The number one online training, resource and support membership site for parents, carers and guardians of Neurodivergent children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities!
The number one online training, resource and support membership site for parents, carers and guardians of Neurodivergent children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities!
Welcome to Operation Diversity Academy
Your Special Educational Needs & Disability Experts
NEW EHCP Service
Take the stress away from your EHCP process with our very reasonably priced EHCP service packages.
As a member you will have instant access to a wide-range of specialist seminars and masterclasses.
Topic based webinars
The topics covered are organised into these four broad areas of need, Cognition and Learning, Physical &/or Sensory, Communication and Interaction, Social, Emotional and Mental Health with additional categories for topics relating to Assessments and School-based Support. They are geared towards arming you with a wealth of information, understanding and tried and tested strategies to support you and your family at home and in education.
Masterclasses - the roles of professionals
The purpose of this section is to give you a really good overview of the different roles of professionals working within the field of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND). These are the professionals that you may be referred to for support, services or assessments. We want you to be fully prepared and clued up about who they are, their qualifications, job roles and what they do, how and why they do it.
SEN Law - masterclasses
This section focuses on different aspects of SEN Law in the UK. We will be organising ongoing sessions covering the systems in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each session aims to give you enough information to allow you to take actionable steps to ensure that your child’s needs are identified and met. It won’t be easy but with these sessions, it will certainly be easier.
Self-Care - for Parents & Carers
Because you need to look after yourself too this section is all about self-preservation and you as an individual. Yes, stepping out of warrior mode to do something for yourself. We will be covering different aspects of self-care to help you to look after yourself, whilst tackling some of those issues we worry about but don’t often like to talk about. Onwards and upwards!
Family SOS - for your parenting toolkit
This will be, without a doubt, one of your favourites! In our Family SOS section, you will find a range of strategy packed online seminars with our very own Behaviour Intervention Specialist and Neurodivergent Parenting Coach to help you tackle some of your biggest challenges. An essential addition to your parenting toolkit.
Technology training
In today’s digital era, thanks to the hard work of many passionate innovators, there is a huge range of awesome technology, assistive software, gizmos, gadgets, and ergonomics available to support individuals in different ways. We will be actively seeking out both new and existing tech solutions to help even non-techies become ‘Tech Savvy!’
Explore home education
In the UK it is your right as parents and carers to home educate your children. Many elect to home educate and others do so for a whole range of other reasons.
We will be exploring the different aspects of home education, whilst also highlighting the positive and nurturing opportunities that come with autonomous and broad-minded learning. Plus so much more..
Top Tips & strategies
Isn’t it a shame that little humans don’t come with personalised instruction manuals?! Parenting and supporting a neurodivergent child to navigate a predominantly neurotypical world can be challenging at times and so we will regularly sharing with you lots of top tips and strategies to make your lives a little easier.
Topic based webinars
The topics covered are organised into these four broad areas of need, Cognition and Learning, Physical &/or Sensory, Communication and Interaction, Social, Emotional and Mental Health with additional categories for topics relating to Assessments and School-based Support. They are geared towards arming you with a wealth of information, understanding and tried and tested strategies to support you and your family at home and in education.
Plus so much more...
Shop
Shop for products to support Special Needs and Disability. From Visual aids, software, hardware and resources for intervention and support.
Q&A with experts
The purpose of this section is to give you a really good overview of the different roles of professionals working within the field of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).
Discounts
Exclusive offers and unique discounts to Operation Diversity Academy members on a range of products and services. This includes our programmes, courses and events.
Academy Members Community
Join our academy private members VIP Facebook group and access our team, and a close-knit community, all on this journey of discovery together.
Resources and guides
The Operation Diversity Academy offers an abundance of information, resources, and videos to help you get the support you and your children need, deserves and are entitled to. Our library is constantly being updated with new fact sheets to make sure you are always at the forefront of changes or developments.
Assessment referal service
We have expansive access to diagnostic assessors all over the country. Our referral service will put you in touch with an expert who will assess your child’s needs, carry out full diagnostic assessments if needed, and help you to understand the next steps needed to support them both within education and at home, within the family environment.
Online mixer
These exclusive online social events allow you to get together to have a face to face chat with some of your fellow Academy members! You will get support and understanding whilst making friends with others who 'genuinely get it' in ways that other people you know might not!
Live Events
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Meet some of our Guest Experts
A few words from some of our empowered parents and carers
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