This is where you’ll find our free webinars, created to share neurodiversity-affirming information, lived experience, and practical guidance for families, professionals, and the wider community.
Our webinars explore topics such as neurodiversity, nervous system regulation, PDA, sensory needs, and creating safer, more inclusive environments. They are designed to be accessible, reflective, and grounded in real-world practice.
How can education systems better support neurodivergent students? This expert panel discussion explores neurodiversity and neuro-affirmative practices in education, highlighting small but meaningful changes that create inclusive learning environments for all brain types.
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." – Maya Angelou
In this webinar CJay demonstrates TD Snap from set up to making pages, editing, organisation and locks!
Neurodiversity in Action: Building Inclusive, Regulating School Communities
Join Sorcha Rice, Autistic PDA Senior Occupational Therapist with Neurodiversity Ireland, for a three-part training series designed to support schools in creating truly inclusive, regulation-focused environments for neurodivergent students and staff.
Part 1 – Principals: Neurodiversity in Action: Practical Tools for Principals Explore how school leadership shapes culture, inclusion, and wellbeing. Learn how to embed regulation-first approaches, reduce teacher burnout, and drive sustainable, rights-based change across your school community.
Respectfully Parenting Children With Intense Connection Needs with The Occuplaytional Therapist.
Some children just seem to be born deep feelers. Other children experience early trauma or challenges that can cause lasting effects. Whether as a result of nature or nurture, when children have intense connection needs, they might be described as “clingy”, “needy”, “emotional”, “overly talkative”, as they set about trying to meet their own needs. Adults who are trying to parent from a positive paradigm might struggle to meet their child’s needs without sacrificing their own mental health, or body boundaries. Occupational therapist Kelsie Olds shares theory as well as practical ways to empower parents to meet the needs of everyone in their family, themselves included.
Our goal is that neurodivergent children should live happy, connected lives and be supported to reach their full potential.
Our occupational therapists Meghan O'Rourke and Jack Cairns give insights on the theory of occupational therapy and how you can help support your child at home. An introduction to neurodiversity and being neuroaffirmative! Ideal for schools and therapists too!
CJay is an AuDHDer in her final year student at TU Dublin studying Information Systems & Information Technology. She’s Autistic, Dyslexic, and works in an autistic school. CJay is currently working to develop assistive technology informed by personal experience and experience working with neuro-spicy individuals. She has done award winning work in assistive technology and I’m passionate about sharing my skills with others.
ARFID: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Children and Young People with Dr. Rebecca Quin, Principal Clinical Psychologist, and Teresa Foley, Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist & Feeding Therapist. Dr Quinn and Teresa give us some insight and ideas for how to support children with ARFID and we’ll learn about 3 different types of ARFID
A Conversation with Marge Blanc, author of Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum: the Journey from Echolalia to Self-Generated Language. Marge has been a clinical SLP for 50 years, and reports loving every minute of it! During the years after the book was published (2012), Marge’s clinic has slowly morphed into a resource center dedicated to sharing the word about gestalt language development with the world.
Join us for a second conversation with Marge Blanc, author of Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum: the Journey from Echolalia to Self-Generated Language. Marge has been a clinical SLP for 50 years, and reports loving every minute of it! During the years after the book was published (2012), Marge’s clinic has slowly morphed into a resource center dedicated to sharing the word about gestalt language development with the world. And, it appears to be working!
Neurordivergent children can experience higher levels of stress and burnout due to their needs being misunderstood and not accommodated. Parents of neurodivergent children also experience higher levels of stress managing the additional challenges their children face and dealing with daily extra demands.
In this talk, John will discuss how you can notice the signs of burnout in your children and yourself and describe practical steps you can take to reduce stress and promote recovery.
An insightful session with Joan McDonald (Posautive), a science teacher and one of Ireland’s first Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs). Joan shares practical advice rooted in real-world experience, with a focus on:
Understanding monotropism and its impact on learning
Adjusting energy levels for different tasks
Using students’ interests to support engagement
Introducing the Autism Level Up! guide
