WHAT'S NEW? Understanding and Responding to Neurodiversity for Leadership and Organisational Development

This multimodal training experience features co-produced content, including compelling videos, case studies and vignettes—all designed to inspire meaningful discussion and reflection. Grounded in research evidence and lived experience, the training provides an engaging, evidence-based learning journey.

Throughout the sessions, you’ll engage in group discussions to explore diverse roles, identify common challenges, and gain deeper insight into the needs of those you support. The training will introduce key theoretical frameworks to guide your development.

Crucially, the course will also encourage empathy by prompting reflection on how your own values, beliefs, and behaviours influence your interactions with others.

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Dr. Georgia Pavlopoulou, our founder, is also the Deputy Programme Director for the Children and Young People’s Psychological Therapies at UCL and Anna Freud, as well as the Director of Psychological Therapies for Autism and Learning Disability postgraduate courses. She also leads the NHS National Autism Trainer Programme, delivered by Anna Freud in partnership with AT-Autism (2021–2025).

If you’re interested in bespoke training for your team on any aspect of mental health—such as depression, anxiety, psychosis, sleep disorders, eating disorders, suicidality, and trauma— and neurodivergence, including autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities, please contact us at:
📩 training@annafreud.org

Georgia Pavlopoulou works with Anna Freud, a world-leading mental health charity, alongside teams of autistic and ADHD trainers and clinicians. Together, they deliver on-demand, bespoke training across child, adolescent, and adult mental health—addressing a range of intersectionality issues including learning disabilities, dyspraxia, racial and ethnic minority experiences, and LGBTQ+ identities.

Georgia is deeply passionate about equipping clinicians and interdisciplinary teams with the tools to apply neuro-inclusive adaptations to evidence-based therapies, education, and healthcare. Her mission is to create education and health systems that are more accessible, affirming, and empowering for neurodivergent people.

She brings extensive expertise in co-producing and co-delivering national curricula and international workshops, offering a distinctive approach that blends cutting-edge research with the lived experiences of neurodivergent experts. All training content is developed collaboratively with experts with lived experience, ensuring the learning is both authentic and impactful.

Georgia’s work has been recognised with prestigious awards, including the David Cottrell Award from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) for her outstanding contributions to professional training in the UK. In 2024, she was also honoured with the Inclusion Award from University College London for her innovation in mental health research and teaching.

Creating Safe and Reflective Learning Spaces for Ongoing Professional Development and Mentoring

We collaborate with the Anna Freud team to provide on-demand, safe, and reflective spaces that support professionals in developing inclusive, sensitive, and effective practices. These facilitated sessions empower participants to:

Understand the barriers neurodivergent individuals face across educational, employment, community care, and healthcare settings.
Adopt experience-sensitive and reflective approaches, working with—rather than on or for—neurodivergent people navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, suicidality, self-harm, and behaviours of concern.
Develop a broad skillset and practical strategies to better meet the diverse needs of neurodivergent individuals and their families.
Model collaborative and acceptance-based values, helping to promote a balanced and empowering narrative around neurodiversity within their services.