The Neurodivergent 
Social Worker

Hello and thank you for joining me for a Q&A with Sam Hepburn. Sam Hepburn is a children and families social worker working in Scotland....

Listen here: As an organisation or manager, one of your top priorities is to support your social workers/employees to feel safe, seen and...

Dyslexic people can remember facts as experiences, examples or stories, rather than abstractions. This is one of our greatest skills....

In the last episode of Dyslexia Strengths, I explored the role of seeing the bigger picture in forming relationships, facilitating honest...

In previous posts, such as The Dyslexic Social Worker and The Dyslexic Advantage, we have explored how dyslexia presents and is...

This post is a bit out of my comfort zone – it’s focussing on my opinion and reflections about the current 'hype' workplaces have joined...

Despite it being a common learning difference, there are many myths and misconceptions about dyslexia, especially for dyslexic adults....

This is the last post in the dyslexic advantage series, where we have explored strengths and skills which are predominately strong in...

Last week, we explored what Narrative reasoning looks like in social work practice and the impact it can have in and on our practice with...

What is narrative reasoning? To understand narrative reasoning, we first need to understand memory. Memory and narrative reasoning are...

People with dyslexia often see things more holistically. They can miss the trees but see the forest. Neuroscience is giving us an insight...

“Millions have dyslexia, few understand it” (Emanuel, 2016) In my previous post The Dyslexic Social Worker I listed the number of...

Listen here: My last post, The Dyslexic Social Worker, provided practical dyslexia advice and support. I received a lot of feedback about...

Listen here: Welcome to the final episode of the Dyslexic Student Social Worker. This post will provide you with tips and tricks on how...

Listen here: Welcome to Part 3 of the Dyslexic Student Social Worker. This post will provide you with tips and tricks on how to make...

Listen here: Part two of the Dyslexic Student Social Worker moves on from exploring how to write lecture notes and moves on to discuss...

Listen here: The next four bite-size posts aim to provide dyslexic social work students with some tips and tricks to help them along...

Listen here: In case you missed it, below is the post I wrote for the Student Social Work Hub. I am in my second year of practice as a...

Listen here: As a social worker with dyslexia, I felt an important part of this website and my blog would be to acknowledge the large...