1. MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING
A world first online training course designed to support the mental health and well-being of all employees including those on the autism spectrum.
The ‘Supporting a Neurodiverse Workforce: A Mental Health and Well-being Online Training Course’ presents current, evidence-based information, and strategies about mental health and well-being for autistic individuals.
Content is available for executives, supervisors, mentors, co-workers AND employees on the autism spectrum.
By completing this 11-module training course you will learn:
The importance of supporting well-being in the workplace
What autism is, and how to create autism friendly environments
How to recognise mental ill health more broadly as well as for those on the autism spectrum
Strategies to support the mental health of yourself, your colleagues, or your employees on the autism spectrum
Below is the final research report from the development of the toolkit and a summary booklet of the executive summaries from the toolkit resources.
Contact contact@untapped-talent.com to enquire about our face-to-face courses.
An on-line version of the course is now available at the link below at an introductory price of AUD399.
Also refer link to introductory course video.
2. EMPLOYER TRAINING
With as many as 20% of the population thought to be neurodivergent, organisations need to build cultural competence in working with and supporting neurodivergent employees. The first step to building competence is education.
Untapped has developed, through direct workplace experience over eight years and multiple research projects, the world’s leading body of knowledge in successful employment outcomes for neurodivergent employees.
All Untapped training modules are presented by a specialist Neurodiversity Consultant, who has diverse and multifaceted experience supporting, advocating for, and enabling neurodivergent employees.
“We partnered with Untapped to provide a series of
workshops for our coaches. From start to finish, Untapped
have been incredibly professional and really took the time
to understand our specific needs and tailor a solution that
was fit for purpose. They designed and facilitated the sessions in a knowledgeable, engaging and content rich experience for our coaches. It is clear that their work is informed by contemporary theoretical understandings of neurodivergency, balanced with lived experience. I have no hesitation recommending them to other clients.”
“As part of our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, we searched for a suitable trainer for neurodiversity in the academic workplace. We are thrilled with what Untapped was able to deliver! They spent time getting the training right, and the feedback from our members has been so overwhelmingly positive. I highly recommend ... the Untapped team for any training requirements you have around neurodiversity in your workplace.””
GENERAL AWARENESS TRAINING
Module 1: Autism & Employment
Aims to help managers and colleagues understand differences in how autistic employees work and process information. It provides practical strategies to adopt for different working styles and suggests common workplace accommodations (1 hour)
Module 2: Supporting a Neurodiverse Workforce
This training module explains ways that neurodivergent brains work differently in a work context - cognitively, sensorially, socially and mentally. It provides practical information and accommodations for successful integration and inclusion. (1 hour)
Module 3: Neurodiversity 101
An introduction to neurodiversity for the time-poor - 30 minute version of Module 2 (above)
More targeted training modules
(Need to attend either module 1, 2 or 3 prior to these modules)
Module 4: Communication across Neurotypes (New training module - highly recommended)
This training aims to build understanding of unique communication styles from both neurodivergent and neurotypical perspectives with a focus on the characteristics of Autistic communication, characteristics of ADHD communication and characteristics of Dyslexic Communication (90 minutes)
Module 5: Manager Training
Demonstrates some common barriers to employment success for autistic employees. It provides strategies for working with different working and communication styles and gives tips for setting goals and giving effective performance feedback (1 hour)
Module 6: Autism & Anxiety
This training module explains the signs and behaviours associated with autism and anxiety at work. The training outlines some of the signs of anxiety, identifies common triggers and suggests some initial support strategies (1 hour)
Module 7: Mentor Training
This training will build a mentor’s autism knowledge and confidence to effectively mentor an autistic mentee. The training explores differences in social and communication styles and gives tips for effective communication and goal setting (1 hour)
Module 8: Inclusive Recruitment Practices
Designed to help recruiters/hiring managers to understand neuro-inclusive interview and hiring practices. It provides examples of adjustments to ensure barriers are removed during the recruitment process so neurodivergent candidates can fully participate (1 hour)
Contact contact@untapped-talent.com to enquire about our face-to-face training. Download a flyer about the training here.
3. BE your best academy: life skills training
Be Your Best Academy are a 100% neurodivergent team, and we create personal and professional development courses for adults who identify as neurodivergent.
The courses aim to help neurodivergent individuals navigate daily life. The BYB team know that neurodivergent people have amazing talents and brilliant minds, yet can lack some 'simple' skills for life. Thus the learning academy was born, creating educational materials designed for a neurodivergent mind. The courses meet an identified community need for educational resources for:
Being better organised
Understanding complex emotions
'Adulting' when living independently
There are also neurodiversity courses for employers, parents and health care workers.
4. genius armoury: cybersecurity TRAINING
A platform to attract and identify a cybersecurity talent pool within the autistic community and provide them with some fundamentals training in cyber security. This project is supported by a consortium including BHP, DXC, Splunk, La Trobe University, Curtin University and AustCyber.
Its modules provide a foundation syllabus delivered in an inspirational and understandable manner that is intended to spark interest and the pursuit of further learning towards a career in cybersecurity.
Genius Armoury is looking to partner with educational institutions (to create pathways to their cybersecurity courses) and with employers (to assist in developing their cybersecurity talent acquisition strategies).