# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Mental health and neurodivergence
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 am – Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a session on understanding mental health in connection with neurodivergence.About this EventThis training explores the relationship between neurodivergence and mental health, including the challenges neurodivergent people may experience when their needs are misunderstood or unsupported. Participants will consider how sensory differences, communication needs, masking, executive functioning difficulties and repeated experiences of exclusion can affect emotional wellbeing.The session will also examine how mental distress may present differently in neurodivergent people, the risk of diagnostic overshadowing, and why conventional approaches to mental health support may not always be accessible or effective. Participants will gain practical strategies for providing compassionate, person-centred and neurodiversity-affirming support.SummaryAn accessible and practical introduction to the connection between neurodivergence and mental health. Participants will develop a greater understanding of different presentations of distress and learn how to adapt their communication, environments and support approaches.This is a free training event for parent carers of children with additional needs and/or disabilities within North Somerset. This event is also open to professionals who work with children/young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in North Somerset. Priority on place allocation will be given based on the criteria above.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/weston-super-mare/mental-health-and-neurodivergence/100001996787694747
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, mental-health, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 2 hours
  - Location: The Firs Resource Centre
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Weston-super-Mare
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Firs Resource Centre
- **lat**: 51.33871000000001
- **long**: -2.9693835
- **full address**: The Firs Resource Centre, 89a Drove Road, Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Mental health and neurodivergence being held?
  - **A:** Mental health and neurodivergence takes place on Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 am to Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 12:00 pm at The Firs Resource Centre, 89a Drove Road, Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Mental health and neurodivergence?
  - **A:** Mental health and neurodivergence is organized by North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Mental health and neurodivergence is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Weston-super-Mare, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Mental health and neurodivergence sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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