all practitioners. This session closes the gap between what a neurodivergent child intends and what the adult sees, putting practitioners inside the lived experience of ADHD and autism.
Research-based training for SLT, central teams, SENDCOs and governors. Challenges myths, closes the gap between research and school practice, and makes the evidence case for change.
Warm, direct and jargon-free parent talks. Parents leave with a genuine understanding of how their child’s brain works and what they can actually do about it.
As delivered to a full hall of parents and governors at Highfields Primary School. See the case study
Parent Talks Day · £750
Two parent talks on the same day – for example, one in the daytime and one in the evening – so more families can find a time that suits them.
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Age-appropriate and honest student talks for primary and secondary pupils, giving students the vocabulary and confidence to stop adapting and start working with their brain, not against it.
90 minutes · £500 in person, £400 online, or as part of any package
Unlocking the potential in neurodivergent students
Twice exceptional students are bright, articulate and just about keeping up, so most schools leave them alone. This session helps schools see beyond the label, recognise the profile, understand the cost of missing them, and apply practical strategies without a new programme.
2–5% estimated twice exceptional
92% school distress found neurodivergent
30%+ autistic pupils persistently absent
Covers: why the SEND framework applies the wrong lens; the twice exceptional student; how gifts and difficulties mask each other; the emotional cost of high ability without explanation; why attainment data alone tells an incomplete story; self-regulation, rote learning and oral processing; peer-reviewed protective factors; and why pressure widens the gap rather than closing it.
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90 minutes · £500 in person, £400 online, or as part of any package
ADHD and autism in girls — what schools are missing and why it matters
She is in your class right now. You might not know it. Neither might she. This session helps staff understand how ADHD and autism present differently in girls, recognise masking, see what current training misses, and leave ready to act with evidence-informed approaches.
1:2 true female-to-male autism ratio
5–7 yrs common diagnostic delay
30%+ autistic pupils persistently absent
Covers: the referral system calibrated to externalise; the diagnostic gender gap in numbers and voice; masking and what it costs; how coping at school and collapsing at home coexist; EBSA and unidentified neurodivergence; the misdiagnosis pipeline; the double empathy problem; and practical steps to observe, refer, adjust and challenge assumptions.
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