Want to strengthen your approach even further? Pair this with our Reasonable Adjustments for Neurodiversity course
Course overview
Develop the confidence and practical skills to manage performance concerns involving neurodivergent employees in a way that is fair, clear and inclusive. This session equips HR professionals and managers with strengths-based approaches to address performance challenges while maintaining accountability, psychological safety and appropriate workplace support.
Effective performance management is a critical enabler of employee success, wellbeing and organisational outcomes. HR professionals and managers play an important role in ensuring performance concerns are addressed consistently, while supporting neurodivergent employees to meet role expectations.
In this interactive two-hour online session, you will learn how to:
Intervene early when performance concerns emerge
Deliver clear, constructive feedback in a supportive way
Navigate formal performance management processes with confidence
Distinguish between adjustment needs and genuine performance concerns
Approach conversations in a way that supports both fairness and accountability
Key learning outcomes
Apply inclusive, strengths-based approaches to early performance conversations to prevent escalation
Distinguish between adjustment-related needs and genuine performance concerns in a fair and consistent way
Structure and deliver performance feedback with clarity, empathy, and accountability
Navigate formal performance management processes in a way that is inclusive, lawful, and aligned with Australian workplace obligations
Clarify and apply the respective roles of managers and HR in supporting neurodivergent employees through performance processes
Monitor and review performance improvement over time while maintaining psychological safety and clear performance standards
Takeaway tools and resources
Participants will receive a set of practical tools and trusted reference resources to support immediate and ongoing implementation of workplace adjustments.
Participants receive
- Managing Performance in Neurodiverse Workplaces guide – practical guidance for managing performance concerns in a neuroaffirming and accountable way
- Neuroaffirming Checklist – supporting inclusive decision-making throughout performance conversations and processes
- Neuroaffirming Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Template – a structured, strengths-based approach to supporting performance improvement
Reference resources
- Job Access – Guidelines on reasonable adjustments
- Job Access – Employer Toolkit: Reasonable Adjustments
- Australian Psychological Society (APS) – Managing a neurodiverse workforce
- Everymind at Work – Neuro-Inclusive Workplace Guide
Meet your Facilitator
This session will be facilitated by David Smith, Co-Founder and Director of Employ for Ability, an Australian organisation specialising in neurodiversity-affirming training, coaching and workplace capability development.
A qualified Developmental Educator, David brings extensive experience supporting neurodivergent individuals and advising managers and HR professionals on practical, strengths-based workplace inclusion. Employ for Ability’s facilitation team also includes practitioners with backgrounds in developmental education, education and workplace training, alongside lived experience of neurodivergence.
Course Details
Delivery mode
Facilitator-Led (online)
Learner effort
1 x 2-hour session
Member course fees
$400 inc. GST
Non-member course fees
$480 inc. GST
Member CPD points
2
FACILITATOR-LED
Online
Perfect for learners who value structure and interaction, facilitator-led courses provide hands-on learning in an engaging, collaborative environment. Guided by experienced HR practitioners, you’ll join live online workshops where you can ask questions, share ideas and build connections with peers while developing practical HR skills.
