Why I built three CPD-certified neurodiversity courses (and who they're really for)
- Kim To
- May 22
- 4 min read
Three courses for the three audiences who actually shape neurodivergent careers: coaches, managers, and HR.
So this is very on-brand for my ADHD brain. I've had these courses sitting in my head for about eight months, just rolling around in there, half-formed. And then in the last three months, somehow, I built all three and got them CPD certified.
I think that's how a lot of ADHD work happens, honestly. Slow incubation, then a sprint (whilst waiting for the right inspiration and pressure point to execute)
Below, I'll walk you through each course, why I built it, and who it's really for. If you want the full details on any of them, everything is here: courses.ownyourflair.com.
1. Coaching neurodivergent individuals: building awareness and confidence
Self-paced. £200, lifetime access. Includes a free 30-minute call with me on completion.
This one is a self-paced course for coaches, therapists, HR professionals and inclusion specialists who are seeing more clients disclose ADHD, autism or dyslexia, and want to support them properly. It covers core neurodivergent conditions, masking and intersectionality, neurodivergent burnout, the legal context, and the practical adaptations that make coaching genuinely accessible. There's a 20-question CPD assessment at the end and you get a certificate on completion.
I built this for any coach, therapist or team leader who already knows how to coach but wants to go deeper into how to actually coach someone who is neurodivergent. I developed a lot of the content after the University of London asked me to train more than 20 of their coaches, because they were increasingly working with neurodivergent (or suspected neurodivergent) clients and didn't feel equipped.
In the course I go through why some of the standard coaching models, like GROW, don't always work that well for neurodivergent clients, and how to tweak them. There are templates and tools in there too. On completion you'll get the CPD-certified certificate, and hopefully a lot more knowledge, skills and confidence to coach adults who are neurodivergent or wondering if they might be.
One thing I want to flag, because it's a bit different to most online courses: this one comes with a free 30-minute 1:1 with me on completion, so we can sense-check anything that came up for you while you were going through it.
If you're ready, the sign-up page is here: Enrol on the self-paced course.
2. Managing neurodiversity at work: practical training for managers and people professionals
Live online or in person. £3,500 + VAT where applicable, for up to 30 attendees. Works out at £117 per person.
A 3-hour interactive course covering seven neurodivergent conditions, the Equality Act 2010 duty to make reasonable adjustments, and the language managers actually need for disclosure and performance conversations. Includes two group case studies and a 20-question CPD assessment.
I developed this after delivering similar training to organisations like Frontier Economics and LSE, helping their managers get more aware of neurodivergent conditions and think more carefully about adjustments and how they communicate.
From my coaching practice, I see the same pattern over and over. My neurodivergent clients get pushed out of corporate spaces, often because of a lack of accommodations or because communication breaks down between them and their manager. And honestly, if you're a manager, you have the biggest impact on the mental health and career trajectory of the people you lead. I'd hope every manager would want to understand neurodiversity well enough to actually get the best out of their team.
The numbers back this up. Just 21.7% of autistic adults in the UK are in paid employment, compared to around 81% of non-disabled adults (Office for National Statistics, 2020). That gap doesn't close on its own. Managers and people professionals are a big part of how it changes (they can help remediate, help restore psychological trust)
If you want to talk about running this for your team, book a 30-minute call with me, or read the full course details.
3. Beyond the tick box: a practical neurodiversity and disability guide for HR Business Partners
Live online. £3,500 + VAT where applicable, for up to 30 attendees. Works out at £117 per person.
A 2.5-hour live online course for HR professionals, covering neurodivergent conditions through an HR-process lens: recruitment, disclosure, adjustments, performance management. It references legislation across the UK, US, Australia, Canada and the EU. Includes the Listen–Reframe–Commit and Separate–Bridge–Reconnect coaching frameworks, two real-world case studies and a CPD assessment.
I built this one based on what I kept seeing in my own coaching practice. A lot of HR Business Partners don't have extensive training around neurodiversity, or maybe they do but they're so busy with operational stuff there's no time to actually apply it.
And HR is so important here. They sit right between the manager and the neurodivergent individual, and how HR responds when things start to wobble has a massive impact on whether that person feels psychologically safe, whether the relationship can be repaired, and whether they stay in the company at all. I really hope more HR professionals feel equipped to mediate well, so that more neurodivergent individuals get to stay somewhere they can thrive.
If you'd like to talk about it for your HR team, book a 30-minute call with me, or read more about the course.
A small ask!!
If you've read this far, thank you :)
If any of these feel relevant to you, the links are all up there.
And if any of them feel relevant to someone you know, a manager, an HR colleague, a coach friend, please send this post their way. That's honestly the best way this work reaches the people who actually need it.
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