Helping Students Thrive: A Neurodiversity-Informed Approach to Learning Differences, Wellbeing, and Communication for Agents

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Course outline: 

In this dedicated training session for education agents, Hazel Lim shares her personal journey and offers tools to help agents build stronger relationships with schools and families, ensuring students are best placed in environments where they can flourish and thrive. Hazel’s personal journey connects neurodiversity with varying cultural understanding and approaches, supporting everyone in developing their understanding to promote the best chance of success for children in the British education system.

• Recognise social communication or behavioural differences that may appear in young students and learn how to approach these situations in a way that supports families while maintaining strong partnerships with schools.
• Discover how early recognition, and culturally sensitive communication when approaching families can help agents guide families toward suitable and supportive school environments.

Key topics:

• Shares real-life lived experiences
• Empowers agents with knowledge to better understand students’ needs, strengthening their knowledge and understanding of neurodivergence in specific cultural contexts
• Helps agents navigate cultural peace and expectations when building trust with families
• Equips agents to speak with increased accuracy and confidence when relaying information, in order to work more effectively with both schools and families

Learning outcomes:

• Learn strategies to best support students who may show subtle social, emotional, behavioural and/or learning differences
• Enable students to thrive through individual learning and wellbeing support
• Understand students’ unique needs to ensure the best possible school placements
• Recognise early signs of stress, anxiety, or adjustment challenges
• Communicate with and approach families with care and cultural sensitivity
• Strengthen trust and communication with and between schools, agents and families

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*Certified agents can use one of their two free sessions per year for this event. Please email if you’d like to use this option*

This event will be held jointly with:

Speakers:

Hazel Lim, Founder and Director of Chinese Autism Community Interest Company est. 2022

Hazel Lim is a trusted community leader and advocate for inclusion & equity, recognised for her reputable work empowering neurodiverse Chinese families to better understand and support their children’s individual learning and wellbeing needs. She is the Founder of Chinese Autism Community Interest Company (CACIC), the first culturally-specific support organisation of its kind in the UK, working closely with families navigating differences in learning, communication, and development in communities where these conversations are often approached with apprehension, aversion and anxiety.

Drawing on lived experience as a neurodivergent parent of neurodivergent children, Hazel works alongside families to build understanding, confidence, and trust as they navigate important educational decisions. Her consultancy and coaching work encourage thoughtful, culturally sensitive conversations that help young people in the Chinese community to feel understood, and finally begin to flourish in environments where they can truly thrive, and no longer have to hide.

Hazel’s inspiring leadership has received national recognition, including the Prime Minister’s Point of Light Award and UK Chinese Women of the Year.