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

Jhillika Kumar ( / jhillika ) and Conner Reinhardt ( / connerreinhardt ) , co-founders of Mentra, share best practices for supporting neurodivergent students.
Mentra (www.mentra.com/) 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 ( / jhillika )
• Conner’s LinkedIn profile ( / connerreinhardt )
• Mentra’s one-pager (388388.fs1.hub...) for helping employers hire neurodivergent students
• Mentra website (www.mentra.com/)
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