Confidence and Connection Courses

Uncommon offer free online sessions for ADHD and autistic young people who experience school phobia or emotionally based school avoidance.

Address: Uncommon Minds Ltd, 7 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR
Website: Uncommon

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Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Services available
  3. Who can access the service
  4. How to access the service

Overview

Uncommon offer online sessions for ADHD and autistic young people (as well as their parents) who experience school phobia or emotionally based school avoidance.

Their fun affordable online classes, clubs and livestreams help neurodivergent teens make friends, meet role models, get creative and feel confident.

Services available

The sessions will give young people the opportunity to​:

  • connect with others who understand and share their struggles
  • understand the unique challenges they face as neurodivergent people

They also run webinars for parents with advice on how to support neurodivergent young people at home.

All sessions are run by facilitators who are neurodivergent and also struggled at school.

The courses are:

  • Session one: Rebuilding confidence
  • Session two: Understanding and Managing Stress and Anxiety
  • Session three: Navigating Friendships

Support for People with SEND

Our sessions are designed by a team of neurodivergent mental health experts, service designers and educators.

All sessions are fully adapted to work for neurodivergent young people, including being in a low demand environment.

Young people can take part however they would like to, camera on or off, and they can choose their own level of interaction (including just watching).

Closed captions can be enabled and participants can ask questions anonymously.

Who can access the service

Their sessions are currently available for people aged 11 to 14.

No formal diagnosis is required to attend. These sessions are open to any who identifies as autistic or adhd or believes they might be.

How to access the service

You can sign up to sessions via their website, Uncommon.