Neurodiversity practitioners

Neurodiversity practitioners (NDPs) provide bespoke support to settings across the 0-25 age range to help embed inclusive practice. They work directly with children and young people, with staff and school leaders.

NDPs began as a pilot project in January 2024 and offered targeted schools supporting learners in key stages 2 and 3 the opportunity to work with the NDPs to enhance their neuroinclusive practice. This offer included individual casework, group / class interventions and support to enable broader neuroinclusive changes across the schools. This was a successful project, and we're pleased that the NDP team are now permanent roles within the Shropshire Educational Psychology Service and continue to provide a broad, needs-led support offer, which is now available for children and young people from 0-25.

During the pilot project, we were impressed with the enthusiasm and dedication our schools were already showing to enhance their neuroinclusive practice, and it was a pleasure for the NDPs to further enable them on their journeys towards their neuroinclusive practice aspirations.

The following videos showcase this progress supported by the NDPs and, importantly, the impact it has had on the children as well as the staff within the schools.