The Neuroinclusive Practice Lab
An 8-week guided practicum for career professionals supporting neurodivergent jobseekers.
You already know the basics of neurodiversity.
The harder part is knowing what to do when the answer isn't obvious.
Should I encourage this client to disclose?
Am I helping them prepare for an interview — or teaching them to mask?
Is this a skill gap, an invisible barrier, or both?
How do I prepare someone for the employment system that exists today without reinforcing every expectation within it?
What do I do when the strategy that protects one client's opportunity could hurt another's?
These aren't questions that can be answered with a checklist.
They require professional judgement.
That's what we practise inside the Neuroinclusive Practice Lab.
When knowing about neurodiversity isn't enough
You've likely worked with clients who are:
Highly capable
Educated or skilled
Motivated to work
Able to articulate what they want
And still struggling to secure or sustain employment.
Sometimes the barrier is obvious.
Often it isn't.
A client may interview well but repeatedly struggle once they're hired.
Another may have the skills for the job but consistently underperform in interviews.
Someone may need accommodations but be understandably reluctant to disclose.
A client may appear unmotivated when something entirely different is getting in the way.
And sometimes the conventional career advice we've been taught simply doesn't fit the person sitting in front of us.
That's where practice gets complicated.
Not scripts. Not perfect answers. Better professional judgement.
The Neuroinclusive Practice Lab isn't another neurodiversity awareness course.
It's a guided practicum where we slow down the complicated situations career professionals encounter and practise thinking through them.
Instead of asking:
“What's the best practice?”
we learn to ask:
“What might best serve this person, in this context, right now?”
Because the same advice can have very different consequences for different clients.
The kinds of questions we'll wrestle with
A client wants to disclose their autism during an interview.
What should you help them consider before making that decision?
A highly capable client keeps losing jobs because employers say they aren't communicating enough.
Is this a communication skill gap, an unclear expectation, a workplace mismatch — or something else?
An autistic client can make eye contact during interviews, but doing so requires significant effort.
Are you building an interview skill or teaching a performance?
A client repeatedly fails to follow through on job-search tasks.
Is it motivation? Executive functioning? Burnout? Unclear expectations? Or have we misunderstood the problem altogether?
A strategy helps someone land their first job.
Would you give the same advice to an established professional pursuing the next stage of their career?
There won't always be one correct answer.
The skill is learning what you need to consider before deciding how to respond.
What you'll practise
How the Lab works
Short learning. Real cases. Live practice.
Each week, you'll complete a short online learning module introducing the week's key concepts.
Then we come together for a 90-minute live Practice Lab.
That's where the real work happens.
We'll explore realistic employment scenarios, examine competing perspectives, question our first interpretations and practise making decisions when the situation isn't straightforward.
You'll also receive practical tools and frameworks you can return to in your work.
This isn't about memorizing Sarah's answer.
It's about strengthening your own professional judgement.
Short learning. Real cases. Live practice.
Each week you'll complete a short online learning module introducing the week's key concepts.
Then we come together for a 90-minute live Practice Lab.
That's where the real work happens.
We'll explore realistic employment scenarios, examine competing perspectives, question our first interpretations and practise making decisions when the situation isn't straightforward.
You'll also receive practical tools you can return to in your work, including frameworks such as the Advice Audit and Interpretation Check.
This isn't about memorizing Sarah's answer.
It's about strengthening your own professional judgement.
What we'll explore over 8 weeks:
Week 1 — Foundations of Neuroinclusive Practice
Move beyond knowing the terminology and begin examining how you practise.
Week 2 — The Influence You Didn't Know You Had
Explore how your questions, recommendations and assumptions shape client decisions — even when you aren't the decision-maker.
Week 3 — What We See Isn't Always the Whole Story
Separate observation from interpretation and examine how assumptions about motivation, professionalism and behaviour influence practice.
Week 4 — Communication Beyond Words
Explore communication differences without automatically treating difference as deficit.
Week 5 — Disclosure, Consent & Choice
Practise navigating disclosure as a contextual decision involving purpose, timing, career stage, risk and client choice.
Week 6 — Capacity, Burnout & Sustainability
Look beyond whether someone can perform a task to consider what performing it requires from them.
Week 7 — Practising Inside Unsupportive Systems
Explore the tension between advocating for better systems and helping clients navigate the systems they face today.
Week 8 — Integration, Judgement & Readiness
Bring everything together through complex cases where there may be several defensible approaches.
Who is the Lab for?
The Neuroinclusive Practice Lab is designed for professionals who support people navigating employment, including:
Career Development Professionals
Career Counsellors and Career Coaches
University and College Career Advisors
Employment Specialists
Job Developers
Workforce Development Professionals
Vocational and Rehabilitation Professionals
You don't need to be a neurodiversity expert.
You do need to be willing to examine your practice, question familiar advice and participate in thoughtful professional discussion.
This probably isn't for you if...
You're primarily looking for an introduction to autism, ADHD or neurodiversity.
You're looking for scripts that tell you exactly what to say in every situation.
Or you're looking for a checklist of “correct” neuroinclusive practices.
The Lab is built around complexity.
You'll leave with practical frameworks and greater confidence in knowing what to consider when the answer isn't obvious.
September Cohort
Begins September 23, 2026
8-week guided practicum
Short weekly online learning modules
Weekly 90-minute live Practice Labs
Live Practice Lab: Wednesdays @ 12:00 noon Mountain Time
Case-based discussion and application
Practical downloadable tools and frameworks
Small cohort for meaningful participation
Tuition: $397 CAD
Your Facilitator
Sarah Taylor
Founder, Next Level ASD Consulting
I've spent more than 20 years working alongside autistic and neurodivergent people, with much of my work focused on employment and the invisible barriers that can prevent capable people from getting hired, succeeding at work or sustaining employment.
I've trained and consulted with career professionals, post-secondary institutions, employers and government organizations across Canada.
One thing I've learned repeatedly is that knowing more about neurodiversity doesn't automatically make the difficult decisions easier.
That's why I created the Neuroinclusive Practice Lab.
It's a place to practise what happens when the textbook answer isn't enough.