Dr. Fiona McCaffrey:

We have ongoing contact with our stakeholders. The centre operates an advisory service. In any given year we would receive over 500 calls, emails, texts and messages on social media. That kind of contact with our stakeholders can drive forward the sort of training we provide. The training provided by Middletown Centre is constantly evolving. Even year to year, we change the sort of training we provide and the approach we take, both face-to-face and online as well as in the mode of delivery. Currently we deliver face-to-face and online and we are working on developing blended models where people can access online and face-to-face over a five-week period.

The centre operates a neurodiversity-affirming approach as well. A lot of work needs to be done around developing training programmes on neurodiversity and neurodiversity-affirming approaches. We will hold an international conference in May where the big theme is on neurodiversity and neurodiversity-affirming approaches.