Schools
(Specialist & Mainstream)


Moving beyond static educational outcomes requires a deep commitment to reflective practice and systemic change that recognises intersectionality at the core. The masterclasses and workshops below are designed to support staff and leadership teams in actively disrupting disadvantage, embedding neuroaffirming equity, and co-creating a culturally responsive environment where institutional barriers are dismantled at every level of your school community.
Building and Sustaining Meaningful relationships with SEND Families
🕒 Duration: 2-Hour Focus Session
What You Will Take Away:
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Identify engagement barriers
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Nurture authentic family trust
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Apply practical action plans
Cultural Responsiveness and Neurodiversity
🕒 Duration: 1-Day IntensiveÂ
What You Will Take Away:
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Disrupt structural assessment bias
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Drive student attainment
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Embed culturally responsive support
For the Love of SEND
🕒 Duration: 90-Minute Focus Session
What You Will Take Away:
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Share practitioner successes
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Navigate workplace challenges
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Reinspire professional purpose
Empowering Black Autistic Learners
🕒 Duration: 1 Day Intensive
What You Will Take Away:
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Recognise structural attainment barriers
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Optimize educational access
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Implement empowering frameworks
Workshop: Our Autistic Lives
🕒 Duration: 2-Hour Focus Session
What You Will Take Away:
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Integrate research and human realities
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Unpack intersectional family life
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Nurture neuroaffirming reflection
Bespoke & Organisation-Wide
🕒 Duration: Tailored to Your Schedule
What You Will Take Away:
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Reframe neurodivergent differences
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Adapt learning environments
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Celebrate neuroaffirming growth
"Why had I never considered intersectionality before this training"
Specialist Primary TeacherÂ
"Donna-Marie made me rethink intersectionality and SEND"
Secondary TeacherÂ
Intersectional Identities in SEND
🕒 Duration: 1 Day Intensive
What You Will Take Away:
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Explore overlapping identities
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Unpack diverse lived experiences
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Improve educational outcomes
Strategic Intersectional Workshop
🕒 Duration: 1 Day Intensive
What You Will Take Away:
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Deconstruct institutional barriers
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Promote equitable access
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Implement intersectional frameworks
Intersectionality - In Practice
🕒 Duration: 1-Day Intensive
What You Will Take Away:
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Interrupt real-time classroom biases
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Audit learning environments
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Diversify enrichment activities
Reframing AutismÂ
🕒 Duration: 1 Day Intensive
What You Will Take Away:
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Reframe neurodivergent differences
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Adapt learning environments
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Celebrate neuroaffirming growth
Teamwork: Parent EngagementÂ
🕒 Duration: 2-hour Focus Session Â
What You Will Take Away:
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Identify challenges to engagement Â
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Ways to extend your reach
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Develop sustainable parent engagementÂ
"Will be more curious about intersectional identities"
"I loved her lived experience lens- really made it hit home"
Mainstream TeacherÂ
"Thoughtful and idea provoking"
Mainstream school staff
Senior Leader Mainstream PrimaryÂ

