The Neurodiversity & Inclusion Learning Environments Profile (NAILEP) is a 15-minute strengths-based assessment tool for teachers and leaders that is designed to help educators create inclusive learning strategies for all students, including students who are neurodiverse. After taking the NAILEP, your individualized report provides insights into four key aspects of neurodiverse practices in your learning environment:

1. Communication & Interaction: Focuses on addressing barriers to effective communication and interaction, particularly for students with autism, speech-language difficulties, or other communication differences.

2. Learning & Cognition: Highlights the diversity in learning styles and processing information, including dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, autism, and processing difficulties. It emphasizes the importance of clear and systematic learning routines to accommodate diverse learning needs.

3. Social-Emotional Strengthening: Encourages the development of resilience, character, independence, and social skills. It promotes character education, resiliency, healthy boundaries, self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness.

4. Executive Functioning: Focuses on cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibition control. It addresses the ability to adapt to change, creatively reorganize information, control responses, and manage impulsivity.

What’s included in the Strengths Report

After taking the NAILEP, you will receive a full report of your learning environment’s strengths for supporting neurodiverse individuals. Your Strengths Report includes guidance on interpreting NAILEP scores and encourages educators to reflect on their strengths and areas for development. It suggests collaborating with colleagues to improve pedagogical practices and emphasizes the importance of creating supportive environments for students with diverse needs.

Legacy Education Group offers professional development opportunities based on NAILEP results to help educators optimize their learning environments and support neurodiverse learners effectively.

Your Strengths Report will include:

Section I: Description of the NAILEP

• Making the most of your NAILEP Scoring

• Score Bands

Section II: Description of The Four Key Indicators

1. Communication & Interaction

2. Learning & Cognition

3. Social-Emotional Strengthening

4. Executive Functioning

Section III: Your NAILEP Scores

• Your NAILEP scores ranked

• Action & Application for each Indicator

Next Steps

After taking the NAILEP for the first time, your Strengths Report will be your action plan and guide for next steps. You are encouraged to take the NAILEP at three points throughout the year to measure the growth and development of your learning environment. We will soon have packages of NAILEP access available to make this possible.

We believe ambitious educationalists who create Neurodiverse & Inclusive Learning Environments are unapologetic in their pursuit of optimized learning spaces where all students can learn together. Legacy Education works with schools and organizations to increase their professional capacity to address our Four Key Indicators of classroom pedagogy. After taking the NAILEP, you will have the opportunity to strengthen your learning environment and pedagogy through training, coaching, and professional development.