Neurodivergent communication
Recognising different communication styles, reducing assumptions and creating safer ways for people to engage.
Moving MindSpace · Personalised support
Training & Professional Development
Practical, relationship-led and neurodiversity-informed learning for professionals and organisations, with a dedicated parent and carer learning space coming soon.
Shaped around real situations
Training that starts with your team
Our training begins with the situations your team is actually facing. We take time to understand your setting, the people you support and what you would like participants to take away.
Moving MindSpace brings together SEND advocacy, neurodiversity-informed practice, therapeutic insight, custodial inclusion experience and lived experience as parents and carers. The focus is always on understanding the person behind the behaviour and identifying realistic changes that can strengthen everyday practice.
Who we work with
Training and professional-development enquiries may come from:
- Schools and education settings
- Alternative education providers
- Mentoring and youth-support teams
- Local authorities and professional services
- Family-support organisations
- Teams working with young people at risk of exclusion
- Youth justice and custodial settings
- Organisations developing more inclusive practice
Every enquiry is considered individually so the content, facilitator and format can be matched appropriately.
Areas training may explore
Sensory needs and regulation
Understanding how sensory experiences and regulation needs can affect participation, communication and behaviour.
Anxiety, trauma and barriers to engagement
Looking beyond apparent refusal or disengagement and considering what may be making participation difficult.
Relationship-led practice
Building trust with young people who find demands difficult.
Working respectfully with families
Working respectfully with families and considering the situations they are facing.
Reasonable adjustments and inclusive practice
Considering reasonable adjustments and inclusive practice in everyday interactions.
Topics are agreed in advance to match the audience and facilitators’ expertise.
Learning that can be put into practice
Rather than relying only on theory, sessions can use discussion, realistic scenarios and reflection on day-to-day practice. We aim to help participants leave with ideas they can adapt within their own roles, responsibilities and safeguarding procedures.
How training is arranged
Understand your team
Tell us who the training is for, the challenges your organisation wants to address, your preferred format and the outcomes you hope to work towards.
Agree content and format
The format may be an individual session, workshop or tailored programme, subject to the needs of the organisation and facilitator availability. Topics are agreed in advance to match the audience and facilitators’ expertise.
Confirm the arrangements
We agree scope, delivery method and fees before any booking is confirmed. We match the proposed training to the appropriate person or team and clarify who will deliver it before an agreement is made.
Professional and organisational training is available for enquiries now.
Coming soon
A private learning space for parents and carers
We are developing a secure online area for parents and carers who want accessible, neurodiversity-informed learning they can explore in their own time.
The space will bring together practical learning, recorded content and useful resources shaped by professional knowledge and lived experience. It will be designed to help parents and carers feel better informed and supported without expecting them to have everything worked out already.
Topics and access arrangements are still being developed. The Parent and Carer Learning Space is not yet open and cannot currently be booked.
Registering interest does not create a booking or require payment.
Register your interest →Experience, practice and lived understanding
The people behind the training
Training is delivered by the person or team whose experience best matches the agreed topic and audience. Our approach brings together professional knowledge, practical experience and lived understanding as parents of children with SEN.
Charlene Rolls
SEND Advocate | Parent Voice Champion | SEND Consultant
Charlene contributes SEND advocacy, parent voice, working with families and inclusive practice, informed by lived experience as a parent of a child with SEN.
Christopher Cooper
Neurodiversity & Custodial Inclusion Specialist | Trainer | Keynote Speaker
Christopher contributes experience in custodial settings, neurodiversity training and workplace and custodial inclusion, alongside lived experience as a parent of children with SEN.
Peter Dutton
Therapist | Psychotherapist | Sports Psychologist | Educator
Peter Dutton brings counselling, emotional wellbeing and professional-development experience. His contribution includes neurodivergence-informed support and lived experience as a parent of children with SEN.
Questions organisations, parents and carers often ask
Who can request professional training?
Schools, alternative education providers, mentoring and youth-support teams, local authorities, professional services, family-support organisations and teams in youth justice or custodial settings can enquire. Every enquiry is considered individually.
Can training be tailored to our organisation?
Yes. We start with the situations your team is facing and agree content to match your setting, audience and the facilitators’ expertise.
Who will deliver the training?
We match the proposed training to the appropriate person or team and clarify who will deliver it before an agreement is made.
How are the format, availability and fees agreed?
We discuss your organisation’s needs and facilitator availability, then agree the scope, format, delivery method and fees before any booking is confirmed.
When will the Parent and Carer Learning Space open?
The private Parent and Carer Learning Space is currently being developed. A launch date has not yet been confirmed. Parents and carers can register their interest to receive further information when it becomes available.
Start with understanding
Make an enquiry →Talk to us about your training needs.
Tell us who the training is for, the challenges you would like to explore and what you hope participants will take away. We can then discuss a suitable tailored proposal.