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This interactive session provides an in depth exploration of ableism, tracing its history and delineating its two major forms mental and physical. Through real world examples, introspective exercises, and impactful discussions, attendees will learn to recognise ableism in the workplace, understand it's far reaching effects, and cultivate more inclusive practices.
 

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This interactive session provides an in depth exploration of ableism, tracing its history and delineating its two major forms mental and physical. Through real world examples, introspective exercises, and impactful discussions, attendees will learn to recognise ableism in the workplace, understand it's far reaching effects, and cultivate more inclusive practices.

Unveiling Ableism: A Quest For Inclusion

General Admission

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Introduction to understanding neurodiversity and working with/adapting practice for neurodivergent clients in clinical settings</strong></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">N﻿eurodiversity is a current hot topic in counselling, therapy and mental health and the explosion in awareness and debates around it has left many practitioners and services with more questions than answers. N﻿eurodiverse or neurodivergent? P﻿erson with autism or autistic person? I﻿s ADHD<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;really</em>&nbsp;overdiagnosed? H﻿ow do I need to adapt my counselling practice or service? What can I do about internalised ableism?</p><p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">Free2BMe is a neurodivergent owned and run therapy, coaching and training service. Neurodiversity 101 is for counsellors, therapists, trainees, coaches and mental health practitioners who need an introduction to just what exactly this neurodiversity business is, appreciate straight talk about the tricky questions without the jargon, and a friendly learning space that acknowledges we all need to start somewhere.</p><p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">W﻿e aim to help you feel confident about understanding the language and principles around working affirmatively with neurodevelopmental differences such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia in your practice/service.</p><p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">There will be some breakout groups and activities to help cement knowledge and network with others, and a useful resource pack to take away at the end. A recording is included.</p><p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">I﻿f you&#39;re looking to do our course on demand via a video recording and don&#39;t want to attend live, you can find a recorded version here:&nbsp;<a href="https://cademy.co.uk/free2bme/courses" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="43" style="color: rgb(54, 89, 227); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(54, 89, 227);">https://cademy.co.uk/free2bme/courses</a></p><p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">A﻿ny questions about the training, or any requests for reasonable adjustments or other accessibility needs, please contact us at training@free2bmetherapyservices.com and we will do our best to help and accommodate.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></p><div style="color: rgb(30, 10, 60); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(30, 10, 60);"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Refund Policy</h2></div><div style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">Refunds up to&nbsp;<b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">7 days</b>&nbsp;before event</div><section data-testid="simplified-organizer-info" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="color: rgb(57, 54, 79); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(57, 54, 79);"></div></section>

Introduction to understanding neurodiversity and working with/adapting practice for neurodivergent clients in clinical settings


N﻿eurodiversity is a current hot topic in counselling, therapy and mental health and the explosion in awareness and debates around it has left many practitioners and services with more questions than answers. N﻿eurodiverse or neurodivergent? P﻿erson with autism or autistic person? I﻿s ADHD really overdiagnosed? H﻿ow do I need to adapt my counselling practice or service? What can I do about internalised ableism?
Free2BMe is a neurodivergent owned and run therapy, coaching and training service. Neurodiversity 101 is for counsellors, therapists, trainees, coaches and mental health practitioners who need an introduction to just what exactly this neurodiversity business is, appreciate straight talk about the tricky questions without the jargon, and a friendly learning space that acknowledges we all need to start somewhere.
W﻿e aim to help you feel confident about understanding the language and principles around working affirmatively with neurodevelopmental differences such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia in your practice/service.
There will be some breakout groups and activities to help cement knowledge and network with others, and a useful resource pack to take away at the end. A recording is included.
I﻿f you're looking to do our course on demand via a video recording and don't want to attend live, you can find a recorded version here: https://cademy.co.uk/free2bme/courses
A﻿ny questions about the training, or any requests for reasonable adjustments or other accessibility needs, please contact us at training@free2bmetherapyservices.com and we will do our best to help and accommodate.


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Introduction to understanding neurodiversity and working with/adapting practice for neurodivergent clients in clinical settings

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Learn essential skills for a more inclusive world with our Disability Awareness & Inclusion Training course. Gain insights, strategies, and tools to foster equality.

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An opportunity to discuss the long awaited podcast "If Racism was a Virus." Listen to the Podcast on Spotify Now. Come and discuss.
About this event
Podcast: If Racism Was a Virus....Lessons from the Pandemic
 Here it is the long awaited podcast! Available on Spotify.
 Podcast Episode 1: Understanding How Racism is like a Virus
 Each episode will feature Dr. Shungu H. M’gadzah, Psychologist and Antiracism Expert and Raphael D. Aboyeji, biologist. 
 The podcast is produced by Gari Gono, producer of No Brown in Town.
 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shungu-hilda-mgadzah/episodes/If-Racism-was-a-Virus----Lessons-from-the-COVID-19-Pandemic--The-Six-Stages-Diversity-Framework-by-Dr-Shungu-H--Mgadzah-e255jq1
 This podcast explores the concept If Racism was a virus and is based on an article by Dr Shungu H. M’gadzah.
It reflects and links to the key principles of Dr Shungu’s book Understanding and Dealing with Everyday Racism- The Six Stages Framework.
 In this episode Dr Shungu, Gari and Raphael consider the following:
 * Introducing the concept of the racism virus as outlined in Dr Shungu’s article
* Explore what viruses are and how this links to The Six Stages Framework
* The analogy has greater utility when we focus on human biases and discriminations
* Understanding biases and prejudices and how racist views are spread.
* Expand on the analogy of racism as a virus and how it can spread silently throughout communities
* Epidemic vs pandemic vs endemic and the means of transmission of viruses
* Asymptomatic racism, low key racist language and why we should worry about this.
* What causes the racism baseline to vary? And what are the dangers if the baseline lowers? (Six Stages and biological baseline)
* Consider what we learnt from the COVID 19 virus, diseases of the brain vs the mind 
* What antigens are and how these markers can fit into the analogy 
* The Six Stages Framework as a psychological tool for mapping the development of the racism virus and antigens- its signs and symptoms 
Follow the speakers on Linkedin
Dr Shungu M’gadzah, ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/shunguhildamgadzah/⁠
Gari Gon, ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/garikaigono/⁠
 
WHAT IS THE SIX STAGES FRAMEWORK?
“The Six Stages Framework is an action-based positive tool that will speak to many people and provide the language many people feel that they don't have to speak about their own biases and racism. “What is special about the Six Stages Framework, is that it is a positive, action-based, non-judgemental tool that is essential to addressing sensitive topics.“ Aishling Dempsey, MSc Clinical Health Psychology student/ Honorary Psychology Assistant, Inclusion Psychologists Ltd.
In supporting individuals and organisations to understand and challenge racism it is important to explore and to be able to identify some of the beliefs, values and behaviours individuals and organisations engage in as they struggle to reformulate their views and challenge their own prejudices.
The stages are designed to support individuals and organisations to identify where they are in terms of their awareness of understanding and responding to racism. It is important that as a society we appreciate that we all at different stages in our journey towards understanding and dealing with racism and promoting a more equitable society which does not discriminate according to one’s race, colour and/or appearance.
Dr Shungu’s websites
⁠www.inclusionpsychologists.com⁠ 
⁠https://www.sixstagesframework.com⁠
 Book Dr Shungu's Services Online
⁠https://www.inclusionpsychologists.com/book-online⁠
 THE PREJUDICE RACISM SPECTRUM BLOG
⁠https://www.inclusionpsychologists.com/post/the-prejudice-racism-spectrum-3⁠
Dr Shungu’s Eventbrite Collection
⁠https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-six-stages-framework-bridges-of-empathy-467339⁠
Dr Shungu's Publications and Most Popular Blogs 
Check out Dr Shungu’s book: Understanding and Dealing with Everyday Racism: The Six Stages Framework
⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Dealing-Everyday-Racism-Framework/dp/1909675318/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39WHGGR1EATW7&keywords=m+gadzah&qid=1649080039&sprefix=M%27gadzah%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1⁠
 THE PREJUDICE RACISM SPECTRUM BLOG
⁠https://www.inclusionpsychologists.com/post/the-prejudice-racism-spectrum-3⁠
 If racism was a virus …
⁠https://www.inclusionpsychologists.com/post/if-racism-was-a-virus⁠
 Links for the Six Stages Framework podcasts and videos: Spotify
Spotify
⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3wchvGsekFQhoVflgj3bWE?si=46ee896cad264a53⁠
 Anchor
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 Youtube
⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFVPJVq95WXqPPtkorv4w2A⁠
 Social media profiles
 Follow Dr Shungu on twitter
⁠https://twitter.com/DrShunguM⁠
⁠https://twitter.com/Inclusionpsychs⁠
⁠https://twitter.com/6StagesFramewk⁠
Linkedin profile
⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/shunguhildamgadzah/⁠
Linkedin Groups: 
Psychologists on Equality and Diversity Forum
⁠https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12368370/⁠
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WHAT ARE THE SIX STAGES?
Description of the Six Stages of Understanding and Dealing with Racism (+ axis)
The Six Stages Framework is a psychological tool that is designed to assess where individual people or organisations are in their journey towards understanding and dealing with the complexities of individual and systemic racism, whether that is conscious or unconscious, overt or covert: direct or indirect
Stage +1: Unaware, silence and denial
This stage is characterised by having a lack of awareness of racial equity and diversity issues, often presenting as ignorance or being oblivious or ethnocentric. It is characterised by silence or denial of such issues, perhaps by keeping one’s head down, hoping a whole conversation will end, or finding ways to divert from a particular topic to other subjects that seem safer.
Stage +2: Dismissive and avoidant
People at this stage are aware of issues of race, however they are often dismissive of these issues and often believe that racial inequity and social injustice is not such a big issue. There is denial (and avoidance) that racial and social injustice is an issue, and an opinion that there are far more important inequalities and injustices in the world. This is what they tell themselves and others. The denial and discomfort that arises results in avoidance/resistance/anger and shifting attention to other issues that feel more manageable and tolerable.
They are more comfortable talking about gender issues and disability and will always point to other inequalities rather than racism.
At stage +2 people are avoidant of facing race issues; this distinguishes them from the person at stage +1 who is oblivious and ignorant.
Stage +3: Becoming aware of issues of race
At this stage, people are becoming aware of differences and of racism. They begin to question their original stance at Stages +1 and +2. They recognise that there is inequity and racism, but do not understand why, or what they can do about it. They express discomfort about talking about racial differences and racism and feel overwhelmed by the issues. They often express a sense of helplessness, guilt and even shame, and they just want to make everything be okay for everyone.
Stage +4: Open to learning
People at this stage are open to learning and having meaningful conversations about race, including challenging perceptions and biases. They are genuinely willing to listen, learn and re-educate themselves, and may seek out literature on the experiences and testimonials of black people and other ethnic minority groups. They reflect and readily engage in conversations about social, racial injustice and racism and will explore (and own) any unconscious bias they have,
Stage +5: Ability to see the bigger picture
This stage features an ability to reflect and genuinely engage in conversations and with the issues of social/racial injustice and racism, whereby people start to see the bigger picture around race. They are able to explore and own their unconscious bias, white privilege or other positions of power informed by the reading and education gained in Stage +4. They are keen to explore their role as an ally and how they can make a difference.
Stage +6: Leadership qualities
People at this stage are able to take on leadership roles in promoting racial equity, inclusion and social justice. They may join together with others to challenge social injustice and racism, possibly through community engagement, or through a desire to work with others towards a greater cause with the understanding that there is more that unites us than separates us. They understand that racism is about power and systems and focus their energies on supporting change in this area. They will speak up when necessary and challenge racism or perceptions of racism when others are afraid to. They are clear about allyship and their role.
What are your first thoughts about these stages? (e.g. have you seen these stages occurring in others? Are they accurate?) The model is not linear but fluid and dynamic.
Where do you think you are on this stages/ journey?
SUMMARY OF THE SIX STAGES of Understanding and Dealing with Racism (+ve and -ve axis) are as follows:
 Stage – 6: Extremists/leadership
Strong racist views and work to champion them to others and recruit others to join them.
Stage – 5: Entrenched views and behaviours
Exhibit strong racist views and enjoy sharing them with others.
Stage – 4: Anger and blaming of ethnic minorities
Likely to attack and reject the views of those who are different. Extreme ways of thinking and behaving.
Stage – 3: Attacking and rejecting
Resenting time spent on race, display of outrage whilst projecting one’s own racism onto others
Stage – 2: Dismissive and avoidant
Dismissive of issues of race, pretending that racial and social injustice do not exist
Stage – 1: Unaware, silence and denial
Lack of awareness, Ignorance, oblivious, silence and denial
Stage + 1: Unaware, silence and denial
Lack of awareness, Ignorance, oblivious, silence and denial
Stage + 2: Dismissive and avoidant
Dismissive of issues of race, pretending that racial and social injustice do not exist
Stage + 3: Becoming aware of issues of race
Becoming more aware of differences and racism, and questioning. Recognise inequity and racism but do not understand why or what they can do about it.
Stage + 4: Open to learning
Open to learning and having meaningful conversations- challenging one’s perceptions
Stage + 5: Ability to see the bigger picture
Ability to reflect and genuinely engage. Starting to see the bigger picture around race- paradigm shift
Stage + 6: Leadership qualities
Ability to take on a leadership role in promoting racial equity and social justice. Joining with others for the greater good and for the sake of Humanity.
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Listen to Episode 1 of If Racism Was a Virus
 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shungu-hilda-mgadzah/episodes/If-Racism-was-a-Virus----Lessons-from-the-COVID-19-Pandemic--The-Six-Stages-Diversity-Framework-by-Dr-Shungu-H--Mgadzah-e255jq1


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