Free Neurodiversity Workshop for Community

This September, Mind Over Manner is excited to present a free-of-charge neurodiversity workshop to the Whāngarei public.

This workshop, hosted at the gorgeous ONEONESIX, will provide a safe space for members of the community to come together and spend several hours together unpacking what it means to live, work alongside and support our rangatahi living with Neurodiversity/sitting in Takiwātanga.

Our workshops use the power of theatre to introduce participants to an alternative way of understanding so many young people who experience anxiety. Mind Over Manner provides fast-tracked learning about those who sense and learn differently, or sit in takiwatanga - in their own time and space.

Our facilitator and experienced team of actors show how a young person's perception and relationship to the world can often result in rude, shutdown or confused behaviour. We will bring a number of charged scenarios to life, then work with you, our participants, to unpack, bring our collective learnings and re-evaluate our responses to these often difficult situations.

This 2.5-hour workshop will focus primarily on the Sensory Seeker: these are our highly energetic individuals who often appear oppositional, sassy, and overly confident - but they too get overwhelmed and experience high anxiety.

These workshops are relevant to all people who live and work alongside young people who have behavioural, sensory, and learning differences. We encourage whānau, professionals, and all members of the community to engage in these much-needed and eye-opening workshops.

"Tonight, Mind Over Manner has allowed some deep learning to happen and I'm so grateful. I hope that this kind of thing can continue to happen so that the kids of this generation can continue to blossom and grow." - feedback from Whakatane Community workshop

"Thanks very much to you and the team for an incredible workshop. I can imagine it takes a lot of focus and energy to execute such a performance. I would imagine there wouldn't be anyone in the room that didn't connect with the performance on an emotional level." - feedback from Motueka workshop

"It is the most powerful, emotionally charged and practical professional learning I have ever experienced." - Parent & Teacher