Educational and Supportive Resources
Introduction
This webpage contains a wealth of educational and supportive resources for those who are neurodiverse, neurodivergent or want to better understand how they can support their colleagues.
It contains an array of useful internal and external resources, including eLearning, blog posts, research articles, websites and much more.
If you identify a resource that you think would be valuable to others, please share it with us by emailing the Professional Support team at: England.Professionalsupport.YH@nhs.net
Courses
We are in the process of organising all Learner Support and Faculty Development Course Provision for May 2025 - March 2026. This includes some courses focused on developing supportive strategies to support more effective executive function. Details of these courses will be published on this webpage as soon as possible.
eLearning
How to access these courses
Our eLearning courses are hosted on our virtual learning platform, Blackboard.
Please read our Guidance on How to access the Neurodiversity eLearning for specific instructions.
Neurodiversity and Me
NHSE Yorkshire and Humber have a procured a ten-module personal development course called 'Neurodiversity and Me' from Genius Within.
Accessible to both trainers and postgraduate doctors and dentists in training, each module is informed by research that has identified neurodiverse strengths and challenges in clinical settings.
The course will support you to identify what it is like to be at your best more of time, consider preventative models and strategies to meet your workplace and study needs, and encourage you to reflect on your own personal experiences to leverage your strengths.
The focus of each module is provided below:
- Wellbeing and stress management
- Managing fatigue and burnout
- Achieving proactive communication
- Planning and prioritising work and education commitments
- Planning revision
- Memory and recalling information
- Concentration and focusing
- Literacy and numeracy
- Building reflective learning
- Building confidence, supporting motivation and meeting professional goals.
Whether you choose to access the full course, or dip into those modules which are best suited to you, we hope you find the resource valuable.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace
This short eLearning course, provided by Lexxic, will support you to:
- Understand what neurodiversity is and how to talk about it.
- Use neuro-inclusive communication.
- Be able to distinguish between common neuro differences.
- Be encouraged to think about the unique strengths that neurodivergent individuals bring to the workplace.
- Understand how neuro differences affect individuals in the workplace.
- Be able to understand and explain the value of neurodiversity.
- Understand the key approaches in creating a neuro-inclusive workplace
- Be aware of workplace adjustments to empower neurodiversity in the workplace
Neurodiversity Awareness for Line Managers
This short eLearning course, provided by Lexxic, will aid anybody involved in supporting postgraduate doctors and dentists in training to:
- Understand and explain the value that neurodivergent individuals bring to the workplace.
- Understand how neuro differences can impact individuals in the workplace.
- Discuss how neuro differences can manifest in individuals in the workplace, including possible gender differences.
- Explain good practices around supporting and empowering neurodivergent individuals in the workplace.
- Suggest and implement workplace adjustments to support and empower neurodivergent team members.
General Neurodiversity Resources
Podcast Episodes
NHSE Workforce Training and Education - Understanding Neurodiversity in Healthcare Education
Videos
NHSE Workforce Training and Education - Understanding Neurodiversity in Healthcare Education
Dyslexia
Podcast Episodes
NHSE Workforce Training and Education - Dyslexia in Surgeons
Videos
NHSE Workforce Training and Education - Dyslexia in Surgeons