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A free curriculum resource for ‘Learning About Neurodiversity at School’ is released

Edinburgh University have released a new resource for mainstream primary schools to introduce pupils in Key Stage 2 to the concept of neurodiversity and how it impacts the experience of school. The project has free resources for schools and signposting for parents.

The resource has a free online launch event on Tuesday 14th June with speakers from the design team and members of the research team and time for Q&A. The event will be recorded and publicly available afterwards. 

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