Best Practices for Supporting Neurodivergent Students (feat. Jhillika Kumar and Conner Reinhardt)

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Jhillika Kumar and Conner Reinhardt, co-founders of Mentra, share best practices for supporting neurodivergent students.

Mentra is an employment network for 1 billion neurodivergent professionals (with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.) worldwide. Mentra is an AI-powered, reimagined hiring process that captures more nuanced skills-based and humanistic factors like a person’s unique neurotype, which is not currently captured in more traditional resumes and forms of hiring.

In the episode, Jhillika and Conner cover:

What neurodiversity is and the widespread benefits of cognitive diversity
The unique challenges that neurodivergent students often face as part of the career exploration process
What career leaders should know about supporting neurodivergent students
How career services professionals can prepare neurodivergent students for today’s workforce
How to partner with and educate employers when it comes to recruiting and hiring neurodivergent students
And more

Resources from the episode:

Jhillika’s LinkedIn profile
Conner’s LinkedIn profile
Mentra’s one-pager for helping employers hire neurodivergent students
Mentra website

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