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

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 diversityThe unique challenges that neurodivergent students often face as part of the career exploration processWhat career leaders should know about supporting neurodivergent students How career services professionals can prepare neurodivergent students for today’s workforceHow to partner with and educate employers when it comes to recruiting and hiring neurodivergent studentsAnd moreResources from the episode:Jhillika’s LinkedIn profileConner’s LinkedIn profileMentra’s one-pager for helping employers hire neurodivergent studentsMentra website Continue the conversation in the Career Everywhere Community! Join 2,000 other higher ed career services leaders today: careereverywhere.com/community