Employer Education
Create a culture where people with differences thrive.
We approach neurodiversity education for employers in two primary ways:
Neurodiversity Courses:
Educate individuals in your workforce.
UConn's courses are informed by academic research and teach people how to understand behavioral differences in the workplace. Uniquely, they provide specific, actionable strategies to better engage with people who think, communicate, and work differently.
In addition to broadly-applicable content for a wide range of participants, we offer role-specific toolkits for these audiences:
Managers of People
Coaches & Mentors
HR Support Professionals
Design Workshop:
Create the blueprint for your neurodiversity initiative.
Wells Fargo and UConn collaborated in creating this free, grant-supported workshop for corporate America. Each in-person, full-day Design Workshop brings together companies that work alongside each other designing an end-to-end neurodiversity initiative for their organization.
Workshop content is grounded in the best practices Wells Fargo refined in their award-winning program, practices which UConn has distilled into educational curriculum that benefits all companies.
The workshop is co-led by Wells Fargo and UConn, blending academic instruction excellence with real-world industry application and expertise.
Why learn from UConn?
UConn's focus on educating employers how to be neuroinclusive (rather than teaching ND individuals how to change themselves) is a key difference from others working in this space.
After all, if employers do not understand neurodiversity and change how they approach, hire, and retain talent, any efforts to train and upskill neurodivergent individuals will fall short.
We’re a university, not a consulting firm.
The Wells Fargo Center for Neurodiversity and Inclusive Employment at UConn is an academic center at a top-tier research institution. Our mission is not profit-focused - it is about changing lives and society through research-informed, evidenced-based education and business practices.
Our education teaches how.
Our courses, workshop model, and programs explore neurodiversity with the depth and quality expected from a university. They are delivered in an engaging, learner-friendly way, and go beyond "what is neurodiversity" and into "what do I do differently now that I know?”
We prioritize measuring the impact of your efforts.
As an academic research institution, we approach this mission with an evidence-centric perspective. We guide employers in how to identify and measure the outcomes of their efforts on their organization.
The business case matters.
We connect employers and neurodiverse talent efficiently.
UConn's center leads a council of over 90 universities, colleges, and community organizations and connects employers with neurodivergent job seekers across the country.
Where Should You Start?
What’s it all about?
Impact & Goals
Why start with this one?
Neurodiversity Courses
Educating individuals in your organization about neurodiversity in the context of employment.
Help employees understand neurodivergence and then apply that knowledge to their daily engagements with others.
Immediate impact - provide access through your company’s learning management system or on UConn’s external platform.
Design Workshop
Educating 4-5 key leaders in your organization alongside peer companies to draft an end-to-end blueprint for a neurodiversity initiative that goes beyond educating individual employees.
Learn step-by-step what a neurodiversity program (big or small) entails, costs, and takes to launch. Plus, be able to convince executive decision makers to do it.
Understanding specifically what transforming your organization's practices entails to be neuro-inclusive is a priority for your company.
(Also, no financial barrier - workshops are delivered at no cost.)
