Neurodiversity Support

The Owl Centre can carry out comprehensive audits to help schools understand how inclusive their current practice is, and where adjustments can be made to support neurodivergent students (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disorder among others).

We have supported the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) project, providing support for schools in a number of regions, which includes:

Self-audit tool and professional ‘deep-dive’ audit of sensory and communication strategies
Observations across the school day
Staff discussions and feedback
Pupil and parent voices (where appropriate)

We then provide a detailed, practical report with:

Strengths and development areas
Whole-school and classroom strategies
SMART targets that can be implemented as part of school improvement plans

This will typically be done with a 1.5 day visit to the school, and 0.5 days for report writing. Follow-up training days can then be arranged to support work on targets provided, or specific training for whole-school approaches (e.g. Word Aware training / Colourful Semantics / developing use of visuals throughout school).

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Embedding Neuroaffirmative Practice

This includes:

Online and in-person training to promote understanding of sensory, communication and emotional needs
Supporting positive identity development for neurodivergent pupils
Helping staff to adapt the environment to facilitate regulation and communication-friendly spaces.

Practical, Whole-School Strategies

Our team provides clear, achievable strategies that staff can use daily.
These might include:

Adapting communication styles and classroom language
Creating low-arousal, sensory-considerate learning spaces
Building routines and regulation strategies into the school day
Supporting transitions and reducing anxiety across settings

Why Work With Us?

Multi-disciplinary support: we bring together expertise from Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and autism practitioners.
Tailored to your setting: every school is different, and our support is personalised and practical.
Empowering staff: we build staff confidence and skills, rather than creating dependence on external input.
Sustainable change: we focus on embedding approaches that make a long-term difference.

We can help you create a school environment where all learners feel seen, safe and supported.

Contact The Owl Centre to book a Neurodiversity Audit today.

Autism Support Practitioners / Neurodiversity Coaching

The Owl Centre can provide sessions to help support individual students, or full days of intervention from autism support practitioners.

Our practitioners can work:

With students individually – looking at facilitating functional skills to aid access to classrooms and learning
With students in small groups – to develop interaction skills and supporting SENDCos / ALNCos with classroom strategies
By providing observations and advice on how to implement recommendations
On the provision of wellbeing activities