At our annual conference in 2021, Judge Andrew Becroft talked about the challenge of meeting the needs of the neurodiverse and the fact that many of our rangatahi in prison have undiagnosed conditions. Our 2022 ACE Conference was an opportunity to examine neurodiversity from a broad perspective and provide tools for practitioners to better support their neurodiverse learners.

By Julie Kilroy, until recently, Adult and Community Education Co-ordinator at Glenfield College, Auckland
Glenfield College Community Education has been well-established in the community for over 30 years. I can remember as a teenager attending night school for English and Accounting which enabled me to complete School Certificate even though I had left school. In its heyday, Glenfield College was a thriving hub located centrally in the community and along with the other North Shore schools, had multiple classes happening each night.