4. Psychological Safety for Neurodivergent Social Workers
Listen here: In the last episode, we explored why psychological safety is important in social work in general, in this episode we will...
top of page
The Neurodivergent
Social Worker
Search
Aug 16, 20225 min read
3. Psychological Safety for Neurodivergent Social Workers - Why is it important in social work?
Listen HERE: In the last episode, we explored what psychological safety is, and in this episode, we will explore why it is important in...
Aug 2, 20226 min read
2. Psychological Safety for Neurodivergent Social Workers - What is psychological safety?
Listen Here: Check-in Welcome to Episode Two of Psychological Safety for Neurodivergent Social Workers. Today, we will be exploring what...
Jul 26, 20222 min read
1. Psychological Safety for Neurodivergent Social Workers - A Series Introduction
Listen here: As an organisation or manager, one of your top priorities is to support your social workers/employees to feel safe, seen and...
May 17, 20223 min read
Dyslexia Strengths: the role of narrative reasoning in communication
Dyslexic people can remember facts as experiences, examples or stories, rather than abstractions. This is one of our greatest skills....
May 3, 20223 min read
Dyslexia Strengths: the role of communication in simplifying the matrix
In the last episode of Dyslexia Strengths, I explored the role of seeing the bigger picture in forming relationships, facilitating honest...
Apr 19, 20223 min read
Dyslexia Strengths: The role of seeing the bigger picture in communication
In previous posts, such as The Dyslexic Social Worker and The Dyslexic Advantage, we have explored how dyslexia presents and is...
Apr 13, 20223 min read
The trend of promoting dyslexic thinking at work: don't place my value in my production.
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...
Mar 21, 20226 min read
The Dyspraxic Social worker- Recruitment tips for employers
Welcome to the final episode of The Dyspraxic Social Worker. Having explored what self-help tips we can employ during the recruitment...
Mar 14, 20226 min read
The Dyspraxic Social Worker: Self-help interview tips
In the last 6 episodes of The Dyspraxic Social worker, we have sought to: introduce you to dyspraxia; explore its three main components;...
Mar 7, 20227 min read
The Dyspraxic Social Worker: Everyday tips for employers
In the last episode we explored what we can do individually to tackle some of the common difficulties we - dyspraxic social workers - can...
Feb 28, 20229 min read
The Dyspraxic Social Worker: Self-help tips for social work practice
So far in this series, we have explored what dyspraxia is and it's impact on individuals, the three main components of dyspraxia, the...
Feb 22, 20223 min read
The Dyspraxic Social Worker: Myth Busting Dyspraxia
As we have explored over the previous 3 episodes of The Dyspraxic Social Worker, our knowledge about neurodiversity is increasing and...
Feb 14, 20224 min read
The Dyspraxic Social Worker: Strengths, Strengths, Strengths
As discussed in the first post, Dyspraxia is a difference in the way the brain sends neural messages. This means the brian processes...
Feb 7, 20224 min read
The Dyspraxic Social Worker: Three Components of Dyspraxia
As explored in the first episode of The Dyspraxic Social Worker, dyspraxia is a term that describes differences in sensory processing....
Jan 31, 20224 min read
The Dyspraxic Social Worker: An introduction
All of my life I have thought of Dyspraxia as rare. I didn’t know anyone who spoke about it, let alone anyone who was also diagnosed with...
Jan 16, 20225 min read
Myth-Busting Dyslexia
Despite it being a common learning difference, there are many myths and misconceptions about dyslexia, especially for dyslexic adults....
Jan 5, 20224 min read
Co-regulation and Connection
I would like to use this space to reflect on my experiences of working with children as a social worker in a children’s mental health...
Dec 23, 20219 min read
Explorations of morals (or a lack of) in child welfare politics.
Introduction: I have written this post as not only did I want to share some of my reading, research and perspective- but because public,...
Nov 24, 20215 min read
The Dyslexic Advantage: Material reasoning
This is the last post in the dyslexic advantage series, where we have explored strengths and skills which are predominately strong in...
bottom of page