R.E.A.L. Neurodiverse™:
Your Leadership Development Journey
Welcome Guide
You’ve been invited to participate in a confidential, one-on-one coaching program designed to deepen your understanding of neurodiversity in the workplace. This guide explains everything you need to know to get started.
What is This Program?
This is a six-month coaching pilot offered to you through a partnership with R.E.A.L. Neurodiverse™. It combines self-paced educational video modules with private, one-on-one coaching sessions to help you build confidence and practical skill in navigating neurodiversity at work.
The program includes four key components:
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1. Neurodiversity-Affirming Education
Short, structured video modules you can watch on your own time if you choose. These build the foundational understanding that makes your coaching sessions more productive and immediately applicable. Videos are available through the R.E.A.L.™ portal
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2. One-on-One Coaching
Three private coaching sessions with a R.E.A.L. Neurodiverse™ coach, spaced across the pilot. These are conversations tailored to your questions, challenges, and goals — not lectures. What you discuss stays between you and your coach.
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3. Brief Self-Assessments
A short quantitative questionnaire at the start and end of the pilot to help measure your growth in confidence navigating neurodiversity. Your responses are de-identified and never shared with your employer by name.
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4. Complete Confidentiality
Your participation is voluntary, and the content of your coaching sessions is private. Your employer receives aggregate participation data only — never individual names, session notes, or assessment results tied to you personally.
Your Three Coaching Sessions
Each session builds on the one before it. Between sessions, you’ll have access to specific brief videos so that your coaching time is spent on application rather than covering basics.
Session 1:
Orientation
Before This Session → Watch the Foundational Modules
This is where we get to know each other. We’ll explore the neurodiversity-related questions, challenges, and goals that matter most to you in your role. There’s no wrong place to start. This session is designed to meet you exactly where you are and help shape the direction of our work together.
Session 2:
Practical Application
Before This Session → Watch Steps 1–2 Modules (and Steps 3–4 when ready)
Now we dig in. This session focuses on translating what you’ve been learning into real, constructive problem-solving at work. We’ll talk through how to build stronger relationships across neurological differences, approach accountability in neuro-affirming ways, and navigate the everyday dynamics that can feel challenging without the right lens.
Session 3:
Integration and Forward Vision
Before This Session → Watch Steps 1–2 Modules (and Steps 3–4 when ready)
In our final core session, we’ll review what’s shifted since we started, whether in your thinking, your approach, or your interactions. We’ll set forward-looking goals for how you continue engaging with neurodiversity in your work, long after the pilot ends. This is about sustainable change, not a one-time effort.
What About Additional Sessions?
If you find the coaching valuable and want to go deeper, additional sessions beyond the initial three can be made available on an as-needed basis. Your coach will discuss this with you if it feels relevant to your goals.
Preparing Between Sessions
The brief educational videos are the backbone of this program. Watching them before each session means we can spend our time together on the questions and situations that matter most to you, rather than covering introductory material.
When you’re enrolled, you’ll receive access to the R.E.A.L. learning portal where all video modules are housed. Each module is short and designed to be watched at your own pace.
Pre & Post Assessments
As part of the pilot, you’ll be asked to complete a brief questionnaire at the beginning and end of the program.
What to Expect
The pre and post-assessments are the same. They are a single, short, quantitative survey made up of quick numerical ratingss. The scales measure your confidence in navigating neurodiversity-related situations at work. You’ll complete it once before you begin the pilot and once after your third coaching session. That way we can see how things have shifted over time.
Your responses are completely de-identified. Results shared with your employer are numerical scores only: no names, no qualitative information, and no connection to your coaching session content.
How To Get Started
When you're ready, the next step is simple. Click the button below to open your program guide, the page you'll return to throughout the pilot to access your videos, schedule your coaching sessions, and complete your assessments. Everything is organized there in the order you'll need it.
A Note on Privacy
We know that engaging with a program like this requires trust, and we take your privacy seriously. Your participation in this coaching program is entirely voluntary, and the content of your sessions is confidential between you and your coach.
Your employer will receive information about overall participation numbers and de-identified numerical-only answers to the questionnaires. They will not know which employees chose to participate, what was discussed in any session, or how any individual responded on the assessments.
This is a space for you to ask honest questions, explore real challenges, and build skills at your own pace, all without any of it being reported back individually.
Questions You Might Have
Is participation mandatory?
No. This is a voluntary coaching resource being offered to you. You choose whether and when to participate.
Will my manager or HR know I’m participating?
No. Your employer will see aggregate participation numbers for the group, not the names of individuals who choose to participate. Your coaching session content is never shared.
I don’t think I work with anyone who’s autistic. Is this still relevant?
It very likely is. Many autistic adults are undiagnosed or choose not to disclose, which means you may already be navigating Neurodiverse Relational Dynamics™ without realizing it. This program builds skills that improve communication and relationships across all kinds of neurological differences, not just the ones that are visible.
I think I might be autistic. Is this program right for me?
Yes, and no diagnosis is required to participate. You decide for yourself whether you identify as autistic or non-autistic, and you choose which track of materials to work with based on how you choose to identify. If you're still questioning, the program may actually help you get clearer understanding of yourself. And whatever you land on, you'll be supported. We take a neurodiversity-affirming approach, which means autism is treated here as a different neurology, not a disorder.
How much time will this take?
The videos are short and self-paced. Expect to spend roughly 20-25 minutes watching videos before each session. The coaching sessions themselves are approximately one hour each. Across the full six-month pilot, that’s a modest time investment for a meaningful shift in understanding.
What if I want more than three sessions?
Additional sessions can be made available on an as-needed basis. If you and your coach agree that continued work would be valuable, we’ll talk to your employer for you and see if we can make that happen. Your identity will never be shared.
What does “neurodiversity-affirming” mean?
It means we treat neurological differences, including autism, as a natural part of human variation, not as problems to be fixed. The goal of this program isn’t to teach you to “manage” autistic employees or, if you are autistic, to "fix" yourself. It’s to help you understand how different neurologies experience and interact in the workplace, so you can lead with greater insight, fairness, and connection.
Ready to Begin?
Your program guide has everything you need, organized in the order you'll use it, from your first video to your final coaching session.
