From the course: Hiring and Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace (2021)
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Social situations
From the course: Hiring and Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace (2021)
Social situations
- We met Bernette, who is neurodivergent, in the last video. They described how social strains can be very taxing for individuals. They mentioned small talk and how it doesn't seem to make sense to them saying, "Small talk is about exchanging emotion, not information," so it's hard for them to engage in it. So given this is how neurodivergent workers often experience social situations, what can you do to better educate managers? It all comes down to not judging a book by its cover and working on not being judgy. There is more going on than you can see. As an HR rep you can start by educating managers on how social interactions can affect neurodivergent employees. It might be helpful to teach managers about something called impression management. Impression management is when an individual tries to influence how a person perceives them by controlling the social interaction. Some examples are like reading other people's…
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Jill talks about environment5m 27s
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Environment and sensory3m 21s
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Deanna talks about communication challenges6m 8s
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Communication4m 20s
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Burnett talks about social situations5m 32s
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Social situations3m 24s
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Marci talks about remote working5m 4s
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Remote working3m 17s
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