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NEW #BFLEARNINGWEEK 2025 EVENT: COACHING NEURODIVERSITY CPD

Daniel Mynott joins #BFLearningWeek 2025 with ‘Coaching Neurodiversity CPD’, taking place on Friday 22nd August at 1pm-3.30pm.

Date: Friday 22nd August at 1pm-3.30pm

Guest Speaker: Daniel Mynott (The Change Foundation Impact and Insight Manager)

Host: Rick Rodgers (BF Inclusion Manager (Disability))

About the session

The course is designed to give candidates an understanding of neurodiversity and how to run coaching sessions specific to fencers’ needs. It will cover specific challenges to those who identify as neurodiverse, different methods of inclusion, examples of situations, and tips for coaching.

The course will also discuss the results from the pilot of Fencing For Change, an ongoing project between BF and The Change Foundation. The findings from the initial pilot concluded that the fencing interventions delivered by coaches from The Change Foundation resulted in improvements within core physiological aspects of children with autism and positively impacted their everyday physical literacy skills.

Learning Objectives:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of Neurodiversity.
  • Run sessions specific to the participant needs.
  • Plan player-centred coaching sessions for neurodiverse participants.

About the guest speaker

Daniel Mynott:

Daniel Mynott works for The Change Foundation as their Impact and Insight Manager. He has autism and came though their disability programmes as a young person when he was 14 years old and has developed his career though the power of sport. Daniel is now works on developing The Change Foundation’s impact, and has been instrumental in the Fencing For Change programme.

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About BF Learning Week

BF Learning Week is an annual opportunity for our members and wider community to join online developmental and informative sessions in subjects from coaching to community development. Due to the work being made in the para and seated fencing spaces, such as the SwordSeat™, the aim for 2025 is to focus on accessibility and disability inclusion.

The week will take place between the 18th and 22nd August 2025.

A full timetable, updated regularly, can be found here: BF Learning Week 2025