Connection Lab: Understanding Neurotypes
This workshop is designed for people who want to better understand how different neurotypes experience the world - and how to stay in connection across those differences.
Because most challenges we experience with others aren’t actually about behaviour.
They’re about capacity, nervous systems, and unmet needs that aren’t being seen or understood - yet.
Most approaches focus on managing behaviour.
This workshop focuses on changing the conditions underneath behaviour - so new responses, relationships, and possibilities can emerge.
What we will do?
Using creativity and play, we will learn neuroscience and do activities that help us feel more connected to each other, understand how we each experience the world, and learn to read and communicate emotions and needs better.
Through this experience, you will:
Build stronger, more resilient relationships
Understand behaviour through a brain + body lens
Increase your ability to see from others’ perspectives
Learn how to respond to emotional and relational needs in real time
Develop practical tools you can use immediately in your work and life
We will also explore why certain ideas about what’s considered “normal” can be limiting or unhelpful.
What will you get out of it?
By the end of the workshop, you will:
Feel more connected - to yourself and others
Have a clearer understanding of ADHD and Autism experiences
Be able to recognize what behaviour is signalling underneath
Know how to respond in ways that reduce friction and increase trust
Have language and tools you can use immediately
Who is this for?
Educators, coaches, therapists, leaders, and parents who want to understand neurodivergence better.
All neurotypes: so-called “neurotypical” and “neurodivergent” alike
Age 16+ (or get in touch if you have a younger kid you think would be a good fit)
People who are interested in being there and able to be an active participant
Attend alone or with someone you care about: your parents, your kids, your partner, your colleague.
Why it matters
We often want connection - but struggle to create it, especially when people think, feel, or process differently.
Many of the ideas we’ve been taught about what’s “normal” or “appropriate” don’t actually support connection - and can limit both individual and collective capacity.
When we shift how we understand difference:
conflict becomes information
behaviour becomes communication
and connection becomes possible in places it wasn’t before
This work is about creating the conditions where:
people don’t have to mask or shrink to belong
differences can be understood and worked with
and authentic capacity - and brilliance - can actually emerge
Workshop Format
This workshop is offered in two complementary sessions:
Morning - 10am-12:30pm - ADHD
Afternoon - 2:00pm-4:30pm - Autism
Each session explores a different neurotype and includes experiential learning and skill-building.
Attending both sessions provides a deeper understanding of how neurotypes interact - and how to build connection across differences in real-world contexts.
Half-Day: $50
Full Day: $85
Recommended: Full-day registration (recommended)
Payment link to follow completion of Registration form