Neurodiversity-Affirming Continuing Education for Dietitians and Helping Professionals

Working together, we are expanding access to affirming care for neurodivergent people everywhere!

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RDs for Neurodiversity is a continuing education platform and community dedicated to supporting neuro-affirming dietitians and multidisciplinary professionals. We offer high-quality, anti-oppressive professional development and training at the intersection of neurodivergence, feeding challenges, nutrition, and dietetics. Our courses and programs explore a wide range of topics—including feeding disorders, eating disorders, sensory and interoceptive experiences, and inclusive, identity-affirming care practices. Our mission is to challenge the status quo, shift the paradigm within our field, and amplify the voices and leadership of neurodivergent individuals.

Pediatric Program

Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Children with Feeding Challenges and ARFID Starting October 23rd

This in-depth training for registered dietitians, feeding professionals (OTs, SLPs), educators, and mental health providers, focusing on advanced strategies for assessing and treating feeding difficulties in neurodivergent children.

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New Course

The Sensory Body: Integrating Interoception & Embodied Neurobiology in Body Image Work Starting January 2026

This 2-part course is a transformative, clinical deep-dive for providers who want to understand body image through the lens of sensory safety, interoception, and nervous- system science. Register today!

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New Series

Beyond Compulsions: Rethinking OCD, Safety, and Nourishment — a series for providers of all backgrounds

Join us for this transformative three-part series, delivered by three different speakers, designed to deepen clinicians' understanding of the complex relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating.

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On-Demand Courses

Embracing Neurodiversity and Weight-Inclusivity: Creating Supportive & Inclusive Practices

This two-part course is tailored for weight-inclusive providers who want to build neuro-affirming practices and support neurodivergent clients with eating challenges. Open to clinicians from all backgrounds

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Supporting Interoception: Illuminating the Path to Nourishment

This two-part course offers essential insights and practical tools to support interoceptive awareness in neurodivergent clients. Join us to gain the skills to support neurodivergent individuals in reclaiming their connection with their bodies.

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Burnout and Body Disconnect: Supporting Nourishment in Difficult Times

This two-part course supports providers in recognizing how neurodivergent burnout disrupts eating patterns and body awareness, and offers sustainable, client-centred strategies to restore nourishment, rest, and self-trust.

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What providers are saying!

  • Kind words from a participant of the LGBTQIA+ and Neurodivergent Affirming approaches to Food and Body Series

    I always learn so much from the webinars hosted by RDs for Neurodiversity. Naureen does a fantastic job bringing in speakers with lived and professional experience, and I feel that I have grown not only as a practitioner, but also as a parent and a person. I never hesitate to sign up for an RDs for Neurodiversity series even if it is "outside" of my practice area because I know I will learn so much.

  • Feedback from a participant of the Neurodivergence, Trauma, Food and the Body Series

    Naureen hosts incredible online learning series. I attended the one on Neurodivergence and Eating Disorders and every speaker has been phenomenal. I have learned so much! This series is so needed in the field and offers an anti-oppressive lens. I can't wait for the next one!

  • Kind words from a participant of the Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Children with Feeding Challenges Course

    As a feeding clinic dietitian, I really appreciated the step-by-step look at different feeding modalities, and assess whether (and to what degree) they apply to neurodivergent children. Highly recommend this course if you work with this population! Feeding interventions are not "one-size-fits-all" and it is so nice to take a nuanced approach to this. -Erin Smith RD, LD

Hi, I’m Naureen 

I’m a neurodivergent dietitian, clinical supervisor, and speaker with over two decades of experience—and a parent to two neurodivergent children. I founded RDs for Neurodiversity because I saw how traditional feeding and nutrition systems were failing neurodivergent people, and I wanted to build a community committed to doing better. In 2023, I was honoured with ASAN’s Nothing About Us Without Us Award for my work advancing affirming, justice-oriented care.

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Land Acknowledgment

RDs for Neurodiversity sits on unceded Indigenous lands. We honour, recognize and respect the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation as the traditional custodians of these lands and waters. Tiohtià:ke, commonly known as Montréal, has been a gathering place for many First Nations for thousands of years, and is home to a diverse population of Indigenous peoples who continue to thrive despite genocide, forced removal, and colonization.