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Shirley's Approach
Supporting professionals and individuals to deepen understanding, build confidence, and create change around layered lives.
Learn & Grow
Supporting professionals and individuals to deepen understanding, build confidence, and create meaningful change around layered lives.
Learning with Shirley is about more than information, it’s about insight, compassion, and practical tools that make a real difference. Whether you’re a professional supporting others, or an individual living a layered life yourself, you’ll find learning experiences that help you feel informed, resourced, and empowered.
How You Learn With Shirley
You can choose the format that best fits your world:
• Workshops & Live Training – interactive sessions for teams and organisations ready to embed inclusive approaches.
• Online Courses – self-paced learning for individuals who want to explore topics in their own time, with guidance and reflection built in.
• Custom Programmes – tailored professional development designed specifically for your organisation’s goals and context.
What You’ll Learn
Each learning experience is built around real-life complexity, not neat labels. Together, we explore how layered conditions shape daily life and what inclusive, trauma-informed support really looks like.
1. Understanding Layered Needs
Discover how physical, sensory, cognitive, and mental health conditions interact, and how to move beyond single-diagnosis thinking.
2. Neurodiversity & Mental Health
Learn about overlaps between neurodivergence and mental health, including masking, burnout, and the importance of trust and safety.
3. Physical Disability & Sensory Loss
Gain confidence in supporting people with visible and invisible disabilities, sensory impairments, and fluctuating energy levels.
4. Tools & Strategies for Inclusive Practice
Explore practical ways to create change, from functional assessments and assistive technology to communication and environmental design.
"Shirley has been an incredible mentor in my journey to becoming a DSA Needs assessor. Her training was thorough, patient, and full of genuine care. She didn't just teach me the process, she helped me understand the heart of the role and how to support students with empathy and clarity."
About Shirley’s Training Approach
With over two decades of experience across disability support, inclusive education, and wellbeing, Shirley’s training is grounded in empathy, clarity, and inclusion. Her sessions combine evidence-based practice with lived understanding, leaving participants with both insight and confidence to act.
Shirley’s approach is always human first, rooted in respect, curiosity, and the belief that learning can transform both understanding and practice.
Ready to learn and grow?
Whether you’re exploring options for yourself or your team, get in touch to start the conversation.
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