Neurodiversity Affirming Continuing Education for Dietitians and Helping Professionals

Working together to empower neurodivergent people

RDs for Neurodiversity is a continuing education platform and community for neuro-affirming dietitians and professionals. We’re committed to providing high-quality anti-oppressive professional development and training on neurodiversity, nutrition and dietetics. Our courses and programs focus on a variety of topics including feeding disorders and eating disorders. Our goal is to challenge the status quo, create a paradigm shift within our community, and amplify neurodivergent voices.

Adult Course

Neurodivergence, Feeding Differences and ARFID is a 10-week comprehensive program for providers ( 15 CPEUs)

This program is designed for RDs and professionals who learn best in small-group learning environment and are passionate about offering affirming care to neurodivergent people with feeding challenges.

Upcoming Course

Reclaiming Autistic Food Identity: Honouring Inner Experiences, Culture, and Choice Registration is open!

This course centers Autistic culture and food identity, offering a critical reframe of how Autistic eating experiences are understood and supported. It is grounded in compassion, consent, and cultural context.

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.

Pre-recorded Courses

Neurodiversity and Weight-Inclusivity Course

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.

Interoceptive Awareness Course

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.

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 

As a neurodivergent dietitian and the mother of two neurodivergent children, I have had to learn how to navigate our differences in a cultural construct that values and caters to the neurotypical individual and family. My goal is to build a community of dietitians and professionals that work together to help neurodivergent and disabled people live authentic lives.

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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.